Year One

Shapes and Objects 

Recently the Year Ones have been exploring two-dimensional polygons and three-dimensional objects. We have had a lot of fun exploring the different properties of these shapes and deepening our understanding of shapes and the vocabulary we can use to describe and compare them. 

Some of our experiences have included:

• Going on shape hunts in the classroom and around the school
• Connecting shapes to real world examples
• Extending our language to describe shapes 
• Combining shapes to create new shapes
• Exploring the different types of triangles
• Describing quadrilaterals; knowing the different shapes that have four sides and four corners
• Understanding and identifying prisms and pyramids 

Student reflections

“Two triangles make a star” - Hugo, 1GU

"Two triangles make a diamond” - Levi, 1GU

“Two rhombuses make a hexagon” - Mia L, 1GU

“I never knew that a square is a polygon” - Easton, 1JS

“I learnt that polygons have sides and are 2D” - Zayd, 1JS

“Trapezium and trapezoid is the same thing” - Lachie, 1JS

Emma Gallagher, Sarah Groves, Jemma Strbac Low, Carole Upton and Nicola Veneris

The Year One Team