School sports days are well and truly upon us! With each school in the area hosting a ‘sports day’ where students compete in multiple athletic activities. Most schools use a ‘house’ system, where the different houses compete against each other for the house cup – this is intended to create pride and healthy competition amongst peers.
There is much controversy around encouraging competitiveness in students with the fear of damaging pupils self esteem.
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