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Mathematics / Foundation / Space
Curriculum content descriptions
sort, name and create familiar shapes; recognise and describe familiar shapes within objects in the environment, giving reasons (AC9MFSP01)
Elaborations
- sorting a collection of shapes into groups based on different features such as the number of sides, colour or size, and describing how they have been sorted
- creating a picture using a variety of shapes and a range of materials, including objects to trace around, describing the shapes they have created or used and sharing why they chose each shape in their picture
- creating familiar shapes using groups of people; for example, holding hands and creating a circle
- recognising and naming shapes that are (close to) rectangles, squares, triangles and circles in component parts of everyday items; for example, on bicycles, toy vehicles or kitchen pantry items
- describing and naming shapes within objects that can be observed on Country/Place, recreating and sorting into groups based on their shape
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Shapes (Geometry), Solids (Geometry), Classification