These Year 1 position and direction starters are 10 quick mental maths questions for pupils aged 5-6. Use them in the first five minutes of a lesson or as a daily warm-up at home.
Year 1 position and direction starters: the 10 questions
How to use these Year 1 position and direction starters
First, give yourself about 30 seconds for each question. Then write the answer down before you check it. If an answer is wrong, look at the position and direction lesson again. After that, move on to the position and direction worksheet for longer questions.
Finally, repeat these starters a few days later, because regular practice makes the facts automatic. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.


















