--- title: "Reception - Maths - Shape Detectives!" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-11-05-reception-maths-shape-detectives" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Reception - Maths - Shape Detectives! ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/928a28a3-4bf2-4f92-8ee2-a3aec434e866.jpeg) 5 November 2025 ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/928a28a3-4bf2-4f92-8ee2-a3aec434e866.jpeg) This week in Reception we’ve been learning all about shapes! We went on a circle hunt around school and spotted circles everywhere — wheels, pizzas, clocks, and more. We talked about how a circle is a continuous curve with no corners, and the children loved finding examples in their environment. We definitely had some brilliant shape detectives on the case! [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_2025-11-04_12_06_38.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-11-04-year-4-music-making-the-sounds-of-a-rain-storm) Previous ### [Year 4 Music - Making The Sounds Of A Rain Storm](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-11-04-year-4-music-making-the-sounds-of-a-rain-storm) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/b51335be-b067-48ac-bcd2-7dbd9dfd70b9.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-11-06-year-4-science-sound-and-vibrations) Next ### [Year 4 Science - Sound and Vibrations](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-11-06-year-4-science-sound-and-vibrations) ### 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/)