We have been investigating the properties of hexagons, octagons and pentagons through practical activities.  We enjoyed watching funny videos about hexagons and pentagons.  You can watch them by clicking here and here.

We made our own pentagons, hexagons and octagons using a range of construction and by using straws and Plasticine.  These were quite tricky problem solving tasks and we had to persevere to get the properties of each shape right.  We also drew around 3D shapes to see which shape they made.

We particularly enjoyed tiling a variety of 2D shapes and trying to work out which ones fit together.