Position and Direction
In Year One, children use ordinal numbers to describe the position of objects. They also begin to use left and right to describe direction.
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Year Two build on their knowledge of left and right to describe the movement of shapes. They also begin using the language of 'clockwise' and 'anti-clockwise' to describe turns.
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Children return to their position and direction learning in Year Four. Co-ordinates in the first quadrant are introduced with children describing and plotting them. They also begin describing translations using left/right and up/down, which they learnt previously.
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In Year Five, children build on their knowledge of translations and continue plotting points on a grid. They also begin reflecting shapes including successive reflection.
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Year Six build on their knowledge of co-ordinates by plotting and reading points in four quadrants. They use this when translating and reflecting shapes.
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