🌟 Stars of the Week: Billie and Canaan

Billie and Canaan used accurate vocabulary to describe 3D shapes, confidently talking about flat faces and curved faces when deciding which shapes to use in their towers. 

This Week in Class 1:

We’ve had an exciting start to our new Shape topic in Maths this week! The children have been learning all about 3D shapes, and we’ve focused on six key ones: sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, cube, and cuboid. The children are able to recognise and name these shapes, as well as think of real-life examples for each one. We talked about how a sphere is like a football or an orange and a cone is just like an ice cream cone or a party hat. A cylinder reminded us of things like a tin of beans or a rolling pin, while a pyramid looks a lot like the famous Pyramids of Egypt or even the top of some roof structures. We noticed that cubes can be seen in dice and building blocks, and cuboids are all around us in cereal boxes and books!

The children have also been using accurate vocabulary to describe the shapes, confidently talking about flat faces, curved faces, edges. We then took our learning a step further by using 3D shapes to build towers! The children had to think carefully about where each shape could and could not go in their constructions. For example, they discovered that a pyramid or a cone can only go at the top of a tower, as each of these shapes has just one flat surface to balance on.

Collective Worship

Class 1’s collective worship is on Tuesday 25th November at 9am in the school hall. I have attached a recording of the song below to practise.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Kandiah ✨