How we celebrated our sports meet

Sports can make a huge influence on our mental and physical well-being. By realizing that we have our school sports meet once every two years. This time, our sports meet was held on the 30th of January on the school grounds. It was a very enjoyable day for all of us. A week ago we started to build our houses. There are four houses in our school. We built a beautiful house, so we wanted our house to be the best. To build our house as a unique one with great scenery, we used natural materials such as straw, clay and mud, tree trunks and leaves, etc. But we didn't do much harm to the environment since we should love and respect nature. Since we all worked together, we could build a beautiful house on time.

For the final celebrations, we had invited guests. Our chief guest was one of our old boys Major S.W. Perera. He had been a great sportsman in our school years ago. We escorted him in our band into the pavilion. There were lots of other invited guests. All the guests were welcomed by a group of students with fresh flower arrangements done by themselves. The sports meet started with the principal's welcome speech. Then the oath was given by all the athletes.

There was a beautiful drill display by the students of grades seven and eight. They used a few cultural items to make it more attractive. The most exciting items were the relays. All of us enjoyed watching them run. Noone forgot to support them while they are running. We clapped with our hands to further encourage the runners. There was also a beautiful band display. My school currently has an eastern style band. In the end, the chief guests and other invited guests distributed certificates and medals to the winners. We enjoyed the day very much. We sang our national anthem. So that's how that enjoyable day ended. We gained many knowledge, skills, and experiences through this event to further upgrade our lives. Obviously, sports are a fantastic support to further enhance our well-being.