From the relay to the long jump, sports days provide a chance for schoolchildren to put themselves to the test and compete against their classmates.
But many of us remember them for fostering cooperation, sportsmanship and pride in our friends.
Here we take a look back at some of the sports days at Norfolk and Waveney schools through the years.
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Children from schools around Norwich take part in a NELM sports day, 2005 (Image: Newsquest)
Diss High School sports day, July 1989 (Image: Newsquest)
Sports day at Alderman Peel school in Wells, 2006 (Image: Newsquest)
Beccles School sports day, 1993 (Image: Newsquest)
Students taking part in the Olympeel Games at Alderman Peel High School, 2000 (Image: Newsquest)
Diss school sports day, 1989 (Image: Newsquest)
Tug of war at Alderman Peel High School, 2000 (Image: Newsquest)
Diss High School sports day, 1988 (Image: Newsquest)
Sports day in Methwold, 2005 (Image: Newsquest)
South Norfolk sports day, 1989 (Image: Newsquest)
The standing long jump at Methwold High School, 2005 (Image: Newsquest)
Diss sports day, 1989 (Image: Newsquest)
The hurdles at the NELM sports day, 2005 (Image: Newsquest)
High jump at Diss High School in 1989 (Image: Newsquest)
Thetford Grammer School sports day, 1993 (Image: Newsquest)
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