Do you remember Field Day?

i don't think we had field day . guess they didn't have them back in the olden days as my sons refer to my childhood. of course i may not remember either..i never was tp spry when it came to races etc,

I never entered sports when I was young. I was not that strong child. I used to be ill most of the time, hence I couldn't participate in sports otherwise I would be ill for next one week or so, in result I could miss my classes! So, no special memories for me in my school time.

We used to have Field Day when I was in elementary school but then, it was canceled when I was in 5th grade or so and as far as I know, it neve returned. I loved Field Day. I always looked forward to it each year. We pretty much competed in every competion and we could win ribbons and stuff. I know that sometimes they gave out small prizes too. I think they did something bad by taking it away here. It was really fun and definitely gave us something fun to do!

oh lord yes since i saw this.. those were great days i got picked last to be on people teams, they even had to build a ramp to help me to get a running start since i was so fat. lol. they were fun for real.

back in the olden days at my school we didn't have field day but my children did and they really enjoyed them,they came home with sunburns and pooped out.i don't remember if they won any ribbons and i sure you are proud of your children winning theirs ribbons.

Oh wow! I haven't heard of field days in a very long time. I think the last time I heard of it was when my younger brother(the 20yr old one... I technically have two and the other one's younger) was in elementary school. I haven't heard of it since, didn't know any schools still did it. I remember earning all sorts of different color ribbons as did I think everyone, but I can't really remember what all activities I participated in from year to year. I do remember being in sack races, hoola hoop contests and jump rope contests, though. Fun stuff! I miss field days!

Mornin, Jen....When I went to school, we actually had Sports Day...but our BIG year end event was a Gymkana...on Horseback! It was like a "mini" rodeo, as 90% of us rode to school, and we were quite a rodeoing community! I think there was only about 30 families in the area, but all families had 3-6 children, and our school encompassed from Grade one to eight! Thanks for the memories, it was a great day of fun and hilarity....a special ending to the school year! Cheers!

I don't remember field day when I was a kid, but my son's school just had theirs last week. It was a horrible day to have it too. The sun was not shining and the ground was wet.

Hi Jen! We had what we called Sports Carnival and my daughter still has it at her school. I never enjoyed playing sports at school because, being one that is not particularly gifted in the sports area I would be yelled at and abused for making mistakes by the other more talented kids so my confidence diminished and I got even worse! My little girl had her first Sports Carnival last year and I was dreading it because I recalled my bad experiences but to my delight she really enjoyed it and came second in the individual running race and her team won overall. She had a great day and I vowed not to let my negative memories ruin it for her, besides I think she is a lot better at sport than I ever was!

we didnt have have feild day when I was in school at least if we did I must have blocked it from my memory LOL todays is my kids feild day though 4 of them anyway the 5th one's feild day is friday I have kids in all events in 4 different grade levels unfortunately I am not able to go cheer them on

Jen- I used to do the high jump on field day, shot put, and relays. I always enjoyed it, and it was a great way to get involved with friends. Congratulations on her blue and yellow ribbon. I bet she was very happy, and what a wonderful item to place in her scrap book to show her children later in life. Have a wonderful week. Namaste-Anora

I always loved field day! It was so nice to not have to sit in the classroom all day! Our field day was set up a little bit different. We had over 600 kids in our school, so if everyone got to choose only some events, it would get a little bit chaotic! We did events as a class. My favorites were always the egg race and the water race. For the water race, the first class to fill up a bucket won. The trick was you could only take the water to the bucket one cup at a time. The cups had a hole in the bottom so the water would leak out! Everyone got soaked, but it was tons of fun. And then there was the table to buy sweets. Rice krispie treats, brownies, cookies! YUM!