We have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes this term. The triangles group have been exploring 2D shapes such as circle and square and the square and circles groups have been learning about complex 2D shapes such as pentagon and 3D shapes such as cube and sphere.

We have enjoyed using construction materials to make these shapes and took this a little further today. We decided to use magnetic shapes to try and build our very own Sevi Von!

We realised that you could make 3D shapes from 2D shapes, and Miss Dunn explained this was called a net. We used a net of a Sevi Von to try and make our own. It was tricky but we learned that if at first you find it tricky you try again with a new plan or the help of others.

This week we have been exploring money in class.

We are learning to identify, total and correctly make different amounts of money.

We are adding a shop into our home corner to further explore this learning.

Here are a few tips to try at home:

• use a variety of coins and crayons to make coin rubbings – try and identify each coin from the rubbing
• give your child their own purse with real coins in it and pretend play shops
• use the food offers leaflets that come through the post to discuss amounts and values of money – scan for how many £ signs you can see

Today the squares and circles maths groups learned the mental maths skill of counting in 5s.

We counted fingers and counters in groups of 5 then discovered it would help us to total money when counting using 5p.

Here is a fun song to dance along to at home to support this skill….

….and a slightly funkier one!