Numeracy - Capacity

In year one this week we have learnt a new word - capacity! We know it is how much something can hold so we are spending the week investigating capacity. We have been outside with the water deciding what 'full, empty, half, nearly full and nearly empty' look like. We had a big discussion whether half full is the same as half empty and came to the agreement that it is! Over the next few days we will be estimating and measuring capacity. e.g How many yoghurt pots it take to fill a container. We will be comparing capacities and thinking how we can work out which is bigger.