An Ode to the Hampshire School Games

There’s a rainbow of t-shirts a forest of voices

an ocean is forming of kids making choices.

Now fields have become inflatable classrooms

we make the games; we solve the problems

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

Let’s make a thing like Rock, Paper, Scissors

with an obstacle course and Squid Games together.

Then in comes the rain. We stop for a snack.

Salsa with chips? Hmm you don’t want to miss that.

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

Playing with bows and arrows and axes

motor skills, put into practice.

From Hampshire North to Cherbourg (not France)

in a Silent Disco we come to dance

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

If the children are happy so is the teacher.

Sport as activity; this is the Future.

So here’s to the kids who ‘don’t make the team’

Here’s to those with a different sports dream.

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)

I think I can do it  (yes, you can!)