Fun with mirrors

This week the Middle syndicate has been having fun with mirrors. We got to read and write mirror writing, try drawing when looking in a mirror, look at ourselves in mirrors and use a mirror to see if shapes are symmetrical.

It was really tricky to draw between the stars when looking in the mirror. Your brain didn't know which way to make your hand go because it looks opposite in the mirror.

Joshua was really good at writing in mirror writing. His name looks backwards on the paper but the right way round in the mirror.


Each class thought about what they discovered about mirrors. This is what they had to say ...

A9

• Mirrors turn things backwards.
• It is hard to write in mirror writing.
• Your reflection copies you but looks like it looks like you are touching your left ear when you are really touching your right ear.

A10

• A reflection is the opposite.
• When you write your name in mirror writing it looks backwards and upside down.
• If you put something in front of a mirror it can reflect on the wall.
• When you look at a picture in the mirror the picture is symmetrical.
• When you look at a reflection in the mirror it looks like it is behind the mirror.
• You can read mirror writing using a mirror.

A6

• Mirror writing is upside down and back to front. You can read it with a mirror.
• You can use 2 mirrors to see the back of your head.
• You can look at your face in symmetry using a mirror.
• You can use a mirror to see if things are symmetrical.
• Shapes in a mirror appear the same distance behind the mirror as they are in front of the mirror.

A7

• When you look into a mirror it looks like your reflection is doing the opposite thing.
• Mirrors reflect light onto other things.
• If you put a mirror on the edge of a shape you can reflect the shape to make a new pattern.
• To read mirror writing you need to put a mirror at the bottom and read from bottom to top.
  
• It was tricky to write in mirror writing because the letters are upside down and back to front.