Year 2 Space and shape worksheets
Free worksheets: Space and shape, KS1, Y2
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Drawing a 2D-shape picture
Find a ruler (for drawing straight lines) and some coins (to help you draw circles). Draw a picture using: 5 circles; 6 squares; 4 rectangles; 3 semi-circles; 2 triangles; 1 hexagon; 1 pentagon.
Find the 2D shapes
A picture of a house incorporating various 2D shapes for children to colour in given colours.
Finding 2D and 3D shapes
Look at these pictures. Can you spot the 2D and 3D shapes listed? Once you find them, write the names over the top of each shape. Make sure you copy the spellings correctly!
Primary Geometry: shape and space pack
Geometry is better known in primary schools nowadays as ‘Shape and Space’. Shape work focuses on 2D and 3D shapes; by the end of the primary curriculum children have a solid knowledge of a large number of shapes and their characteristics. This pack of activities is full of hands-on activities that will help children to name, sort and classify shapes before moving onto topics such as area, perimeter, angles and symmetry.
Battleships!
The goal behind this classic strategic game is to try and sink your opponent’s battleships. Each player tries to hide their ships on the grid and avoid being ‘hit’ by the other player’s ‘shots’. A player is given two grids, one to put their own ships on and one to mark their guesses and whether or not their shots succeeded.
Finding 2D and 3D shapes
Look at these pictures. Can you spot the 2D and 3D shapes listed? Once you find them, write the names over the top of each shape. Make sure you copy the spellings correctly!
Quarter, half and full turns
A quarter turn is 90 degrees. A half turn is 180 degrees. A whole turn is 360 degrees. This is Jane’s bedroom, seen from above. Can you see her bed, window, door and teddy? Can you answer these questions about how may degrees she turns?
Turning shapes
Draw these shapes as if someone has turned them around a little! Use a ruler to help you with the straight lines. If you get stuck, try turning the paper to look at the shape.
Language of direction and position
Can you match these words with the correct pictures – under, over, above, beside, opposite, in between.
Estimate and measure length
Rulers at the ready! Estimate how long you think each of these items is. (An estimate is a ‘clever guess’.) Then measure with your ruler. Were you right?
Drawing direction and position
Draw pictures to match these words: on top of; beside; in between; opposite; underneath; above; in front of; behind.
Drawing a 2D-shape picture
Find a ruler (for drawing straight lines) and some coins (to help you draw circles). Draw a picture using: 5 circles; 6 squares; 4 rectangles; 3 semi-circles; 2 triangles; 1 hexagon; 1 pentagon.
Drawing 2D shapes
Practise drawing the following shapes: a semi-circle; a shape with 4 corners; an octagon; a shape with 3 sides; a hexagon; a shape with no corners; a shape with 4 equal length sides; a shape with 1 side; a pentagon. You might find you have the same shape in more than one box. A ruler will help you draw straight lines.
Count the sides of 2D shapes
Fill in the 2D shape properties chart for these shapes with the name of the shape and how many sides it has.
Primary geometry: shape and space
Do you know your hexagons from your heptagons, your pentagonal pyramids from your octagonal prisms? From 2D shapes to angles and symmetry our seventy-page Primary Geometry: shape and space learning pack covers all aspects of the national curriculum (Shape and Space) and will ensure your child can use a protractor, translate a shape and look for a mirror line. Challenge them to a game of 3D shape dominoes, make a right-angle measurer and get started!
Reflective symmetry
Complete these pictures to show the shape reflected in the dotted line of symmetry. You could use a small mirror to show what the other half of the shape should look like.
Cool maths games for kids
Add an extra learning dimension to family game time – try one of our Cool Maths board games and help reinforce your child's knowledge of number bonds, percentages and fractions while you play. Compiled by deputy headteacher Matt Revill and packed with 20 games, this maths learning pack covers all the key skills your child will need to master as part of the primary numeracy curriculum.
2D shapes: Pentagons and hexagons
This activity gives your child practice at identifying a series of regular and irregular five- and six-sided shapes.
Learning about symmetry
This Year 2 maths download will help your child to recognise reflective symmetry in familiar 2D shapes and patterns.
Clockwise and anti-clockwise
Worksheet with circular diagrams for your child to add arrows demonstrating clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Find the 2D shapes
A picture of a house incorporating various 2D shapes for children to colour in given colours.