On the 26th of January, SEK Qatar celebrated the annual MYP Sports’ Day. The students competed in 8 different events, each one challenging the skills they developed in the Athletics unit. The stations included Shot put, Javelin, Vortex Throw, Broad Jump, Long Jump, Vertical Leap, 100m Sprint, and 1Km Run. The students demonstrated enthusiasm for the day, where they cheered for their classmates, and gave everything a go. Thanks to the excellent work of the Radio Stations, the students had music, and house point updates throughout the day. The celebration concluded with a Tug of War challenge, where the victorious Scorpions even managed to overthrow the teachers’ team. However, after calculating all the events’ points, the Oryx team were the overall winners, closely followed by Stingrays. Well done to all of those who participated on the day, and to the teachers’ collaboration, and parents who supported the event.

On Tuesday, 24th of January, the PYP Sports’ Day took place between 8h-12h. At the start of the day, for 1 hour, Pre-school 3 and Pre-school 4 pupils had their Sports’ Day hosted and organised by Grade 5’s pupils. The preparation and running of the event was of the full responsibility of Grade 5 pupils, who have been working on the Unit of Inquiry of Event Organisation. The activities were a combination of obstacle challenges, and throwing stations. Posterior to this event, between 9:50-12h, all 6 classes of Pre-school 5, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 had their own Sports’ Day. The 8 stations involved javelin throwing, relay races, obstacle course, tug of war, football and basketball challenges. The day was marked with a big presence of parents who attended to support their children, and witness a very friendly, and cheerful atmosphere.

On the Overal Results of P5-G5:

1st Place with 319 points – Stingrays (Blue)

2nd Place with 279 points – Scorpions (Yellow)

3rd Place with 269 points – Falcons (Orange)

4th Place with 268 points – Oryx (Green)

SEK Qatar’s Overall Results of PYP Sports’ Day:

2013-2014 Stingrays

2014-2015 Stingrays

2015-2016 Falcons

2016-2017 Stingrays

Grade 5 have been working on the Unit of Inquiry of Games. Pupils learnt and practiced different invasion games: touch rugby, basketball, and football. During theory and inquiry, pupils reflected on the key aspects of concepts such as teamwork, individual roles, and communication. During practice, pupils had a chance to apply new rules, team strategies, and to practice sportsmanship.

The Physical Education team would like to welcome all to the Academic Year 2016-2017. Ms. Dalila Rodrigues is now joined by Mr. Jack Hatch, and Ms. Jessie Anderson. We would like to wish all a wonderful academic year.