Direction and Turns
Year 1Week 2
Year 1: Direction and Turns (Week 2)
5 daily worksheets — Part of Position & Direction
Direction and Turns
Year 1Week 2
Direction and Turns
Year 1Week 2
Direction and Turns
Year 1Week 2
Direction and Turns
Year 1Week 2
About Year 1 Direction and Turns Worksheets
Does your child understand turns and directions? These free Year 1 direction and turns worksheets help children learn about whole turns, half turns, and quarter turns. Understanding direction and rotation is a key part of the Year 1 geometry curriculum.
This week's five worksheets introduce your child to the concept of turning. They'll learn the difference between a whole turn, a half turn, and a quarter turn, and they'll practise giving and following simple directions. The worksheets use fun characters and maps to make direction work engaging.
What's Inside Each Day
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Day 1
Whole turns and half turns — your child learns what happens when something makes a full turn or a half turn.
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Day 2
Quarter turns — children explore quarter turns (right angles), learning that four quarter turns make a whole turn.
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Day 3
Clockwise and anticlockwise — your child learns the two directions of turning and practises following turn instructions.
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Day 4
Giving directions — children give simple instructions like "go forward 3, turn right" to guide characters through paths.
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Day 5
Direction and turns problems — reasoning questions ask your child to predict where something will end up after a series of turns.
Skills Your Child Will Practise
- Understanding whole, half, and quarter turns
- Distinguishing clockwise from anticlockwise
- Following and giving simple directions
- Predicting the result of turns
- Connecting turns to everyday movement
Top Tip for Parents
Get your child moving! Stand in the garden and practise quarter turns, half turns, and whole turns. Play a treasure hunt where you give directions: "Go forward 5 steps, make a quarter turn right, go forward 3 steps." Physical movement makes these abstract concepts real.
All our Year 1 Direction and Turns worksheets are completely free to download and print. Each worksheet is aligned to the UK national curriculum and includes fluency practice, word problems, and reasoning challenges — everything your child needs for a well-rounded KS1 maths practice session.