Year 2 - Position & Direction

Take your Year 2 children outdoors for their learning on position, direction and movement to engage them though practical, large-scale and hands-on working. Using a variety of nature and resources you’ll already have to hand, this set of lessons is a fantastic alternative to the typical worksheet style for these objectives.

Lesson Plans

Using positional language

This outdoor lesson is sure to engage your children thorugh the use of music and your own outdoor space to explore positional language. An easy-to-prepare lesson filled with physical movement.

Learning objective:

To use positional language.

Describing movement

The main activity of this outdoor lesson encourages your children to get creative with their resources and work on a larger scale in order to achieve this objective. A fun and exciting lesson not to be missed!

Learning objective:

To describe movement.

Describing turns

Incorporating active movement and nature, this outdoor lesson is a great way to assess children’s understanding of turns practically!

Learning objective:

To describe turns.

Describing position direction and movement

Introduce quarter turns, half turns and three-quarter turns in this outdoor lesson and play a large-scale direction game to deepen your children’s understanding of positional language.

Learning objective:

To use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement.

Arranging objects into patterns and sequences

Combine maths and art to deliver an outdoor lesson covering patterns and sequences using just chalk, 2D shapes, natural loose parts and your outdoor space. Minimal preparation required!

Learning objective:

To arrange objects into patterns and sequences.

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