Orienteering in Year 3

Looking at the location of Olympic medal winners

Y5/6C have been investigating the distribution of Olympic medal winners.  We used atlases and globes to find countries that have won 50 or more medals in the Summer Olympic games and thought of reasons why some countries win more medals than others.

Our findings sparked a lot of discussion.  We found that generally the location of most medals were won by the richer/Western countries or mostly the Northern Hemisphere.  Some exceptions were the number of medals won by Kenya and Jamaica, who are strong at specialist events. 

'You find most medals winners are in the richer countries, because they have more facilities and or more money to send athletes/competitors to other countries.  The rest of the countries are poor and don't have the facilities or resources.' By Ollie

Olympic Torch Relay

Y5/6C have been following the Olympic torch relay around the UK.  In maths we looked at the distances between routes and the estimated time the torch will arrive in each destination.  We used this information to calculate the average speed the torch would need to go to ensure it arrived on time.

Table tennis

Y5/6C are beginning to try out different Olympic events as part of their Olympics topic.  Today we played table tennis.  As we were using small tables we kept the game simple, with the aim being how long we could keep a rally going.

Games evaluation

Y4J were busy evaluating their computer games today. They were learning about how important it is to hear other people's opinions when you are designing a game. The games are great!

A treasure hunt in Year 1

Great wrting from Luke in Year 5

Gerald was proudly marching down the road, holding the glorious Olympic Torch. People crowded in on him like a swarm of locusts. Look, look at him, he's holding the Olympic Torch. Flash, flash, people took pictures of him. Swish, swish, the flags were swaying from side to side.

Well done Luke.