The Councillor for Education of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has opened the Bilingual I Intercentros Olympics, held during the morning at the Sports Complex of La Torrecilla, particularly in the track.
About 300 students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Primary School of Villaespesa schools, San Jose and Ana Caicedo take part in this initiative.
Throughout the day school participate in various sports activities adapted to their ages, in order to enjoy the virtues of physical activity.
But the main objective is to make this concentration a means of coexistence between students from different schools.
At the opening ceremony pets have passed different schools with the standard-bearers, as well as the Olympic torch was carried by the Councillor for Education.
Montiel has congratulated schools to "go for a day of living as beneficial as this, in which young students have the opportunity to meet children from other educational center to enjoy together the sport. In addition, through this initiative Olympic values ​​like self-improvement, fair play, companionship, etc. "are transmitted.
Throughout the morning school participate in various tests adapted to their ages to conclude with the closure in a raffle, dancing and a campaign will be to promote an hour of physical education a week more to address the problem childhood obesity.
On Wednesday May 25 will be the turn of students in grades 5 Primary, who will also visit the Sports Complex of La Torrecilla to participate in the Olympiad Intercentros.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca