sports day events

Primary school sports days are seen as light-hearted and informal occasions. It will usually comprise of activities such as the egg and spoon race and the sack race where the emphasis is on fun rather than sporting prowess. Other events may include the skipping race, where participants take a rope and skip along a course, and the three legged race.
Sports days are more likely to be track and field sports in secondary schools. They are more serious and competitive in nature than their primary school counterparts. Private schools are more competitive as one house pits against another.
Parents and relatives can accompany the competitors. In most cases, parents be spectators; "mothers and fathers" races are also held in some schools. Some schools hold zonal sports days in which competitions are between schools rather than between houses, though this is less common.