Position and Direction - Assessment

The assessment for Year 6 on Position and Direction involves various tasks that test a student's understanding of coordinates, shapes, and transformations on a grid. Students are required to identify the coordinates of a given point and plot additional points to form geometric shapes. For example, they may be asked to note down the coordinates of point A and then plot points B and C to create a triangle, further identifying the type of triangle formed. Moreover, the assessment includes challenges such as plotting the final vertex of a rectangle and determining its coordinates, as well as translating a given triangle to a new position on the grid and labelling it accordingly.

Additional tasks assess the ability to reflect shapes across the x and y axes and to perform translations, which involve moving a shape a certain number of units to the right, left, up, or down. Students are also expected to calculate the perimeter of a square given the coordinates of its vertices. There are questions that require explanation, such as correcting a mistake made during a translation, and tasks that involve drawing new shapes based on specific vertex coordinates. The assessment is designed to gauge confidence and understanding in the topic of position and direction, with marks allocated for correct plotting, transformation, and explanation of the geometric concepts.