Key
School
Targets
To develop understanding of names and properties of 2-D shapes
Year
Target
(Curriculum Guidance for Foundation Stage page 80, NNS Section 4 page 25
NNS Section 5 pages 80, NNS Section 6 pages 102, Year 7 Page 56)
Must:
Begin to use mathematical names for flat 2-D shapes and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Should:
Use language such as circle or bigger to describe the shape and size of flat shapes. Begin to
name flat shapes such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle, star.
Could:
Use the mathematical names for common 2-D shapes including pentagon, hexagon, octagon and sort
and describe their features such as number of sides and corners and symmetry.
Must:
Use language such as circle or bigger to describe the shape and size of flat shapes. Begin to name flat
shapes such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle, star.
Should:
Use everyday language to describe familiar 2-D shapes including circle, triangle, square,
rectangle, star referring to properties such as number and types of sides.
Could:
Use the mathematical names for common 2-D shapes including pentagon, hexagon, octagon and sort
and describe their features such as number of sides and corners and symmetry.
Must:
Use everyday language to describe familiar 2-D shapes including circle, triangle, square, rectangle, star
referring to properties such as number and types of sides.
Should:
Use the mathematical names for common 2-D shapes including pentagon, hexagon, octagon and
sort and describe their features such as number of sides and corners and symmetry.
Could:
Classify and describe 2-D shapes including semi-circle, quadrilateral… referring to properties such as
reflective symmetry where the sides, edges are the same length etc.
Must:
Use the mathematical names for common 2-D shapes including pentagon, hexagon, octagon and sort
and describe their features such as number of sides and corners and symmetry.
Should:
Classify and describe 2-D shapes including semi-circle, quadrilateral, referring to properties
such as reflective symmetry where the sides, edges are the same length etc.
Could:
Describe and visualise 2-D shapes, including oblong, heptagon and polygon and recognise equilateral
and isosceles triangles. Classify polygons using criteria such as number of right angles, symmetry
properties and whether they are regular.
Must:
Classify and describe 2-D shapes including semi-circle, quadrilateral, referring to properties such as
reflective symmetry where the sides, edges are the same length etc.
Should:
Describe and visualise 2-D shapes, including oblong, heptagon and polygon and recognise
equilateral and isosceles triangles. Classify polygons using criteria such as number of right
angles, symmetry properties and whether they are regular.
Could:
Recognise properties of rectangles and classify triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene), using criteria
such as equal sides, equal angles and lines of symmetry.
Must:
Describe and visualise 2-D shapes, including oblong, heptagon and polygon and recognise equilateral
and isosceles triangles. Classify polygons using criteria such as number of right angles, symmetry
properties and whether they are regular.
Should:
Recognise properties of rectangles and classify triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene), using
criteria such as equal sides, equal angles and lines of symmetry.
Could:
Classify quadrilaterals using criteria such as parallel sides, equal angles, equal sides. Recognise and
name 2-D shapes such as rhombus, kite, parallelogram and trapezium.
Must:
Recognise properties of rectangles and classify triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene), using criteria
such as equal sides, equal angles and lines of symmetry.
Should:
Classify quadrilaterals using criteria such as parallel sides, equal angles, equal sides.
Recognise and name 2-D shapes such as rhombus, kite, parallelogram and trapezium.
Could:
Visualise, describe and sketch 2-D shapes in different orientations
YR
as YR and
Y1
as Y1 and
Y2
as Y2 and
Y3
as Y3 and
Y4
as Y4 and
Y5
as Y5 and
Y6
Lancashire Mathematics Team