represent objects in 2 dimensions; discuss and reason about the advantages and disadvantages of different representations

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a NAPLAN-year topic. Bloomi teaches it with a short explainer, guided practice, and NAPLAN-style questions — every one traceable to this exact code.

What this looks like in the classroom

• deconstructing packaging to identify shapes and nets
• using different nets to construct prisms and determining which nets will make a cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism or pyramid
• using aerial views of buildings and other three-dimensional structures to visualise the footprint made by the building or structure, identifying prisms that could approximate the structure