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Turns and Directions

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Turns and Directions

Compass and directional arrows

🔄 Part 1: Types of Turns

1. Which turn takes you all the way around back to where you started?

Quarter turn

Half turn

Three-quarter turn

Full turn

2. If you face the front of the classroom and do a half turn, which direction are you now facing?

Still facing the front

Facing the back

Facing the left side

Facing the right side

3. A quarter turn is the same as turning:

A little bit

Like the corner of a square

All the way around

Halfway around

4. Which of these everyday actions involve turning? (Tick all that apply)

Opening a jar lid

Turning a door handle

Walking in a straight line

Turning off a tap

🧭 Part 2: Clockwise and Anti-clockwise

5. Clockwise means turning the same way as:

The hands on a clock

The opposite way to clock hands

Up and down

Side to side

6. If you start facing north and do a quarter turn clockwise, you will be facing:

North

South

East

West

7. Draw an arrow to show a half turn anti-clockwise from the starting arrow:

Start: ➡️

After half turn anti-clockwise: ___________

📍 Part 3: Following Directions

8. Complete these turn instructions. You start facing the whiteboard.

a) Do a quarter turn clockwise. Now you are facing the __________.

b) From there, do a half turn. Now you are facing the __________.

c) Do a three-quarter turn anti-clockwise. Now you are facing the __________.

9. Explain what a three-quarter turn means in your own words:
10. Write instructions using turns to help someone get from the classroom door to the teacher's desk:

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