P2-4 2D Shape Hunt
What a lovely and bright February morning! Just perfect for us to get out and about shape hunting. We have been looking at 2D shapes, their properties and tiling in class, so we headed out into the playground to find some shapes. There were loads!
We used a tally chart and worked in pairs. Rectangles were the most common, followed by squares, circles and triangles. Mrs Ferguson set us a challenge to find some more unusual shapes too.
Euan and Auryn found a bolt shaped like a pentagon on the car park fence and Kirstie and Chloe spotted a hexagonal bolt at the wooden play area. Charlotte and Erin wondered about the hopscotch rocket in the playground. It had 13 sides! They did some fact finding when they got back into class and discovered a 13 sided shape is called a tridecagon! Mrs Ferguson learnt something new too! Finlay took a really close look at the red plastic racquet and discovered that the holes were actually octagons!
I think you will agree that P2-4 are Super 2D Shape Hunters!
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- Jenna and Luke spotted squares and rectangles.
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- Keeping a tally of shapes spotted.
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- Triangle spotted by Auryn and Euan.
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- The top of a wooden stepping post is a circle.
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- Finlay and Millie check out the tiled steps.
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- Chloe noted this rectangular gate on her tally chart.
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- Kirstie spotted a hexagonal shaped bolt.
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- Square, triangles, cirlces – so many to find here!
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- The fence post, wire, bricks… shapes are all around us.
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- Euan and Auryn found a bolt shaped like a pentagon – super spotting you two!
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- Even this stone is a pentagon shape – spotted by Gregor and Cameron.
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- Gregor supervising Cameron’s tally marks!
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- Finlay noticed that the holes on this racquet are actually octagons! Go Finlay!
