There are probably other types of Field Day Formats and you can even mix the ones above up and combine them if you want, but those are the 3 main categories I’ve seen. You setup a bunch of station activities and games around the school and classes rotate through all of the different activities on a timed schedule throughout the day. You might have a concession stand with refreshments and a bounce house or obstacle course There might be a dunking booth setup, cake walk and other games or activities that you might see at a carnival or state fair. This format is more of a party or festival style of an event.Long jump, 100 meter race, 400 meter relay, discus throw, hurdles (google “track and field events” for a ton of additional ideas).
Normally you would split up each event by grade level and by male/female.
This is the format where you have students from each class compete in different track and field style events to determine winners in each event. There are lots of different ways to run Field Day, the three most common ones I’ve seen and heard about from others are below: Your perfect date will depend on your specific situation, but putting it on the calendar is the first thing you’ll want to do in your Field Day Planning Process. So one of the changes I requested after getting the full time job at my school was to move the date back to March and the weather has been incredible for all except one of those days (we had to do indoor Field Day once because of rain – more info on that later).Īnother bonus of having Field Day earlier in the year is getting it out of the way before we have to deal with schedule interrupters like end of the year testing, end of the year events, graduations, finalizing report card grades and other similar end of the year school events. We even had a parent volunteer pass out one year – no joke! My school used to hold Field Day at the end of school in June, the issue with that was that it would sometimes be over 100 degrees outside and the kids, parents and teachers were all totally exhausted and overheated by the time it was over. This will vary depending on your situation and weather where you are.įor me the perfect Field Day Date is the last day of school right before Spring Break, usually at the end of March. 
Step one is picking out a good date for your Field Day. There are lots of different ways to do it and tons of opinions on how it should be done, but I’ll give you an overview of how I run mine below and I hope it sparks some ideas and helps you plan the Best Field Day Ever! 1.) Choose a Date
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