Year 1 · Position and Direction · Summary
Year 1 Position and Direction: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 position and direction chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Above, below, top, middle, bottom | Above means higher up and below means lower down. The top is the highest place. |
| Next to, between, left, right | Read a row from the left. Next to is the very next one. Between is in the middle of two. |
| In front and behind | The shape that covers another shape is in front of it. |
| Forwards, backwards, up, down | On a track, forwards is to the right. On a lift, up means a higher floor. |
| Whole, half, quarter, three-quarter | Four quarter turns make a whole turn. Two quarter turns make a half turn. |
| Clockwise and anticlockwise | Clockwise goes 12, 3, 6, 9 round a clock. Anticlockwise goes 12, 9, 6, 3. |
Can you…?
- I can say where a shape is using above, below, top, middle and bottom
- I can say which shape is next to, between, on the left or on the right of another
- I can say which shape is in front and which is behind
- I can describe a move forwards, backwards, up or down
- I can name a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn
- I can turn an arrow clockwise and anticlockwise on a clock face
Key terms
- above
- higher up than something else
- below
- lower down than something else
- top
- the highest place
- bottom
- the lowest place
- next to
- the very next thing, with nothing in between
- between
- in the middle of two things
- in front
- nearer to us, or covering something behind it
- behind
- further back, or covered by something in front
- forwards
- towards the front; to the right on our track
- backwards
- back the way you came; to the left on our track
- quarter turn
- a quarter of the way round a circle or clock
- half turn
- half way round, to the opposite side
- clockwise
- the way the hands of a clock move
- anticlockwise
- the other way round, against the hands of a clock