Maths Learning - Week Beginning 1st February 2016

This week we have turned our attention to geometry!  We have been looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.  This involves the children using the proper mathematical language for describing shapes.  You could help at home by recognising and naming shapes around you:  How many rectangles can you spot?  Give the child a dice or a box and ask them what shape they are (cube / cuboid).  You could also encourage your child to count edges on 2D shapes and faces on 3D shapes.  Did you know that the proper term for corners on 2D and 3D shapes is vertices !