ASPECTS OF NUMERACY FOCUS AREA 3 UNDERSTAND POSITION, MAPS AND GRID REFERENCES early in STAGE 1 Gives and follows directions to move to familiar locations and to position objects Uses the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ to describe position in relation to self and from the perspective of a person facing in the opposite direction end of STAGE 1 Interprets simple maps of familiar locations Represents the position of objects in models, photographs and drawings Print