Whitchurch Primary School
‘Achieving Our Best Together’
YEAR 2
What it will look like to KNOW the skills (at this stage of the year) and be on track to PERFORM them MASTERFULLY by the end of the year?
Learners will
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Number:
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I can count in steps of 2 and 5 from 0,
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I can count in steps of 3 from 0, and 2, 
I can use place value and number facts
Number and Place
and in tens from any number, forward
5 and 10 from any number, forward and
to solve problems.
Value
and backward.
backward.
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I can recognise the place value of each 
I can identify, represent and estimate
digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones).
numbers using different representations,
including the number line.
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I can identify and represent numbers in
different ways.
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I can use <, > and = signs.
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I can compare and order numbers from 
I can use place value and number facts
0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs.
to solve problems.
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I can read and write numbers to at least
100 in numerals and in words.
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I can use place value and number facts
to solve problems.
Number:
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I can solve problems with addition,
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I can solve problems with addition and 
I can solve problems with addition and
Addition &
using concrete objects and pictorial
subtraction by applying increasing
subtraction, using pictorial
Subtraction
representations, including those
knowledge of mental and written
representations, including those
involving numbers, quantities and
methods.
involving numbers, quantities and
measures.
measures.
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I can recall and use subtraction facts to
20 fluently, and derive and use related
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I can solve problems with addition by
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I can solve problems with addition and
applying increasing knowledge of
facts up to 100.
subtraction by applying increasing
mental and written methods.
knowledge of mental and written
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I can add and subtract numbers
methods.
mentally, including: a two-digit number
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I can solve problems with subtraction,
using concrete objects and pictorial
and ones.
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I can quickly recall and use addition
representations, including those
and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and
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I can add and subtract numbers
involving numbers, quantities and
derive and use related facts up to 100.
mentally, including: a two-digit number
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measures.
I can recall and use addition facts to 20
fluently.
I can add and subtract numbers using
concrete objects, pictorial
representations, and mentally,
including: a two-digit number and ones.
I can add and subtract numbers using
concrete objects, pictorial
representations, and mentally,
including: a two-digit number and tens.
I can add and subtract numbers using
concrete objects, pictorial
representations, and mentally,
including: two two-digit numbers.
I can show that addition of two
numbers can be done in any order
(commutative) and subtraction of one
number from another cannot.
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Number:
Multiplication &
Division
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I can recall and use multiplication and
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division facts for the 2, 5 and 10
multiplication tables, including
recognising odd and even numbers.
I can calculate mathematical statements
for multiplication and division within
the multiplication tables and write them
using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and tens.
I can add and subtract numbers using
concrete objects, pictorial
representations, and mentally,
including: two two-digit numbers.
I can add and subtract numbers using
concrete objects, pictorial
representations, and mentally,
including: adding three one-digit
numbers.
I can recognise and use the inverse
relationship between addition and
subtraction and use this to check
calculations and solve missing number
problems.
I can reason about addition.
I can solve addition and subtraction
mental calculation where regrouping is
required.
I can solve more complex missing
number problems.
I can solve addition and subtraction
word problems that involve more than
one step.
I can quickly recall and use
multiplication and division facts for the
2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.
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I can add and subtract numbers using
pictorial representations, written
strategies and mentally, including: two
two-digit numbers.
I can recognise and use the inverse
relationship between addition and
subtraction and use this to check
calculations and solve missing number
problems.
I can reason about addition.
I can solve addition and subtraction
mental calculation where regrouping is
required.
I can solve more complex missing
number problems.
I can solve addition and subtraction
word problems that involve more than
one step.
I can calculate mathematical statements
for multiplication and division within
the multiplication tables and write them
using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and equals (=) signs.
I can solve problems involving
multiplication and division, using
materials, arrays, repeated addition,
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and equals (=) signs.
I can show that multiplication of two
numbers can be done in any order
(commutative) and division of one
number by another cannot.
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Number:
Fractions
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I can recall doubles and halves to 100
(even numbers).
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Measurement
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I can recognise, find, name and write
fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a
length, shape, set of objects or quantity.
I can count in steps of ½ and ¼ up to
10.
I can write simple fractions for
example, 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the
equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2.
I can solve simple problems involving
fractions.
I can choose and begin to 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.
I can compare and order lengths, mass,
volume/capacity and record the results
using >, < and =.
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mental methods, and multiplication and
division facts, including problems in
contexts.
I can rewrite addition statements as
simplified multiplication statements.
I can determine remainders given
known facts.
I can use multiplication facts to make
deductions outside known
multiplication facts.
I can recognise, find, name and write
fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a
length, set of objects or quantity.
I can find and compare fractions of
amounts.
I can compare and sequence intervals
of time.
I can 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.
I can read the time on the clock to the
nearest 5 minutes.
I can choose and use appropriate
standard units to estimate and measure
length/height in any direction (m/cm);
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Shape and space
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I can identify and describe the
properties of 2D shapes, including the
number of sides and line symmetry in a
vertical line.
I can identify 2D shapes on the surface
of 3D shapes.
I can compare and sort common 2D
and 3D shapes and everyday objects.
I can identify and describe the
properties of 3D shapes, including the
number of edges, vertices and faces.
I can solve simple problems in a
practical context involving addition and
subtraction of money of the same unit,
including giving change.
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I can recognise and use symbols for
pounds (£) and pence (p); combine
amounts to make a particular value.
I can find different combinations of
coins that equal the same amounts of
money.
I can know the number of minutes in
an hour and the number of hours in a
day.
I can 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.
I can read the time on the clock to the
nearest 5 minutes.
mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity
(litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate
unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers
and measuring vessels.
I can read scales in divisions of ones,
twos, fives and tens in a practical
situation when not all numbers on the
scale are given.
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I can compare and sort common 2D
and 3D shapes and everyday objects.
I can identify and describe the
properties of 2D shapes, including the
number of sides and line symmetry in a
vertical line.
I can describe similarities and
differences of shape properties.
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Position and direction
Statistics
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I can distinguish between rotation as a
turn and in terms of right angles for
quarter, half and three-quarter turns
(clockwise and anti-clockwise) – link
with time.
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I can order and arrange combinations
of mathematical objects in patterns and
sequences.
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I can interpret and construct simple
pictograms, tally charts and block
diagrams.
I can ask and answer questions by
counting the number of objects in each
category and sorting the categories by
quantity.
I can ask and answer questions about
totalling and comparing categorical
data.
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I can 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 threequarter turns (clockwise and anticlockwise).
I can interpret and construct simple
tables.
I can ask and answer questions about
totalling and comparing categorical
data.