Chongqing, 16 Dec (Xinhua) -- In December, the annual sports festival of Wansheng Primary School in Wansheng Economic Development District, Chongqing Municipality was in full swing, which is the carnival that students are most looking forward to in the autumn semester, and the two-month-long activities make sports an atmosphere of campus Xi life.
Wansheng Primary School was awarded the Chongqing Sports Traditional Characteristic School in 1995, and how to keep the sports tradition in line with the needs of contemporary students, the Sports Festival since its inception in 2000 is a successful exploration.
Huo Hongyu, a sixth-grade student, participated in three collective events: short rope, long rope and queue at the sports festival, and also signed up for the 1,500-meter run. The once frail little girl said the sports festival had changed her. "I used to be a bit fat and not good at sports, so I didn't like it, and I felt that sports were a waste of time for me to study Xi. ”
The mindset shift occurs in the fourth grade. "There are a lot of group events at the sports festival, and it makes me happy to train with my classmates. We chased after each other, and compared who ran faster and jumped more, and my athletic performance slowly improved. Huo Hongyu's love of sports gradually formed with the growth of confidence.
The sports festival is rich in content and diverse in form, including more competitive competitions, such as track and field, basketball, football, rhythmic gymnastics, etc., as well as more interesting activities, such as natural terrain running, relay race, tug-of-war, etc., as well as class long rope jumping, everyone jumping short rope and other projects. "Emphasizing everyone's participation is the biggest feature of the sports festival, and it is also the original intention of the establishment. Shen Minggang, vice president of the school, said.
What is the difference between a sports festival and a traditional sports day?Shen Minggang said that the form, content and purpose of the two are different. In addition to competitions, the sports festival also has various forms such as performances, displays, parent-child interactions, and knowledge competitionsThe sports day emphasizes individual competition, and students who are good at sports compete for honor on behalf of the class, while the sports festival is where everyone participates and the average class score is used to evaluateThe sports day is a concentrated competition for about one or two days, during which there are no classes, while the sports festival is held along with all the classes as normal. In addition, the sports festival also promotes training through competitions, drives all students to improve their athletic ability and enhance their physical fitness, and focuses on "catching" students who are not good at and do not like sports, so that no student can "fall off the chain".
Wang Hong, a physical education teacher, told reporters that the children were very happy during the sports festival, and they would take the initiative to use their spare time to practice various projects to participate in Xi, and the habit of physical exercise Xi develop. At the same time, their Xi pressure was also released, and the children were able to meet the final test with a full mental state and a healthy physical state near the end of the sports festival.
In recent years, Chongqing has carried out in-depth integration of sports and education, and continuously innovated the school physical education model, which has blossomed and achieved remarkable results. Shen Minggang said that the sports festival is not only a way to implement the integration of sports and education, but also shows the results it brings. Open enough physical education classes and make good use of the "big recess" to enhance the children's athletic ability;The introduction of professional coaches from outside the school has broadened the scope of sports training teams and after-school service projects, so that children can play with more things, and the results of various work have contributed to the diversification of sports festival activities. The sports festival further cultivates the best Xi habits, cultivates the concept of "sports and Xi can be both" for students and parents, and lays the foundation for the all-round development of students. (ENDS).