Year 5 | Position and Direction: Summer Block 2: Week 4 – Lesson Resource Pack

Year 5 position and direction lesson pack | Summer Block 2: Week 4

This Year 5 position and direction lesson pack focuses on developing pupils’ understanding of coordinates and translation, building confidence in reading, plotting and interpreting points on a grid. Pupils apply their knowledge through a range of Year 5 coordinates worksheets and problem-solving activities.

The week begins with pupils reading and writing coordinates accurately, focusing on moving along the x-axis before the y-axis and identifying points on a grid. Pupils then progress to plotting coordinates, joining points to form shapes and identifying missing vertices. Midweek, pupils solve problems with coordinates, using reasoning to calculate missing points and complete shapes using information such as perimeter and area. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Towards the end of the week, pupils explore translation by moving points and shapes across a grid, including one-step and two-step translations. They then describe translations using precise mathematical language, explaining how shapes move while remaining the same size and orientation. Reasoning and problem-solving opportunities are built throughout to support deeper understanding and KS2 SATs preparation.

What’s included

• Teaching slides covering coordinates, plotting points and translation
• Differentiated worksheets focused on reading and plotting coordinates and solving coordinate problems
• Translation activities involving moving points and shapes on grids
• Reasoning and problem-solving tasks using coordinates, perimeter and area
• Lesson plans with retrieval practice, clear teaching steps and common misconceptions

Curriculum links

• Describe positions on a 2-D grid using coordinates in the first quadrant
• Plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon
• Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a translation

This lesson pack sits within the Year 5 Summer maths scheme, supporting pupils as they develop a secure understanding of coordinates, translation and position and direction.