Sports at School

by Dan

Have you ever noticed how many kids do nothing at recess?  Those are the kids who don’t want slides and swings.  Those are the kids who want sports.  I think there should be sports at recess.  It would be good exercise, for one.  Some kids don’t use the existing playground, and we have great fields that we’re not even allowed on!  I think many kids would enjoy sports at recess.

Sports at recess would mean more exercise for the kids.  In America childhood obesity is a huge problem.  In addition to that, you’re supposed to play sixty minutes every day, and most kids don’t.  Plus, it helps them get their energy out, so they’re calmer during actual school time.

Lots of kids don’t use the existing play structure.  I think the playground is directed at the younger kids, and by the time you’re in 4^th and 5^th grade, you’re not really amused by racing down the slides and jumping off the swings.  Saying this, the sports should be for the upper grades only.

Then there are the unused fields.  We have good fields just sitting there, untouched.  The “field” that kids play on now is basically a dirt parking lot.  What’s even the point of having fields if we’re not allowed on them?

My solution: at the beginning of the day, kids can sign up to play a sport at recess.  There can be a new sport every day, i.e., today’s sport is baseball, today’s sport is football, and so on.   Since there are four teachers at each recess, two can go down on the field and two can stay on the playground.  I think sports at recess is a good idea, and I hope you agree.