News From Szkola Podstawowa Nr 71 - March 2006

March was a very busy month in sports and games for our pupils and PE teachers. - On Saturday morning, 4th March, teams from three primary schools met in our school gym to compete with each other in the first stage of the tournament of games called ‘5 Million Cup Competition’. Each school was represented by a group of 36 girls and boys in three age categories. The pupils competed in row races that were testing their physical abilities and speed at the age level of 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12. Our school team was the best of the three and was qualified to the next stage. The whole event was designed and organized by our PE teachers. - On Tuesday, 21st March, to celebrate the first day of spring, all the pupils from classes IV-VI from our school took part in the School Spring Tournament. Classes at the same age level competed with each other. The 11- year old children in row races, the 12-year old ones played the hit-out game, while the oldest, uni hockey matches. The best classes at each age level were awarded.
Look at the photo gallery from our School Spring Tournament: The eleven year old children competed in row races with different sports gear. While running they had to do some extra tasks:
	The children had to take the balls and carry them into another pair of rings.
	The children put three tennis balls under the traffic cones and then collected them.
	The children tied sashes around the hurdle and then had to collect them.
	The children put the plastic rings onto the traffic cones.
	The children had to crawl with the ball on their belly and then roll the ball along the bench.
	The children were running with the tennis ball on the shovel.
	Triumph of the winners, class IVa.The children were awarded.
	The twelve year old children played the hit-out game: 3488, 3490 - Each class V played against all the others
	The oldest pupils played uni- hockey matches: The children were fighting fiercly for each point.
From Wednesday to Friday, 22nd-24th March, boys from our school played basketball matches in the final tournament of the Primary School Championships of Lodz and reached the fourth place.
	Our team during the break between the matches The boys during the final celebration
On 27th March, the team of girls age eleven, played in the basketball tournament for the local housing estate ‘Teofilow’, where our school is situated. The girls were competing with the teams from three other schools in the neighbourhood and won, reaching the first place and the cup. The girls were very pleased with the atmosphere of the event.
During the basketball match - Natalia is doing the free throw