These Year 5 Perimeter and Area Stem Sentences are designed to support your teaching when covering the subject of perimeter and area. They're ideal for using on your working walls or maths displays and will encourage children to use the correct mathematical language.

The main areas covered are measuring the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons, as well as measuring the area of rectangles and compound shapes. Children will also estimate area.

The resource supports practical learning and will prompt insightful discussion between children.