Year 2 Maths Guidance

The key focus of mathematics in Year 2 is to ensure your child develops confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. They will use practical resources, pictures and diagrams to develop their understanding of the four operations of + – x ÷ and to problem solve. They will learn to identify and find fractions of amounts, work with money and measures, including telling the time and learning number facts to 20 by heart.

Curriculum expectations for Year 2 include to:


Count in 2s, 3s and 5s from 0 to 10s from any number Read, write and compare and order numbers to at least 100 Know the place value of each digit in two-digit numbers	Recall and use facts to 20 and derive related facts to 100 Using concrete objects, pictorial representations and mentally, add and subtract ones, tens and two-digit numbers to and from two–digit numbers Adding several single digits Tables and division facts for x2, x5 and x10 Use commutativity of addition and multiplication Check answers to calculations using inverse relationships Recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4	Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value; add and subtract money of the same unit, including giving change Tell the time to the 5 minute
Identify, compare and sort 2-D and 3-D shapes based on their properties (including symmetry in a vertical line) and use vocabulary, such as sides, edges, vertices and faces Identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes Right angle turns clockwise and anti-clockwise	Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables	Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas

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Southfields Primary School
East Street, Coventry, CV1 5LS
Tel: 02476 226 810

Email: enquiries@southfields.coventry.sch.uk