--- title: "Nursery - Maths - Sorting By Size" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-01-nursery-maths-sorting-by-size" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Maths - Sorting By Size ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Screenshot_2024-07-04_15.35.57.png) 1 July 2024 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Screenshot_2024-07-04_15.35.57.png)I In Nursery class, the children have been using the shells in the sand pit to explore size. We used the target language 'big' and 'small' to describe each shell and also grouped the shells together with others that matched in size. [Nursery](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Maths](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/dee73e7f-6824-48ae-9f17-c94d9f9138c1.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-27-year-6-science-identifying-plants-for-classification) Previous ### [Year 6 Science: Identifying Plants for Classification](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-27-year-6-science-identifying-plants-for-classification) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/45d0159a-3e3c-4d73-9b71-433e6c073f24.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-02-year-6-leavers-service-at-blackburn-cathedral) Next ### [Year 6 Leavers Service at Blackburn Cathedral](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-07-02-year-6-leavers-service-at-blackburn-cathedral) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)