Year 2 maths: what your child learns

As in Year 1, there’s still a lot of practical and visual learning in maths, using real-life situations children can relate to. The children are learning to think about the methods they use to solve problems, and to check if they are correct. They will start to work with logic problems, and will be recording their results using lists and tables. They will also start to work on solving maths problems mentally.

You may find the children revisiting topics they covered in Reception or Year 1. This is revision in preparation for KS1 SATs, but also to ensure that children have really understood the basics before they move into Key Stage 2. The maths your child is learning now can be easily reinforced at home.

Calculating

• Adding and subtracting one- and two-digit numbers
• Knowing addition and subtraction facts up to 20
• Learning the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, plus division facts
• Identifying odd and even numbers

Fractions

• Finding 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a shape or quantity

Measurement

• Using appropriate units to measure length, weight and capacity
• Combining amounts of money to make a particular value
• Working out how much change to give
• Tell the time to five minutes, including quarter to / past the hour

Geometry

• Identifying, describing and sorting common 2D and 3D shapes
• Understanding that a quarter turn is a right angle
• Confident with clockwise and anti-clockwise

Statistics

• Interpreting and constructing simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables
• Answer questions about the data presented