Year 2 Describing Turns Game

Year 2 Position and Direction

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 2 Describing Turns Game checks pupils’ understanding of describing turns using half, quarter, full, and three-quarter turns, clockwise and anti-clockwise. Pupils will select the label to describe the turn the object has made, complete a sentence to describe the turn Bip has made, identify all the turns a shape could have made, determine which statement is correct and drag and drop labels for the different turns made.

Questions in this activity are based on Summer Block 1 Step 2.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Geometry – Position and Direction

(2P2) Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)

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