Year 4 - Properties of shape

Take your class outdoors to explore angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, and symmetry through hands-on activities using natural resources and large-scale playground investigations. Pupils will deepen their understanding of geometry while combining maths with creativity, making learning active, memorable, and fun.

Lesson Plans

Identifying acute and obtuse angles

Using nature and your outside space, provide your children with hands-on experience and real-life context of angles to deepen their understanding of acuts, right and obtuse angles.

Learning objective:

To identify acute and obtuse angles.

Comparing angles

During this outdoor lesson your children will compare and order angles created using natural loose parts and investigate large-scale angles on your playground.

Learning objective:

To compare and order angles.

Classifying triangles

Using chalk, paint brushes with water, clipboards and rulers your children will love creating different types of triangles outdoors and applying their knowledge of angles in this lesson.

Learning objective:

To classify triangles.

Classifying quadrilaterals

Deepen children’s understanding of different types of quadrilateral by providing them the time to investigate and create them. This outdoor lesson plan also includes using a Carroll diagram.

Learning objective:

To classify quadrilaterals.

Identifying lines of symmetry within shapes

During this main activity your children will investigate lines of symmetry in a range of shapes using leaves as medium to explore. This outdoor lesson will provide a learning experience your class will remember for years to come!

Learning objective:

To identify lines of symmetry within a shape.

Applying symmetry knowledge

Combining maths and art your children will apply their knowledge of symmetry through partner work.

Learning objective:

To use knowledge of symmetry to complete a symmetric figure.

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