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Mathematics and Numeracy

The following page provides information on the coverage of skills taught within mathematics and numeracy for the spring term. These are:

Multiplication

 • Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10
multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
• Develop a thorough understanding of lots of, groups of, sets of, grouping and sharing through concrete and pictorial representations
• Doubling and halving using known facts e.g. 40 + 40
• Use halving and doubling to check answers
• Group amounts using arrays
• Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order
(commutative)
• solve multiplication problems involving using materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including
problems in contexts.

Statistics

• Ask and answer questions by counting the number of objects in each

category and sorting the categories by quantity
• Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing data
• Interpret and construct pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables

Multiplication and Division

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

• Ensure a thorough understanding of lots of, groups of, sets of, grouping and sharing through concrete and pictorial representations
• Share amounts using arrays
• Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order and
division cannot
• Solve multiplication problems involving using materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including
problems in contexts.

Temperature

• Scales in 5s and 10s but have 1s not numbered

• choose and use appropriate measuring equipment to measure
temperature
• Measure, order and compare temperatures
• Use <> = to compare measurements
• Solve problems using temperature

Fractions

Order simple fractions (1⁄2 1⁄4 with whole number representations also e.g. 11⁄2 2 1⁄4)
• Count forwards and backwards in quarters and halves
• Draw and shade shapes in relation to a given fraction
• Explore fractions of shapes, objects, quantities, money and measure

• Find fractional quantities linked to known multiplication facts with the use
of concrete and pictorial representations
• Link with division skills and equal groups
• Write simple fractions e.g. 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of
2/4 and 1/2
• Recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length,
shape, set of objects or quantity

 

Pupils are challenged every week to improve their fluency in integral number skills such as multiplication and addition facts. Here is an example of the Year 2 Big Maths Challenge. Pupils are encouraged to use the habit 'Get it Right!' to improve their scores and time. Here is an example below: