Credence High School Dubai hosted the first of its kind Credence Inter-School Virtual Olympics 2020-21 on Saturday, 10 October 2020 with a goal in mind to provide the children a platform to be physically active and in competitive spirit despite the challenges we are facing in the current COVID 19 situation.
The objectives of the event were to provide fun-based, fitness-based and skill-based physical activities that are challenge driven, fun and safe, promote individual challenges, goal setting and resilience amongst students that will prepare them for adult life, foster the love for PE, Physical Activities and Sports as integral part of holistic development through PE at Home activities.
The event comprised of various challenges which the children performed from the comfort of their homes on the screens. The challenges included Jump Rope, Bottle Flip, Long Jump, Speed Bounce, Ping-Pong Vertical Rally, High Jump, Hula Hoop Fun, Football Juggles for both Girls and Boys for the categories U11 and U14.
16 schools from across the UAE with 267 athletes participated in the event with great energy and enthusiasm.