United Kingdom · National Curriculum Attainment Targets
Year 2 Mathematics
A comprehensive exploration of Year 2 mathematics focusing on deep conceptual understanding of place value, additive reasoning, and spatial awareness. Students move from concrete representations to abstract mathematical thinking through collaborative problem solving and inquiry.
The Power of Place Value
Investigating the structure of two-digit numbers and how the position of a digit changes its value.
Breaking numbers apart to understand how they are built from tens and ones.
Estimating and placing numbers on scale-based representations to develop a mental number line.
Using inequality symbols to describe relationships between different sets of objects.
Additive Thinking and Strategy
Developing mental agility with addition and subtraction by exploring the relationship between the two operations.
Discovering why the order of numbers matters in subtraction but not in addition.
Using number bonds to ten as a bridge for adding and subtracting larger numbers.
Using the inverse operation to verify results and identify errors in calculation.
Groups, Arrays, and Sharing
Transitioning from repeated addition to the concepts of multiplication and division through visual models.
Using rows and columns to represent multiplication as a spatial arrangement.
Distinguishing between the two types of division: sharing into equal groups and finding the number of groups.
Exploring the relationship between the two times table and the concepts of double and half.
Parts of the Whole
Developing an understanding of fractions as numbers and as operators on shapes and quantities.
Understanding that fractions must consist of equal parts of a whole.
Recognizing and writing unit fractions and non-unit fractions like one third and three quarters.
The Geometry of Our World
Identifying, describing, and classifying 2D and 3D shapes based on their geometric properties.
Classifying shapes by their number of sides, vertices, and lines of symmetry.
Exploring faces, edges, and vertices of common 3D solids and identifying 2D shapes on their surfaces.
Using mathematical vocabulary to describe movement, including rotations and turns.
Measuring the World
Using standard units to measure length, mass, temperature, and capacity, and interpreting data.
Moving from non-standard units to centimeters, grams, and liters for accuracy.
Reading the clock to the nearest five minutes and understanding durations of time.
Collecting information and representing it in pictograms, tally charts, and block diagrams.