In Year One and Two children build on their knowledge of 2-D and 3-D shapes gained in the EYFS.
In Year One they are taught to recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including:
2-D shapes [for example, rectangles* (including squares*), circles and triangles]
3-D shapes [for example, cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres].
* Please note - Rectangles are shapes which have four straight sides and four right angles. These include oblongs and squares.
In Year Two the children learn to recognise and name a wider range of 2-D and 3-D shapes and to talk about their properties and features.
They us the terms edges and faces and vertex/ vertices when referring to the points where two or more edges meet.
Children recognise 2-D shapes as a face on a 3-D shape and compare and sort shapes according to their properties.