--- title: "Reception - Maths - Rotating Shapes" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-15-reception-maths-rotating-shapes" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Reception - Maths - Rotating Shapes ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-05-15_14_28_02.jpg) 15 May 2025 In Maths, we have been thinking about how we can use our words to describe shapes. Today we rotated our shapes in our hands and discovered that even when they are rotated they keep their shape. The children then enjoyed creating patterns and pictures with shapes. They needed to rotate the shapes to fit them in the correct part of the picture. [Reception](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/reception) [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/Collage_2025-05-14_22_39_25.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-14-nursery-art-frogs) Previous ### [Nursery - Art - Frogs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-14-nursery-art-frogs) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-05-19_11_48_38.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-19-year-6-maths-measuring-and-classifying-angles) Next ### [Year 6: Maths - Measuring and Classifying Angles.](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-19-year-6-maths-measuring-and-classifying-angles) ### 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/)