Athletics — Sports Day Event Plans
Six classic sports day events with set-up instructions, scoring and safety notes.
Preview
Page count: 3. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Run a primary school sports day with six well-organized events.
About this resource
- Subject: Sports & Games
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade levels: Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6)
- Pages: 3
- Date added: 2026-07-04
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Athletics and sports day equipment
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Equipment
- R Relay batons aluminium athletics set 4
- F Foam javelin primary athletics safe
- F Foam discus set 4 athletics
- H High jump elastic band adjustable
- S Starting blocks plastic athletics
- S Sports day pack equipment sack races
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