Geometry Shape - Assessment

The Shape Assessment for Year 1 is a comprehensive evaluation of a child's understanding of basic geometric shapes and their properties. The assessment tasks students with various challenges, such as matching shapes to their corresponding names, with one example already provided for guidance. Children are asked to identify 3D shapes like cylinders, pyramids, spheres, and cubes, and to circle the ones that are cones. They are also required to recognise which shape does not belong to a certain group, such as identifying a shape that is not a triangle.

Additionally, the assessment includes exercises where students must count the number of rectangles in a given picture and determine which shapes are incorrectly grouped. To assess critical thinking, children are presented with a partially covered shape and must deduce the complete form. Creative tasks involve completing a pattern by drawing the next shapes in a sequence. Students are also asked to sort various shapes into hoops, with some placements already done as examples. To gauge their confidence level, children can circle a number from 1 to 5, with 1 indicating 'Not confident' and 5 'Very confident'. This assessment is designed to test not only shape recognition but also the ability to classify, count, and extend patterns, which are foundational skills in geometry.