On Thursday, the 24th of March, Niamh’s dad, Con, came to do tug of war with us.
He was doing it separately with all classes. Our class went after the 3rd and 4th class. We did the tug of war on the field near the Juniors and Seniors yard.
We had to line up and listen to what he was saying. After that, he picked a few people to practice first. We had to hold on to a rope attached onto a big piece of wood. Then he shouted to pull and we had to bend backwards and pull the rope. I fell once but I was still pulling it. Then Niamh and Essie stood on the rope which made it harder. Our hands burned and hurt after pulling the rope, but only for a few seconds.
After that we did another practice where 3 groups of 2 would be trying to pull another rope with a basket on it. The basket had one or two weights in it, which made it really heavy. After a few seconds he put more heavy weights in the basket. My partner and I gave up first but we still did well.
After the two practices, we had another tug of war but this time we had to pull it to move a tyre that Mrs. Sheehan was sitting on. Most of us managed it but it was really heavy. After all the groups went, we did the final tug of war between girls and boys. All the boys were standing on one side with the rope and the girls were standing on the other side. We did a countdown and then suddenly everyone started pulling the rope. It was actually pretty easy because lots of people were pulling it.
The girls managed to win it and then we went back in for our small break. We didn’t have time to sit down and eat so we had to bring our food outside. We continued with our day and I was tired when I got home. Tug of war was really fun though.
Layla; 5th
On Thursday Con Hayes came to our school and we learnt how to play Tug of War.
First, we went onto the field and five people grabbed onto the rope and pulled. It was attached to a huge wooden beam on the field. Then two people stood on the other end of the rope and they had to keep them up. Then everyone took turns doing that.
Next, when everyone had had their go, we went on to the weights. There were three baskets with weights in them. Two people held on to each rope and we had to keep the basket up as he kept putting weights in it.
Then, we went on to the tyre. Mrs. Sheehan sat in the tyre and seven people pulled the tyre across the field. Everyone got a go. Then, we moved on to the actual Tug of War.
We were split into three groups labeled one, two and three. One and two went against each other and one lost. Then two went up against three. After that it was boys vs girls and girls one.
Tug of War was really fun and everyone enjoyed it.
Gavin; 5th
