Tag: Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Maths

We have been learning all about the Commonwealth Games. One of the competitors we followed was Tom Walsh, the NZ flag bearer and champion shot putter. We watched with awe as he managed to push his shotput 22.26m to win the Gold Medal! Jackso Gill was close behind with a 21.9m push. The shotput they use is 7kg!

We have been learning about measurement in maths and decided to find out what 22.26m looks like and what 7kg feels like. We all lined up against the tape mesure to see. We couldn’t believe how far Tom Walsh could push a shotput!

Then Whaea Deb put four school shot puts in a bag for us to hold. They weighed 7kg altogether! The bag was so heavy. We had a hold of the shotputs to get an idea of what 1.5kg and 2kg felt like.

We estimated how far we could push a 1.5kg shotput and then we measured our throws. We are looking forward to using the tape measures again!