During the week, as part of their maths learning, Year 1 have been looking closely at shape.
It’s important that by the end of Year 1 children can do the following:
- recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including:
- 2-D shapes [eg rectangles (including squares), circles and triangles]
- 3-D shapes [eg cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres]
The class have studied shapes carefully and have been learning to use appropriate shape vocabulary.
- name of shape
- sides
- curved or straight
- corners
- flat
- round
- point
We played a guessing game with shapes. The children had to guess the shape in the bag without seeing it. We gave clues by feeling the shape and describing it to our classmates. Year 1 were confident to use the mathematical language they had been taught to work out the correct name for the hidden shape.
This game would be easy to do at home, too!
After a shape walk around school (again a great activity at home or whilst out and about), we got to work on our own shape creations.
Take a look…
