We have been learning about squares and rectangles. We started to notice the shapes all around us and began to describe their properties. We learnt new mathematical language for describing the properties of squares and rectangles to help us do this, such as ‘sides’, ‘straight’ and ‘corners’.

We sorted shapes into 'squares' and rectangles' and we began to explore the properties of the shapes by creating them out of matchsticks. We also discovered that other shapes can be combined to make new shapes.