MATHS IN YEAR 2

The principle focus on maths in the Year 2 maths mastery curriculum is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. This should involve working with numerals, words and the four operations, including with practical resources (for example, concrete objects and measuring tools).  

This video has been created by the Department for Education and the NCETM.  Although it is primarily for teachers and schools, we believe parents/carers will also find it helpful and informative in providing an overview to maths in Year 2.   It summarises the most important knowledge and understanding children need to master in order to be ready for Year 3.

The following is a more detailed list of all the maths that is learnt in Year 2.  This has been taken from the National Curriculum in England: Mathematics Programmes of Study for Pupils in Year 2 (updated 28th September 2021).

Year 2 objectives that can be supported with our plavalmat® maths place value resources: plavalmat® place value mats, counters and base ten have been highlighted.

 COMING SOON! 

We are in the process of creating a series of video tutorials that demonstrate how to use our plavalmat® resources with the White Rose Maths schemes of learning to help children to master these areas of the mathematics curriculum. 

If there is any mathematical terminology that you are unsure of, you may find the explanations on the Maths Vocabulary section of our website helpful. 

• count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in 10s from any number, forward and backward

• recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (10s, 1s)

• identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line

• compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs

• read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words

• use place value and number facts to solve problems

• solve problems with addition and subtraction:
  • using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures
  • applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods

• recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100

• add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:
  • a two-digit number and 1s
  • a two-digit number and 10s
  • 2 two-digit numbers
  • adding 3 one-digit numbers

• show that addition of 2 numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of 1 number from another cannot

• recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems

• recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers

• calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs

• show that multiplication of 2 numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of 1 number by another cannot

• solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts

• recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3 , 1/4 , 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity

• write simple fractions, for example 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2

• choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels

• compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =

• recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value

• find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money

• solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change

• compare and sequence intervals of time

• tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times

• know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day

• identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides, and line symmetry in a vertical line

• identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces

• identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes, [for example, a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid]

• compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects

• order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences

• use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)

• interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables 

• ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity 

• ask-and-answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data

2NPV–1 

Recognise the place value of each digit in two-digit numbers, and compose and decompose two-digit numbers using standard and nonstandard partitioning

2NPV–2 

Reason about the location of any two-digit number in the linear number system, including identifying the previous and next multiple of 10.

2AS–1 

Add and subtract across 10.

2AS–2 

Recognise the subtraction structure of ‘difference’ and answer questions of the form, “How many more…?”.

2AS–3 

Add and subtract within 100 by applying related one-digit addition and subtraction facts: add and subtract only ones or only tens to/from a two-digit number.

2AS–4 

Add and subtract within 100 by applying related one-digit addition and subtraction facts: add and subtract any 2 two-digit numbers.

There are no Ready-to-Progress Criteria for Fractions in Year 2

2NF–1 

Secure fluency in addition and subtraction facts within 10, through continued practice. 

2MD–1 

Recognise repeated addition contexts, representing them with multiplication equations and calculating the product, within the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

2MD–2 

Relate grouping problems where the number of groups is unknown to multiplication equations with a missing factor, and to division equations (quotitive division).

2G–1 

Use precise language to describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, and compare shapes by reasoning about similarities and differences in properties.