What maths should year 2 know?

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I have no idea what DS has studied so far or what his curriculum should be. There is no Info/feedback for parents whatsoever and DS tells me nothing. Despite many many requests over the last 3 years so I can support him with learning at home, they tell us nothing.

I have been trying to do a bit of work with him over the last 2 weeks and he doesn’t seem to know anything other than number bonds to ten. Fractions and times tables he looks at me blankly. Is there a list somewhere if what they should know?

Hi, have you tried looking at the year 2 curriculum online? My son is in year 2 & I am blown away by the maths they seem to do! He’s learning to tell the time, 2,5 & 10 times tables, division. Measurement, weight & much more! Maybe a teacher will be along soon to give you some advice

My year 2 dd has been told to:
Revise tables 5, 10, 2
Learn tables 3, 4
Sort 3, 4 and 5 digit numbers

And yes, lots of measuring encouraged, such as simple things in the home, write out a recipe etc

year 2

Have a look on here, they're fab!

whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Does he not get any homework?

DD is Y2 and has maths homework set weekly on Mathletics. Since schools closed the teacher has also set daily maths tasks from White Rose as linked above, maths tasks on Education City and also a daily maths challenge, this is one we had last week

My lo knows:

times tables up to 6, division up to 6.
Fractions with basic addition.
Measurements.
Time, digital and analogue.
Graphs and charts.
Multiplication with 2 digits (eg 24x67) using grids.

DDs school hasn't been communicating that we'll. I've been using the Maths Factor website. Currently free.

National curriculum would be a good start

HOWEVER

I would be more concerned about the school.
If they're really not responding to you, that's honestly crap and says a lot.

My youngest is in year 4 now and they haven’t done graphs yet! I would stick with times tables as they need this through their school years (and beyond). Start with 1s and 2s then 10s, 5s, 11s, 3s,4s etc. I would only spend 5-10 minutes on this. It is one of those things where you just need to practice little and often. Times tables will really help his future maths work so I wouldn’t stress about fractions. Times tables of doom app is good but there are loads of decent resources out there.

Go onto Twinkl - google free account for home learning - gives you a month free. Loads on there.

Hi OP,

I’m a year 2 teacher. Lots of schools now follow whiterose maths hub which has free resources and schemes of learning on their website.

whiterosemaths.com/resources/primary-resources/

Your DS should be learning 2,5 and 10 times tables as well as fractions.

Hope this helps :)

Also I would say stick to only 2, 5 and 10 times tables as it’s important your DS is fluent is this with rapid recall (recalling them in any order within 3 seconds). Year 2 children absolutely cover bar charts, tally charts and pictograms too.

On the website URBrainy they have ‘tests’ for each age group. I used them for my Year 1 and Year 5 - very informally - which has helped me to identify weaker/stronger areas that we can work on.

I second White Rose link above. Brilliant scheme and makes the curriculum really clear. Look at that.

White rose is brilliant and lots of schools use that scheme, so it’s likely the models and diagrams used in the videos and on the sheets are familiar to him too. Google ‘maths national curriculum,’ and you can see what is expected by the end of each year group.

Some of what pinkyU has posted is rather beyond y2 level, eg the multiplication of 2 digit numbers is a y4/5 objective.

It might be worth you subscribing to something like Mathletics or Doodle Maths if you can afford it. It will generate lots of online activities and adjusts to your child’s level depending on how they got on.

My little sister is in Y1 now. Apart from lots of timetables practice, she has been working on addition and subtraction. She is also learning how to tell the time and work with small amounts of money too.

Thanks so much. He only ever has reading and spelling homework so I’m clueless about his maths. From the posts above it looks like he is very behind, thanks again for the help!

Get him to measure out things when cooking. Also test him weekly on his times table. Ask his current teacher for some tips and advice on how to help teach math at home.
Request a meeting with the teacher to discuss all of your concerns face to face or send a email explaining everything to the school. Copy in the principal. Buy a clock to practice telling the time with him.
Have you used www.mymaths.co.uk before or not? Additionally, you can buy some educational workbooks online or from your local bookshop. Practice counting out money when shopping too. Ensure that he understands that maths is fun. At this age, just focus on skills.