Medium Term Plan – Year 2
Term 1
1. Numbers and the Number System (10 hours)
2. Counting and Comparing (10 hours)
Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words. Identify and represent numbers
using objects and pictorial representations including the number line. Use the language of
more than/ less than (fewer), most, least, equal to when comparing the value of numbers.
Recognise the place
value of each digit in a
2-digit number (tens,
ones)
Read and write
numbers to at least 100
in numerals and words
Solve number
problems with
number facts and
place value from the
Year 2 curriculum
wk. 1
3. Properties of Shapes (5 hours)
Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given
number. Count in multiples of twos, fives and tens. Can order numbers to 20 accurately.
Understand how a number line and number grid is organised.
Identify, represent and
estimate numbers to 100
using different
representations, including
the number line, and
partitioning in different
ways
Compare and order numbers
from 0 up to 100; use <, > and =
signs
wk. 2
Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from
0, forward and backward
wk. 3
Recognise and name different 2D shapes. Find everyday examples of 2D shapes. Recognise and name
different 3D shapes. Find everyday examples of 3D shapes.
Count in tens from any number,
forward and backward
Identify 2-D shapes
on the surface of 3D shapes, [for
example, a circle on
a cylinder and a
triangle on a
pyramid]
Identify and
describe the
properties of 2-D
shapes, including
the number of sides
and line symmetry
in a vertical line
wk. 4
Draw lines and
shapes using a
straight edge 2D
Identify 2-D shapes
on the surface of 3D shapes, [for
example, a circle on
a cylinder and a
triangle on a
pyramid
Identify and describe
the properties of 3-D
shapes, including the
number of edges,
vertices and faces
wk. 5
Half-Term 1
4. Calculation – Add & Subtract 1 (15 hours)
5. Measurement - Exploring Money (15 hours)
Understand the value of digits in two-digit numbers. Interpret a mathematical statement involving the symbols + and = or – and =. Add and subtract
1- and 2-digit numbers to 20, including 0.
Recall addition and
subtraction facts to 20
fluently, deriving related
facts to 100
Add and subtract numbers using concrete
objects, pictorial representations, and
mentally, including: two 2-digit numbers
and adding three 1-digit numbers
wk. 6
Show that addition of two
numbers can be done in any
order (commutative) and
subtraction of one number
from another cannot
Add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers to 20. Recognise the coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. Recognise the notes: £5 and £10.
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
Recognise and use symbols for £ and p and combine
amounts to make a particular value
Find different combinations of coins that equal the
same amount of money
Solve simple problems in a practical context involving
addition and subtraction of money of the same units,
including giving change
wk. 8
wk. 9
wk. 10
wk. 11
wk. 7
Term 2
6. Measurement - Exploring Time (10 hours)
7. Calculation – Multiply & Divide 1 (15 hours)
Read the time to the hour and half past. Draw the hands on a clock face to show the time to the hour or half past. Know the meaning of before, after,
next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening and o’clock.
Count from zero in 2s, 5s and 10s. Use concrete objects to solve problems involving multiplication and division. Use pictorial representations to solve
problems involving multiplication and division. Use arrays to solve problems involving multiplication and division
Calculate time intervals and
develop a sense of the length
of different units of time
Know the number of
minutes in an hour. Know
the number of hours in a
day
Compare and sequence
intervals of time
Tell and write the time to five
minutes, including quarter
to/past and draw the hands on
a clock face to show these
times
wk. 1
Tell and write the time to five
minutes, including quarter to/past
and draw the hands on a clock face to
show these times
Recall multiplication and
division facts for the 2, 5 and
10 multiplication tables,
including recognising odd and
even numbers
wk. 2
Calculate mathematical
statements for multiplication
and division within the
multiplication tables and write
them using the ×, ÷ and = signs
Show that multiplication of
two numbers can be done in
any order (commutative) and
division of one number by
another cannot
wk. 3
Use the inverse
relationship between
addition and subtraction
to solve missing number
problems
Solve problems involving
multiplication and division, using
materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and
multiplication and division facts,
including problems in contexts
wk. 4
wk. 5
Half-Term 2
8. Exploring Fractions (20 hours)
9. Position & Movement (10 hours)
Describe position using language such as ‘behind’, ‘next to’, ‘on top of’ and ‘between’. Describe position, direction and movement, including whole,
half, quarter and three-quarter turns. Connect moving clockwise with movement on a clock face.
Recognise 1/2 as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity. Recognise 1/4 as one of four equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.
Recognise, find, name and write unit
fractions 1/3 and 1⁄4 of a length,
shape, set of objects or quantity
Recognise, find, name and write
fractions 2/4 and 3/4 of a length,
shape, set of objects or quantity
Write simple fractions
Recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and
1/2
wk. 6
wk. 7
wk. 8
Wk. 9
Use mathematical vocabulary to
describe position
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 1/4, 1/2 and
3/4 turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)
wk. 10
Order and arrange combinations of
mathematical objects in patterns and sequences
wk. 11
Term 3
10. Measurement – Measuring Space (15 hours)
11. Number & Place Value 2 – Going Deeper (10 hours)
Measure and begin to record lengths and heights, mass/weight, capacity and volume
Use this time to revise concepts from 1. needing reinforcement
Use the language long, short, tall, heavy, light, full, empty, more than, less than, double, half. Use a ruler, weighing scale
and container to measure length, mass and capacity. Know and use the symbols >, < and =.
wk. 1
Choose and use standard units to estimate and measure
temperature in degrees C using thermometers
wk. 2
wk. 3
Half-Term 3
wk. 4
12. Calculation – Add & Subtract 2 – Going Deeper (15 hours)
wk. 6
Check subtraction
calculations using
addition calculations by
adding in a different order
wk. 5
13. Calculation – Multiply & Divide 2 – Going Deeper (15 hours)
Use this time to revise concepts from 4. needing reinforcement
Use addition and subtraction
facts to 20 and derive
related facts up to 100
Solve number problems with number facts and place value from the Year 2 curriculum
Use this time to revise concepts from 7. needing reinforcement
Record addition and subtraction in columns
using an expanded format involving
partitioning
wk. 7
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
wk. 8
Use a variety of language to
describe multiplication and
division
wk. 9
Recall multiplication and division
facts for the 2, 5 and 10
multiplication tables, including
recognising odd and even numbers
Show that multiplication of two numbers
can be done in any order (commutative)
and division of one number by another
cannot
wk. 10
Solve problems involving multiplication and
division, using materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and
multiplication and division facts, including
problems in contexts
wk. 11