Olympic challenge!

We began working on our Olympics topic in middle school today. I went over the plans that pupils had made last week and explained how these would form part of the work in different curricular areas.

Then we began our Olympic Challenge! Pupils will working to improve their personal best time at running the 100m sprint. They will also be looking at their diet, the amount of exercise they do and their recovery rate by keeping a regular record.

Pupils working out their resting pulse:



Measuring and drawing out the course:







Ready to run...




He's off!!!




Everyone worked well and were very enthusiastic: