Each teacher will get a packet with the schedule for each grade level, map, and a description of each activity.

Field Day schedule

3rd and 4th grades will go out to field day from 9:10 to 11:30. We will have lunch and recesses from 11:30 to 1:15. 5th grade will go out from 1:15 till 3:25.

3rd and 4th grade 

Start at the station your name is listed at, then rotate to the next station. Spend 7 minutes at each station.  

McGrath station 1 

Rose station 2

Zoerb station 3

Devine station 4

Foster station 5

Mrs. Kitzman station 6

Mr. Kitzman station 7

Swanson station 8

Wheeler station 9

Andersen station 10

Riccio station 11

5th grade

Please spend about 10 min at each station and then move on to the next station.

Dau station 1

Sampley station 2

Burwell station 3

Bolog station 4

Slaven station 5

 Map

There will be signs labeling each station

Stations 1-4 will be in the front parking lot

Stations 5-7 will be in the staff parking lot

Stations 7-14 will be in the back field

Station 1:  Chopsticks relay  (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment: Rhthym sticks (2 for each team), and fluff balls (4-6 for each team), frying pan (for each team), cones(for boundaries) and timer.

Activity:  Students break-up into teams.  Each team has to use a  set of rhthym sticks (as chopsticks) to get a fluff ball from a designated area and carry it to their teams frying pan without dropping the fluff ball.  If the fluff ball is dropped then the player has to go back to the designated area and get a "clean" fluff ball.  The team who is able to get the most fluff balls in frying pan after 2-minutes - wins!

Station 2:   3-legged shoe tie race relay (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment: Velcro straps or bandana.

Activity:  Each student has to remove one shoe and place it in a pile at a designated area.  Then students are paired up  (in their teams) and must have their legs tied together with velcro straps or a bandana.  On the whistle, the first pair from each team must walk out to the pile, find their shoes, put them on, and tie their shoe laces while only using one hand from each of the partner.  Once both shoes are one and are tied, they may go back and tag-up with their teammates.  The game is over when everyone has their shoes back on their feet.

Station 3: Parachute Volleyball (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment:  30' Parachute and numerous volleyballs (or any type of large balls), timer

Activity:  One team holds the parachute with the volleyballs placed on top.  Another team is standing around the parachute waiting to catch the balls.  On the whistle, the parachute holding team will begin shaking the volleyballs off the parachute while the other team tries to retrieve the balls and toss them back into the parachute.  After 40-seconds, the parachute stops shaking and the balls are counted.  The teams switch and the process is repeated.

Station 4:  Time Bomb (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment: 8" ball and timer

Activity:  Have the teams line-up.  Give the first person at the front of the line a ball and on the whistle, the first person will pass the ball over his/her head to the next person, that person will take the ball and pass it between his/her legs to the next person.  Everyone will continue to alternate passing the ball (over and under) till the ball travels to the end of the line.  Every team will be timed on how quickly they are able to move the ball from the front of their line to the back.  If the ball drops, the person who drops it must retrieve it and continue from the spot it was dropped.

Station 5: Treasure Hunt (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment:  Copies of maps of the school's playground and field, cones (control markers), envelopes for each team at each control marker, puzzle for each team (you can create your own puzzle by printing a picture from the internet, gluing it to cardstock, laminating it, and cutting into however many squares you want - remember that one square per marker!)

Activity:  Have students break-up into teams.  Give each team a map of the school's playground and field.  Make sure students understand the concepts of reading symbols/key and control markers on a map(orienteering).  Have each group start at different designated areas and travel to the designated markers as noted on their maps.  Each marker will contain a piece of a puzzle.  After the team has retrieved each puzzle piece, they must put together their puzzle.

Station 6: Mini-Badminton Games (Rosette Braaten)

Equipment: Badminton raquets and birdies, basketball court

Activity:  Students in groups of four play other teams of four.  The object is to hit the birdie over the imaginary net which is marked by the half-court line of the basketball court.  The team who is serving is able to score a point if the receiving team does not return the serve.  If the serving team faulters, then the service is turned over to the opposing team.  The team who scores 5 points first - wins!

Station 7: Capture the Flag (Joshua Gray)

Equipment: 4 cones, basketball court, field, something that represents a flag

Activity: There are two teams which can be made up of 4 or more people. Put Each time on each side of the court/field with a line that separates each teams territories (half court/ 50 yard line). On each end of the court place 2 cones a few yards apart with a flag in between them. The goal of the game is to capture the other teams flag and get back to your side without being tagged. If the student crosses the line to the other teams territory than they can be tagged and if they are they are removed from the game either until the game is over or for a specified time. Once a team captures the other teams flag, the game is over.

Station 8: Pass it Around (Beth Judge)

Equipment: 1 iece of equipment per 4 students. Choose a variety of size, shape and weight such as cone, scarf, fluffball, football, utility ball, paddles, etc)

Activity: Students sit in a circle, elbows hooked with neighbors on either side. Put one piece of equipment in front of every 4th student around the circle.

