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Interclass Tee Ball 2011

Top Trump Tee Ball in Key Stage 2

It was an unusual week at Patana as there was some very unseasonably cold weather, nonetheless this was not going to effect the enthusiasm of our Key Stage 2 tee ballers.  This is one of our favourite inter class competitions as everyone gets an equal opportunity to contribute to their team’s performance and gain valuable points for the team.  The students had been working hard in their PE lessons and everyone was ready and raring to go.

The year 3 and 4 interclass tee ball takes place on the primary school back field.  The sports field really is a fantastic arena for primary sport, creating a great atmosphere of colour, sound and activity. It is always great to see the effort put into class banners, class chants and of course the team colours which many classes choose to wear. The quality of play was very pleasing from both year groups with many examples of “thinking” play. The Year 3 classes play a modified game to help introduce, what is for them, a new sport. However it is a game that predominately follows the same rules as tee ball. In Year 4 the students are already playing the full game, with some minor modifications made to equipment and fielding positions.

The Year 5 and 6 competitions take place at the sports complex across the road. The standard of play, from our upper years, is such that the extra space allows our students to really enjoy the opportunity to develop their play and experience some of the schools other excellent facilities. The standard of batting was, at times, first class. To combat this, fielding teams were attempting double and even triple plays to try and keep the scores down. It was as always very rewarding to witness all of the student’s hard work coming together in this environment of friendly competition.

Congratulations to all the classes for taking part in some excellent tournaments.  Listed below are our winners from each year group:

We would like to thank all members of the Primary PE Department and the Year Group Teams who gave up their valuable time to staff and umpire the events and all those parents who came along to support their children. However, most appreciation must go to the students, who through weeks of hard work made the events such a success.

Next up is the inter class football competition which will be our final event of the year.  See you there.

Mr Chris Meller and Khun Patcharee

Primary PE Department

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