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Mathematics / Year 1 / Measurement and Geometry / Location and transformation

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Curriculum content descriptions

Give and follow directions to familiar locations (ACMMG023)

Elaborations
  • understanding that people need to give and follow directions to and from a place, and that this involves turns, direction and distance
  • understanding the meaning and importance of words such as ‘clockwise’, ‘anticlockwise’, ‘forward’ and ‘under’ when giving and following directions
  • interpreting and following directions around familiar locations
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Landmarks,  Direction (Geometry),  Instructions

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