Year 2 – Investigating 3D Shapes
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Posted on March 11, 2026
This week in our Maths lessons we have been looking at 3D shapes. We used mathematical vocabulary to name and describe each shape. We identified the 2D shapes we could see in 3D shapes and used nets to make our own 3D shapes. To help us describe the shapes, we built some shapes with straws and plasticine to help us count the number of faces, edges and vertices.

































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