{"id":4835,"date":"2025-09-24T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:47:49","slug":"maths-week-scotland-shape-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/2025\/09\/24\/maths-week-scotland-shape-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Scotland &#8211; Shape Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The children in the nursery have been enjoying experiencing lots of maths activities in nursery this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning we went for a walk around the Sound area to find out how shapes are used in real life in our local area.<\/p>\n<p>We walked from the nursery to Seafield Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4837\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151730\/IMG_5841-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151730\/IMG_5841-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151730\/IMG_5841-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151730\/IMG_5841-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We put on our reflective vests and held our partners hand. We had to cross roads and we paid attention to the instructions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4838\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151732\/IMG_5842-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151732\/IMG_5842-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151732\/IMG_5842-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151732\/IMG_5842-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4839\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151736\/IMG_5843-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151736\/IMG_5843-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151736\/IMG_5843-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151736\/IMG_5843-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We tried to spot 4 different shapes on our walk. We looked for squares, circles, triangles and rectangles. We used our shape spotters to check which shapes we found. Isla said &#8220;I&#8217;ve not got the triangle yet&#8221;.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4863\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24184732\/shape-spotter-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24184732\/shape-spotter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24184732\/shape-spotter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24184732\/shape-spotter-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4840\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151740\/IMG_5844-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151740\/IMG_5844-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151740\/IMG_5844-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151740\/IMG_5844-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151740\/IMG_5844-rotated.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4841\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151837\/IMG_5845-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151837\/IMG_5845-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151837\/IMG_5845-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151837\/IMG_5845-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151837\/IMG_5845-rotated.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found lots of shapes painted on the ground. We found circles, triangles and rectangles. Louie said &#8221; my door is a rectangle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4842\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151839\/IMG_5846-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151839\/IMG_5846-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151839\/IMG_5846-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151839\/IMG_5846-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4843\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151842\/IMG_5847-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151842\/IMG_5847-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151842\/IMG_5847-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151842\/IMG_5847-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4844\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151845\/IMG_5848-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151845\/IMG_5848-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151845\/IMG_5848-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151845\/IMG_5848-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spotted rectangular and circular road signs too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4845\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151927\/IMG_5849-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151927\/IMG_5849-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151927\/IMG_5849-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151927\/IMG_5849-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4846\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151930\/IMG_5850-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151930\/IMG_5850-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151930\/IMG_5850-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24151930\/IMG_5850-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4852\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152034\/IMG_5851-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152034\/IMG_5851-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152034\/IMG_5851-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152034\/IMG_5851-1-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The windows and bricks were mostly rectangles, but we did find some squares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152037\/IMG_5852-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152037\/IMG_5852-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152037\/IMG_5852-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152037\/IMG_5852-1-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152046\/IMG_5854-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152046\/IMG_5854-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152046\/IMG_5854-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152046\/IMG_5854-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found a nice triangle on the back of a vehicle that we passed and also noticed that the trees that had been cut now had circles on the ends of their branches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4858\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152126\/IMG_5855-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152126\/IMG_5855-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152126\/IMG_5855-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152126\/IMG_5855-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152126\/IMG_5855-1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152129\/IMG_5856-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152129\/IMG_5856-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152129\/IMG_5856-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152129\/IMG_5856-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152129\/IMG_5856-1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4860\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152132\/IMG_5857-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152132\/IMG_5857-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152132\/IMG_5857-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundnursery\/uploads\/sites\/3147\/2025\/09\/24152132\/IMG_5857-1-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed having our snack together at the Seafield pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children in the nursery have been enjoying experiencing lots of maths activities in nursery this week. On Wednesday morning we went for a walk around the Sound area to find out how shapes are used in real life in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/2025\/09\/24\/maths-week-scotland-shape-walk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,9,10],"class_list":["post-4835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-earlymathematics","tag-mathsweekscotland","tag-shape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}