Sunday 31 July 2016

Term 3

Term 3 is underway!!  Cross country on Wednesday and the Arthur Street School Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday....hopefully the weather will be kind!
Not long until the Rio Olympics....exciting stuff!
Check out the Olympic question below, answer via the comments section.

Olympic Measures

1.  Below are some interesting measurements and records from events at the 2012 Olympic Games. Unfortunately they have been muddled up.
Can you regroup them correctly? 

Usain Bolt's 100 metres
World Record
40km
Mass of Women's Discus02:15:25mph
Women's Discus World Record1500km
Average speed of World Record
Men's 50 km Walking race
1metres
Men's Shot put World Record76.8hr:min:sec
Paula Radcliffe's
Women's Marathon World Record
6.16metres
Triathlon Swim (distance)8.77kg
Triathlon Bicycle ride (distance)10metres
Triathlon Run (distance)9.58seconds
Men's Pole Vault World Record23.12metres
Women's Long Jump
World Record
18cm
Men's High Jump World Record21.34hr:min:sec
Basketball hoop diameter10metres
Basketball hoop height01:49:55seconds
Diameter of Archery target 7.52metres
Archers’ distance from the target01:46:25metres
Height of Diving platform2.45hr:min:sec
Men's 10km Swimming
2012 Olympics winner's time
70inches
Men's 50m Freestyle Swimming
2012 Olympics winner's time
122metres
Men's Triathlon
2012 Olympics winner's time
10feet