The object is to move all pieces of equipment around the circle WITHOUT USING HANDS! Students use abdominal muscles to keep legs up and pass the various equipment using feet and legs. Try to pass it without letting it touch the ground. Variation: lean back on hands without hooking elbows, call out "Change direction" to add variety. Create 2 smaller circles if there are more than 30 students at this station.

Station 9: Balloon Pop (Terry LaCoss)

Equipment: 1 Balloon for each player, and string

Activity: Tie one balloon to each students ankle. The object of the game is to step on and pop everyone else's balloon while keeping your balloon from getting popped.  The last player with an unpopped balloon still tied to  their ankle wins.

Station 10: Starburst Relay ( Terry LaCoss)

Equipment:Starbursts, cones, bucket and garden gloves

Activity: Divide the class into two groups. Each group lines up in a single line. when the teacher says go the first person puts on the garden gloves and  runs down to the bucket of starbursts. When they get to the bucket they must take one starburst and unwrap it with the gloves on then eat the starburst. They then run back to the line and give the next person the gloves. they then  go to the back of the line and sit down. The first team to have everyone sitting down wins.

Station 11: Sack Race (Grace Freiheit)

Equipment: Potatoe Sacks for every participant.

Activity: Each person has their feet in their individual potatoe sack and, from the start line, have to jump in the sack all the way to the finish line. To make the finish line fun you can always set up a ribbon for the winner to jump through.

Station 12: Sponge Relay (Grace Freiheit)

Equipment: Two buckets and sponges per team.

Activity: Each team lines up with a bucket of water at the front of the line and the back of the line. The team passes the wet sponges over their heads to the end of the line. At the end of the line the last person squeezes the sponge out into the other bucket and then runs to the front of the line and starts it again. (You can have two sponges going at the same time.) Give it a time limit 5 min or so and the team at the end who has the most water is the winner.

Station 13: Water Balloon Relay (Terry LaCoss)

Equipment: Water balloons

Activity: Two or more teams line up. They pick up a water balloon and run to the finish line. There they sit on the water balloon and pop it, then they run back to the starting line and the next person goes. If their water balloon pops before they reach the finish line they must go back and get another one. First team done wins.

Station 14: Plug the leak (Terry LaCoss)

Equipment: cups with holes drilled into them, and Bucket for each team

Activity: The first person fills their cup and places it on their head tyring to plug up the holes. They race to the empty bucket and pour their water into it. When both teams are finished, the team with the most water in what was their empty bucket wins.  

Station 15: Bandana Game (Tiago Valente) - Portuguese Traditional Game

Equipment: 1 Bandana

Activity: The class picks someone to start with the bandana. The rest of the group sits in a circle. The participant with the bandana walks around the circle singing "o lencinho vai na mão , ele vai cair ao chão” (which means "the bandana is in my hand, i´m going to drop it somewhere) and drops it behind one of the participants sitting on the floor. Whoever has the bandana dropped behind their back needs to grab it and chase the participant who dropped it around the circle. The person that drops the bandana needs to run around the circle and sit down in the open space(left by who has the bandana now) without being caught, otherwise is out.

Station 16: Toothpick relay (Tiago Valente)

Equipment: Toothpicks and Lifesavers

Activity: You need two equal teams. Each child needs a toothpick. The toothpick is held in the mouth. Each team needs one "lifesaver" candy with a hole in the middle. Each child must pass the lifesaver candy from her/his toothpick to the toothpick in the mouth of the next child on her/his team. No hands allowed!

Station 17: What time is it Mr. Wolf? (Tiago Valente)

Equipment: None

Activity: One player is the wolf and he/she will stand with his/her back turned to the others about  25 feet from the others. The others call out, "What time is it Mr. Wolf?" and the wolf turns to face the others and shouts out a time. Eg: 10 o'clock. The others would then take 10 steps toward the wolf. The group will take the same amount of steps toward the wolf as the amount of hours in the wolfs time. eg, 2 o'clock = 2 steps. The wolf will then turn his back to the group again for them to yell "What time is it Mr. Wolf?".When the group gets close to the wolf the next time the group yells "what time is it Mr. Wolf"? the wolf will say DINNER TIME and run after the group who are running back to the start line, and hopefully catch one of the group who will then be the wolf.

Station 18: Hello and Goodbye (Tiago Valente)

Equipment: None

Actvity: There are two teams with the same number of participants on each, usually a girls team and a boys team.  One of the teams goes out. The participants who stayed in choose the names of the participants who have left the room. Then they invite the other team in one by one. The player who comes in tries to guess who has taken his name. He /she goes up to the person who could possibly chosen his/her name and says, "Hello." If he/she has guessed the right person, he/she gets the answer, "Hello" from this person. If he/she was not successful, he/she gets the answer: "Good- bye" and he/she has to go out and try again in the next turn.