Primary 2a have been looking into 2D shapes, counting their sides and corners, along with remembering their names.

We think that a circle is interesting because it has only 1 side and no corners. We use tips and tricks to help us remember the tricky names of shapes. For example, when we think of a hexagon, we think of the number six as they both have an ‘x’, so we remember a hexagon has six sides. When we think of an octagon, we think of an Octopus that has eight legs, so an octagon must have eight sides.

We also like to sing our Shape song filled with all of our 2D shapes, just ask us to sing this anytime.

We were able to make our own 2D shapes by cutting these out ourselves along with drawing our own 2D shape patterns, designing different colour and shape patterns.  We also enjoy making 2D shape patterns using concrete materials. Check out our amazing patterns below!