3D Shapes in Year 1

Can you spot what 3D shapes we have used in out making? Can you spot the cuboids, cylinders and cubes?

Catch up with Year 1

In Year 1 we have had another busy but fabulous start to a new term.

Here are some of the exciting things we have been doing...

In maths, recently, we have been investigating capacity.

We tried estimating which containers could hold the most and ordering them. 

We then used cubes to test our predictions. 

It was also a great opportunity to practise our counting skills.

Grouping in tens helps when counting to large numbers

We were very surprised to find that, although some containers look very different they actually hold the same amount.

At the moment we are learning about counting in groups of twos, tens and fives, and linking this to multiplication problems. We are looking forward to sharing these skills with parents and visitors during our special maths morning which is coming up soon.

In PE we have started practising some important games skills that will help us get ready for sports day. This week we were practising our dribbling skills and using control to move the ball around cones.

It has also been our turn to look after the chickens this week. We have enjoyed feeding them, collecting eggs and making sure they have enough to drink in this warmer weather.

In geography we have been learning about the weather. 

The children really enjoyed being in role play as weather forecasters. 
Below is the link to the website we used in case you want to try it at home.

http://www.bluesquarething.co.uk/geography/dragdropmap/frontsbigweathermap.htm 

Year 3 - Striking Some Shapes!

Year 3 have been really busy learning about 3D shapes in lots of different ways! We've worked hard to identify the names of common 3D shapes and to describe them by their properties.

Using the terms faces, vertices, edges, straight, curved, point and prism, we've discussed the similarities and differences between the different shapes.

We made a 'Top Trumps' game using these properties and challenged a friend to see who could win each round...

We've also used nets of different 3D shapes to make models. Some shapes were a lot trickier than others to make! Lots of team work was needed but everyone managed to make a range of different models. How many 3D shapes can you recognise?

We've also tried making shapes out of plasticine! After choosing our shape, we needed to mould the material to make it as accurate as possible. Lots of our shapes were extremely accurate! Can you work out how many vertices, edges and faces they have?

We discovered that a cone doesn't have any vertices but it does have a point. Can you explain why it doesn't have any vertices?