Olympic Maths
Over the next week the children will participate in small groups a range of Olympic sporting events. In their teams they will have to measure distance and time, present their data and use a variety of enquiry skills.
Task 1 - Push the Ball
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Task 2 - Shuttle Run
Task 3 - High Jump
Year 4 investigated whether height had an impact on how high you could jump.
Here is a photograph of Year 4 in height order.
Do you think the order of height jumped will be different to the height order?
Comment below and share with others what we had to do during our Olympic maths and what we found out.
not long till the olympics!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait til the olympics
ReplyDeleteI wish I could go and see the olypics it would be so amazing to see it all in real life instead of on TV, but no, i'll just have to make do with the TV!!
ReplyDeletethe olimpics is awsome especaly the euro 2012 1!!!!!
ReplyDeletei love the olympics
ReplyDeleteThe Olyimpics take place in London this year, I wish I could go...
ReplyDeletei wish i could go.
ReplyDeleteGo team GB!
ReplyDeletehope team gb win something
ReplyDeleteSame as Jess...GO TEAM GB!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei can not wate tillthe olympics and especally the ureo 2012
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ReplyDeleteMy grandad ran in the olympics in 1972 in Munich, he ran the 400m.
ReplyDeleteWow! but where is Munich???
DeleteDo you have any photos of your grandad in the olympics they would be interesting to bring into class
DeleteMy mum says we are allowed to go and watch the olympic torch come through Market Deeping in July I cannot wait
ReplyDeleteLUCKY!!!!!!!!! I might be able too.
DeleteUnity, you are lucky
DeleteThe Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece held in honor of Zeus. The exact origins of the Games are shrouded in myth and legend but records indicate that they began in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece. They were celebrated until 394 AD when they were suppressed by Theodosius I as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as a state religion. The Games were usually held every four years, or Olympiad, as the unit of time came to be known. During a celebration of the Games, an Olympic Truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their countries to the Games in safety. The prizes for the victors were wreaths of laurel leaves. The Games became a political tool used by city-states to assert dominance over their rivals. Politicians would announce political alliances at the Games, and in times of war, priests would offer sacrifices to the gods for victory. The Games were also used to help spread Hellenistic culture throughout the Mediterranean. The Olympics also featured religious celebrations and artistic competitions. A great statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was erected at Olympia to preside over the Games, though it no longer stands. Sculptors and poets would congregate each Olympiad to display their works of art to would-be patrons.
ReplyDeleteThe ancient Olympics were rather different from the modern Games. There were fewer events, and only free men who spoke Greek could compete (although a woman Bilistiche is also mentioned as a winner). As long as they met the entrance criteria, athletes from any country or city-state were allowed to participate. The Games were always held at Olympia rather than alternating to different locations as is the tradition with the modern Olympic Games. There is one major commonality between the ancient and modern Games, the victorious athletes are honored, feted, and praised. Their deeds were heralded and chronicled so that future generations could appreciate their accomplishments
WOW . . . THAT is a lot of writing, it is very intresting too.
DeleteHere is another fact, the Greeks didn't wear ANY cloths when they ran, GROSS!!!!!
WOW . . . THAT is a lot of writing, it is very intresting too!
DeleteHere is another fact about the acient olympics, the Greeks didn't wear any cloths when they had running races, GROSS!!!
Whoops I wrote two!!
DeleteWhen I went on holiday we went to a plce called Much Wenlock, thats what Wenlock the mascot is named after! Mandiville was named after a hospitle called (something) Mandiville, I'm not sure what!
ReplyDeletelily i have heard about that place,by the way the hospitle is called stoke mandivlle.
DeleteThanks!!
DeleteI like the olyimpics because you do fun sports.
ReplyDeleteGood reason : )
DeleteIlove sport.
Deletei love the olyimpics i relly want to go and wtch it.
ReplyDeleteI really like the olyimpics
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, you are crazy about football, literally!!!
DeleteI think I'll give you a nickname, what about . . . fantastic football Faith!
(tell me at school if this is all right)
my dad has got tickets to go and watch basketball
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