YEAR 1 MATHSTerm 6 Week 6

This week – Position and Direction• This week there are 4 Maths sessions. We would like you to complete these

sessions at home. Each session should take about 45 minutes.

• In school, your child will be completing a maths assessment this week.

• If your child is not coming into school then the maths assessment will be sent via parent mail later in the week. When completing the assessment you can read the questions to your child but please do not help them to find the answer. If you can email us with your child’s score and any questions they found challenging then this would be much appreciated.

• This week we are focusing on:

• Lesson 1 – Clockwise or anti-clockwise?

• Lesson 2 – Quarter and 3 quarter turns

• Lesson 3 – Position and direction problems

• Lesson 4 – Mathletics / Professor Assessor

Session 1 – Clockwise or Anti-clockwise?

• In this session we are going to recap turning clockwise or anti-clockwise.

• Please start by watching this video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zjyb9j6

• There is a poster on the next page to support with the following activities.

• Can you be like the dancer in the video? Can you move your arm or leg in a clockwise direction? Can you spin in an anti-clockwise direction?

• Now we would like you to try the clockwise and anti-clockwise activity on pages 6 and 7.

• Lastly, we would like you to play the game on page 9.

Session 1

Please find the sheet on the next page and the answers on the page after.

Session 1

Session 1 - Answers

Session 1

Session 2 – Quarter and three quarter turns

• Today we are going to focus on how far to turn when making a quarter or three quarter turn.

• First we would like you to watch this video about quarter and half turns to recap our previous learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DOqM1dt_Vk

• Now we would like you to make quarter and half turns with your chosen objects.

• Can you work out how to make a 3 quarter turn with each of your objects?

• Next we would like you to try the game on this website: http://www.snappymaths.com/other/shapeandspace/position/interactive/turns/turns.htm

• After this please try the activities on the next few pages.

• Lastly, as an extra challenge, please try this ‘Turning Man’ problem: https://nrich.maths.org/5560

Session 2

Session 2

Session 3 – Position and Direction Problems

• Today we are going to be answering a range of position and direction questions.

• Please work through the next few pages. The answer to each question can be found on the page after it.

• If you would like some extra questions to complete then please try this quiz: https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/maths/year-1-position-direction-and-motion/

Can you draw an arrow to show how

the elephant has turned?

What words from the word list can

you use to describe the turn?

Can you stand up and show a half

turn?

How is this turn different from the elephant’s turn?

Could the starfish do a quarter turn in

a different way?

Can you say some different sentences using left and right

to describe the items?

Could you describe the items using the words in between?

What words from the word list can we use to describe the

fruit?Can you make up

your own sentences to describe the fruit using above, below,

left and right?

Session 4 - Mathletics and Professor Assessor

This week we have set some position and direction activities for you to try on Mathletics: https://www.mathletics.com/uk/

We have also set a position and direction home learning task on Professor Assessor: www.prof123.co.uk/

You will have 1 week to complete each of these tasks from Monday 6th July. All of these activities will help us to know how you are getting on with your learning.