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Year 2 - Counting and understanding number

Blue emphasised text signifies end-of-year (EOY) objectives within Mathematics and Early Learning Goals (ELG) within Foundation Stage. In Years 1 to 6, Literacy does not have end-of-year (EOY) objectives.

  • Read and write two-digit and three-digit numbers in figures and words; describe and extend number sequences and recognise odd and even numbers
  • Count up to 100 objects by grouping them and counting in tens, fives or twos; explain what each digit in a two-digit number represents, including numbers where 0 is a place holder; partition two-digit numbers in different ways, including into multiples of 10 and 1
  • Order two-digit numbers and position them on a number line; use the greater than (>) and less than (<) signs
  • Estimate a number of objects; round two-digit numbers to the nearest 10
  • Find one half, one quarter and three quarters of shapes and sets of objects