High-level sports activities play an important role in promoting teenagers’ mental and physical health. To further sustainable development of physical education and sports reform, 2024 Table Tennis Competition of Student Union Sports Meet (Secondary Vocational School Group) was held in our school from Nov.9 to Nov.10 hosted by both Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Administration of Sports. There were altogether 200 athletes from 29 secondary vocational schools of Shanghai took part in the table tennis event. The participants strove for every single score and showcased superb playing skills and tenacious fighting spirit.
The competitions were classified into men’s team, women’s team, men’s singles, and women’s singles. The audience were zealous and cheered for the athletes all the time. Volunteers and staff of our school did their jobs respectively to ensure the contests were well organized throughout the two days. Shanghai Technician School, Shanghai Industrial Technology School, and Shanghai Information Technology School won the top three places in men’s team after fierce races. Shanghai Engineering Technology Management School, Shanghai Business & Tourism School, and Shanghai Press and Publication Vocational-Technical School won the top three prizes in women’s team. Huang Dinuo from Shanghai Engineering Technology Management School won the champion in men’s single; and Liu Xiao from Shanghai Modern Circulation School got the women’s single champion.
Leaders of our school paid high attention to the preparations for the event and set up a sports committee to make sure every aspect of the event was well organized and fully implemented. From the layout of the playing court, preparations of the apparatus, training of the volunteers, to event guidance, supply of drinking water and dining at the canteen, each link is implemented in an orderly manner with the full cooperation of various departments. All the work mentioned above guaranteed the success of the event and created a safe, fair and square playing environment. High standards and strict requirements ran through all the preparations, reflecting our respect and sense of responsibility for both the event and all the participants. and putting vocational education spirit into practice.
The success of this sports event embodies the results that our school attaches great importance to physical education and insists on the integration of physical education. The event is also an opportunity to push forward campus sports culture, deepen physical education reform, innovate physical teaching model, and enrich physical curriculum. Physical education in our school therefore will meet diversified needs from our students, provide firm support for their healthy development and make contributions to cultivating more all-around vocational talents.
Basic Education Department
Ma Pei