Teach Quarter Turns with Colours and Patterns

Help your Year 2 students build a strong understanding of turns with this two-page worksheet. Designed to make abstract concepts more concrete, students will use colours and patterns to see what happens when a shape makes a quarter, half, and three-quarter turn. Teachers love this resource because it not only supports visual learning but also provides built-in scaffolding to move from guided practice to independent mastery.

How to Use This Worksheet in Your Lesson

This resource is designed to slot straight into your maths lesson on quarter turns. Use Page 1 as your “We Do” activity: work through the colouring task together as a class, modelling how to apply different colours to represent each turn. Then, move on to Page 2 for the “You Do” activity: students draw their own patterns to show quarter, half, and three-quarter turns. This gives them the chance to practise independently, ensuring they’ve understood and can demonstrate the skill on their own.

Download and Print

Click the Download button above to grab your copy of this easy-to-print PDF. To save paper, we recommend printing the two pages front and back. Want to skip photocopying altogether? Simply project the worksheet onto your board and have students replicate the blocks in their notebooks.