Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Jersey has its own language called Jèrriais — a form of Norman French still spoken by some islanders! 🗣️The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Jersey has its own language called Jèrriais — a form of Norman French still spoken by some islanders! 🗣️The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔

🔢 Maths

2D and 3D Shapes

🔢 Maths KS2 — Ages 7–11 ✓ 3 key facts

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⭐ Key Facts

1 2D shapes are flat and have only length and width; 3D shapes have length, width and height (or depth).

2 Regular polygons have sides of equal length and angles of equal size (e.g. equilateral triangle, square).

3 3D shapes have faces (flat surfaces), edges (where two faces meet) and vertices (corner points).

Explore the properties of 2D and 3D shapes — sides, faces, edges and vertices.

Shapes are all around us and can be grouped into 2D (flat) and 3D (solid) shapes. Two-dimensional shapes have length and width but no depth — they are perfectly flat. Common 2D shapes include triangles (3 sides), quadrilaterals (4 sides — including squares, rectangles, rhombuses and trapeziums), pentagons (5 sides), hexagons (6 sides) and octagons (8 sides). A regular polygon has all sides equal and all angles equal. Three-dimensional shapes have three dimensions — length, width and depth. We describe them using faces (flat or curved surfaces), edges (where two faces meet) and vertices (corner points). A cube has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices. A cylinder has 2 flat circular faces and 1 curved surface. A sphere has 0 edges, 0 vertices and 1 curved face. Knowing the properties of shapes helps in design, engineering and art.

🔢 MathsKS2 — Ages 7–11

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