Year 4 started their new maths unit on area with some practical activities. Some of the children created irregular shapes in the hall with Miss Green. They had to make as many irregular shapes as possible using 6 or 8 squares. They had to remember that the squares had to be the same size and not overlap.

Back in the classroom they continued to make shapes using small squares which they then recorded on paper. For extension they had some problem solving activities involving multiplication as a lead on to calculating area.