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Position and Coordinates practice for Nursery – Year 6

Maths · Geometry · Early Years (EYFS), Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2. Shapes, angles, position and coordinates.

What your child will learn

• Use position words (above, below, next to, between, in front, behind) accurately.
• Follow and describe position and simple movement using in front, behind, left, right and turns.
• Describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant.
• Describe translations left/right and up/down, and plot points to complete a polygon.
• Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape after a reflection or translation, knowing that the shape has not changed.
• Describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all four quadrants).

Try some free position and coordinates questions

These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.

How BrightWorld helps with position and coordinates

Children practise position and coordinates at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.

Related topics

2-D and 3-D Shapes Angles and Turns