The children of Zambezi and Amazon Classes joined hundreds of other children from schools across the area for the first round of this year’s Cross Country competition. The afternoon started with an enormous warm-up with stretches and jogging on the spot, before the Fun Runners set off on a slightly shorter route across the common. However, don’t be fooled, even the shorter route disappears out of sight of the onlookers as the children head out across the Common. Following this, the competitive races began, with children split by gender and year group.
We were immensely proud of all our children for taking part – simply completing the course is an enormous achievement, as was evident from the red faces and total exhaustion of all those crossing the finish line. Special mention must be made of five children who finished in the top 5 in their heat, thereby qualifying for the next round later in the year. So, well done Ernie and Daniel, who finished fifth, Isaac, who finished fourth, Archie, who finished third, and Amy who won the Year 5 girls’ race. Epic!
