Sports Gala held at Roots School

Rawalpindi

Young, vibrant and enthusiastic students of Roots Garden Schools Harley region, Civil Lines, Adiala, Lalazar, Gujar Khan and DHA I Junior School captivated their mothers with their energizing performances on a very pleasant and sunny day. The whole event was planned to ensure 100% participation of all children and mothers were invited to share the advent of spring with their children.

The main purpose of Sports Day was to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. All branches were transformed into Sports Club with arrangements like Victory stands, Buntings and Banners, Display boards, racing tracks etc. Every branch had a different theme for sports day i.e. “Sports for Peace”, “Spring Sports Gala”, “Sports for Tolerance”, “Sports for Unity” and “Sports for Environment”. All branches were decorated according to the themes. The grounds were adorned with yellow and pink balloons and all mothers too were wearing hues of yellow, green, pink and orange. Young students astound their mothers with their aerobics, umbrella dance, and karate displays.

Students started their Sports Day with the March past holding flags of Pakistan and School. Then they presented aerobics followed by a ribbon dance. Rootsians exhibited commendable performance with their personal conduct and sportsman spirit. Young Rootsians amazed the audience by their thrilling karate display. Students displayed marble tiles breaking, taekwondo display, jumping through fire ring and summersaults while everyone held their breath with awe.

The students of Junior Schools competed in a variety of races like Bunny race, turtle race, hurdle race, spoon race, fruit race, balloon bursting race, frog race, kangaroo race, relay race, chair balancing race, sack race, pick your cherry race, dressing up race etc. The mothers also participated in Mothers race.

The ability to go on the field and perform instills a sense of self confidence, which is very important for the development of a child’s character. Moreover, the sport infuse an ability in children to accept defeat on and yet believe in their own capabilities bring a sense of positive attitude as well.

The closing of the event was marked with the distribution of trophies and certificates to the winners and participants by the Chief Guest Mrs. Riffat Mushtaq, Founder and Chairperson Roots Garden Schools she said: “It was highly commendable on the part of students for participating in such an activity which teaches them the importance of healthy competition, sportsmanship and physical fitness. Sports activities are indeed a great help to keep our children physically as well as mentally healthy.”

Roots promote co-curricular activities for its students to explore their hidden talents and potentials beyond classrooms by participating in a variety of activities so as to gain confidence and come forward with their inborn talent.