Year 2 mental arithmetic: timed questions

An awful lot is expected of children by the end of year 2, including a good basic knowledge of addition and subtraction as well as multiplication and division using the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. With this mental arithmetic knowledge they should be able to answer questions quickly. Sometimes children...

Recognising right angles

You can find plenty of pages on the internet on addition, subtraction, multiplication etc but it is much harder to find good quality worksheets on shape and measures. Here we have sets which provide activities to help with recognising right angles. There are plenty of examples of right angles around...

Year 2 Handling data: Pictograms

Pictograms are an ancient way of presenting information, but are still popular today. Images associated with the subject are used to show information. At this stage there is a one to one correspondence eg one sun represents one sunny day, although they can get much harder (eg one sun represents...

Money: Buying train tickets worksheets

This set of worksheets looks at the cost of getting to the seaside! A chart of train fares is shown and questions are asked about the cost of various groups going on journeys. Children may well have not come across a chart like this before and may need help showing...

Year 2 maths resources: Week 18

It's exactly half way through the year for our weekly programme of 36 weeks worth of year 2 maths resources meeting the Primary Framework for Maths planning. This week is mainly about Handling Data and there is some pretty tricky stuff here for children in Year 2. As well as...

Year 2 measuring activities

Here are some great activities to do to help with measuring length, suitable for Year 2 children who can read and numbers and count up to 100. At least two people are needed. They involve using a metre ruler, but a metre tape will also do just as well. (You...