Getting into Shapes!

We have been exploring shape in Maths...

And fun exercising in P.E. called Better Movers and Thinkers

This week during maths, Primary 4 have been sorting shapes based on their properties. We started by building shapes from their 2D nets then discussing their properties. We were able to count the number and shape of faces, number of edges and number of vertices (corners on a 3D shape). 

We sorted 3D shapes in Venn diagrams using given criteria before creating our own criteria for sorting shapes.We were challenged to think about the properties of shapes and how they are similar and different from one another. 

To finish our shape work, we chose a 3D shape and created a poster showing everything we knew about it. 

In P.E. we have implemented a practice called Better Movers and Thinkers (BMT) where physical and thinking activities are layered together. This encourages pupils to be creative and motivated during P.E., and everyone in P4 has enjoyed the challenge. This week pupils used three different jumping moves, in pairs, to create a sequence. Have a look at the creative results...

Every group had different ways of using the three jumping moves. Groups tried 1) to be mirror images 2) do different moves at the same time 3) try the jumps forwards and backwards. There was a lot of communication in groups about their choreography!