Year 3 & Year 4 Potato Olympics

Megan Wong & Bianca Strangis

Year 4 Potato Olympics

In celebration of Numeracy Week and the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Year 4 students have been eagerly participating in the 2024 Potato Olympics. Students were asked to bring in a potato from home that would compete in the Olympics. They were their own very special coaches towards their potato, providing lots of encouragement, positive affirmations and training. Students were divided into Potato Countries: Scallopitaly, Bakengland, Roastralia, Spudireland.

Throughout each day, students and their potato competed in various events. As part of numeracy week, students applied their measurement skills in various Potato Olympic events by measuring the distance, measuring the volume of water and measuring mass. This allowed students to investigate and demonstrate the different ways measurement can be incorporated at the Olympics which can also be used at home for everyday discussions and activities. 

Families are encouraged to continue to share and promote discussion about maths in every day activities. On behalf of the Year 4 team, we would like to thank all families for making this event possible through their assistance in sourcing their child a potato. 

Year 3 Potato Olympics

As part of Numeracy week and in celebration of the Olympics, the year 3 students had their own ‘Greenvale Potato Olympics’. Students each created their own potato athlete to compete in a range of events such as the ‘Potato Marathon’, ‘Potato Sprint’ and ‘Potato Splash’. 

They explored numeracy skills such as symmetry, measurement, capacity and mass. Students worked collaboratively with their peers to compete in the games. They then assessed their results to determine which athletes finished on the podium to receive a gold, silver or bronze medal. 

It was fantastic to see the excitement and engagement in our wonderful year 3 students throughout the week. Read below to hear some of their thoughts:

“It was fun and I enjoyed it because we got to compete like the actual Olympics”- Ethaar 3BS

“I liked that we got to draw on the potatoes and we got to do something like the Olympics at school”- Jevat 3BS 

“I enjoyed that we got to roll potatoes to measure the distance”- Sia 3AI 

“I liked that we got to make a profile for our potatoes” - Max 3AI

“I enjoyed splashing my potato in the bucket to create the biggest splash”- Sienna 3EB 

“I liked making a flag using symmetry”- Akin 3EB