As is traditional at Fressingfield Primary School, the Year 6 Leavers were invited to challenge the Teachers in a game of rounders as a special leaving treat on Wednesday. However, in a (rain enforced) break from tradition, the rounders match became a giant indoor Dodgeball competition. For those that haven’t played this game before, rest assured that it is a game of no little jeopardy. The game is won by hurling balls at your opponents in an attempt to hit them between the shoulders and the feet. Needless to say, this gave both teams plenty of opportunities to exact revenge for any perceived injustices we may have felt over the seven years we have all been together in the same building! And, needless to say, despite never having played the game before, the teachers trounced the Year 6 children to maintain our 100% record of winning these tournaments.
The match was followed by a BBQ lovingly prepared by Mr Schwier and Mr Davey under a tree in the pouring rain with burgers contributed by Mrs Tooley and Mr Schwier’s sausages.
And the afternoon finished with the – also traditional – water fight. The children claim to have ‘won’ the water fight and it’s true that Mrs Waring and I were soaked to the skin. But, I don’t think there was a dry patch on any of our 19 opponents, so honours even is probably a better way to describe the outcome.
It was a great afternoon. We will miss you Year 6s.
