In Year One, maths is all about making learning practical, engaging, and meaningful. One of the most enjoyable topics for our children is measuring capacity, and this week we explored it using something very familiar: cups.

To begin with, the children investigated how much different containers could hold. Using identical cups as a non‑standard unit of measurement, they poured water and counted carefully, discovering how many cups were needed to fill each container. This hands‑on approach helped them understand that capacity is about how much a container can hold, not how big it looks.