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Position and Direction KS1

This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks that are grouped by topic.

Coloured Squares
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Coloured Squares

Age
5 to 7
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Use the clues to colour each square.
Triangle Animals
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Triangle Animals

Age
5 to 7
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How many different ways can you find to join three equilateral triangles together? Can you convince us that you have found them all?
2 Rings
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2 Rings

Age
5 to 7
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The red ring is inside the blue ring in this picture. Can you rearrange the rings in different ways? Perhaps you can overlap them or put one outside another?
En-counters
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En-counters

Age
5 to 7
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Walking round a triangle
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Walking round a triangle

Age
5 to 7
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This ladybird is taking a walk round a triangle. Can you see how much he has turned when he gets back to where he started?
Olympic rings
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Olympic rings

Age
5 to 7
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Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

Turning Man
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Turning Man

Age
5 to 7
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Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.
Cover the Camel
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Cover the Camel

Age
5 to 7
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Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
Turning
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Turning

Age
5 to 7
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Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?

Square split into a triangle and trapezium
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Tangram Tangle

Age
5 to 7
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If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?



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