--- title: "Reception - Maths- Matching" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-09-16-reception-maths-matching" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Reception - Maths- Matching ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-09-16_17_08_08.jpg) 16 September 2025 The children had a wonderful time in maths today, going outdoors to find different natural objects in the gardens. The children selected leaves and sticks of all different shapes and sizes. When we got back to Reception, we looked through what we had found and started to put some order to them. We were looking for objects that looked the same. Did it have the same colour? Was it the same size? Did they look the same? The children pointed out that the leaves looked the same colour but they were a different size. Sticks matched in length and colour. Working together we matched a lot of the objects up and made groups. ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Collage_2025-09-16_17_08_08.jpg) [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/3f93a48d-31eb-4429-9901-56252283fa25.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-09-15-nursery-computing-exploring-using-torches) Previous ### [Nursery - Computing - Exploring Using Torches](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-09-15-nursery-computing-exploring-using-torches) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Year_2_-_Life_Cycles.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-09-17-year-2-science-life-cycles) Next ### [Year 2 - Science - Life Cycles](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-09-17-year-2-science-life-cycles) ### 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/)