Geometry-Position and orientation

Geometry- Position and Orientation

We have been learning to follow directions.
Take five steps forward.
Make a quarter trun anticlockwise.
Take another five steps forward.
Make a quarter turn closkwise.  etc

This week we explored the language of position and direction.

Forwards, backwards, left, right, clockwsie, anticlockwise , 1/2 turn, 1/4 turn.

We looked at the hand movement of the clock to determine clockwise.  We discussed "anti" - meaning "to do the opposite", so anticlockwise is the opposite direction to clockwie.  We also used the clock to work out 1/4 past and 1/2 past.  Our understanding of fractions keeps growing.  It is amasing in how many different places they are found!

We had a lot of fun following directions to find treasure!
A great activity for home is to hide some treasure or an object for someone else to find.
Tall them what you have hidden.
Give insturctions to help them find the object.
You are not allowed to point.

Word Problems

How many soldiers were standing to attention if you could see 5 soldiers in the front row and you could see 4 rows?

We are learning to show our thinking in different ways.

We are seeing the connections between multiplication, (groups of), repeated addition, skip counting, division and subtraction.

If 10 more soldiers lined up how many more rows would there be?