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title: "Learning about capacity"
url: "https://www.boarshawprimary.co.uk/blog/2016-03-17-17-03-57-learning-about-capacity"
school: "Boarshaw Primary School"
---

# Learning about capacity

  ![Image of Learning about capacity](https://files.schudio.com/boarshawprimary/images/blog/204.JPG)  17 March 2016   [Year 1](https://www.boarshawprimary.co.uk/blog/category/year-1)

We have been getting quite messy in Maths this week. We have been learning about capacity and what this means. We were very excited to know that in our maths lessons we could mess with water but we were actually estimating and testing how many cups of water we needed to fill different containers.

Some of our estimates were spot on! Well done year 1. ![](https://www.boarshawprimary.co.uk/images/Year%201/Sharks/207.JPG)![](https://www.boarshawprimary.co.uk/images/Year%201/Sharks/208.JPG)![](https://www.boarshawprimary.co.uk/images/Year%201/Sharks/214.JPG)

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