Position and direction - Assessment

The Position and Direction Assessment for Year 1 is a practical evaluation designed to test students' understanding of basic spatial concepts and their ability to follow and describe positional and directional changes. In this assessment, students are asked to perform tasks such as describing the type of turn a shape makes, such as a half turn or a quarter turn. They are also required to draw shapes after they have been rotated a specified amount, ensuring they comprehend the effect of these turns on the position of the shapes.

Additionally, the assessment includes exercises where students must complete sentences related to position, such as identifying objects to the left or right of other items. They are asked to draw objects in specific positions relative to others, for example, a banana to the right of an apple or an orange under the banana. The test also includes more complex tasks where students must describe a route taken by a character, like a dog's path to a bone, and identify the start and end positions of a heart after a turn. This assessment helps teachers gauge how confident students feel about position and direction, with a scale for them to circle their level of confidence, ranging from 'not confident' to 'very confident'.