“Sports teaches you character building. It teaches you to play by rules. It teaches you what it feels like to win and lose. It teaches you about life”
Sports shape the future of nation with the pre requisites of discipline, sportsmanship and the will power to deliver the best in every walk of life. Creating a historical link with the first modern Olympic Games, the United Nations celebrates International Sports Day to value the power of sports to drive social change, community development and to foster peace and understanding. National Sports Day in India is celebrated every year on 29 August on the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand. It is a great initiative to promote the sporting activities in India. Trailing the vision of the sporting legend, Major Dhyan Chand, Maxfort School, Rohini promotes sports as a pivotal part of the system of education. Celebrating sports and envisioning sportsmanship, the school celebrated the National Sports Day in the form of a Sports Week via a digital platform from Monday, 23 August 2021 to Saturday, 28 August 2021.
Various enthusiastic activities were organised to promote a sports culture amongst the students.
The class-wise activities performed by the young athletes were:
- Pre-school and Pre-primary-Free Hand Exercise
- Class I and II- The Floor is Lava
- Class III-Coordination Championship
- Class IV-Toss and Clap
- Class V-Roll the Plank
- Class VI- Roll Bounds
- Class VII and VIII-Wall Squat Warrior
- Class IX and X- Bottle Flip
Respected Principal ma’am, Dr. Ratna Chakravarty, in her golden words emphasized on sports as an integral part of the school curriculum. She motivated the students to pursue sports for their holistic development. The main objective of the Sports Week was to promote fitness and interest for sports amongst the children. All the students actively participated in the Sports Week making it a huge success to cherish sports and its tremendous benefits.
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