Maths

Autumn Term Maths

The New National Curriculum is significantly more challenging than before. The children have been developing a very sound understanding of their maths to be able to meet these challenges.

Over the last few weeks this is what we have really been focusing on counting and place value so that the children have the foundations of their numerical understanding. The focuses we have been covering can be seen in the table below:

Place Value

Year 1

Year 2
  • count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number
  • count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of twos, fives and tens
  • given a number, identify one more and one less
  • identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least
  • read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.
  • count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward
  • recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones)
  • identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line
  • compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs
  • read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words
  • use place value and number facts to solve problems.

The children have used a range of models and images to secure these key concepts.

In Key Stage 1, children begin to learn the place value of each digit in a two digit number (tens and ones). When children have a good understanding of place value they can use ‘partitioning’ to add two digit numbers. ‘Partitioning’ is splitting numbers up into tens and units and ‘recombining’ is putting numbers back together. The aim of teaching ‘partitioning’, is that eventually children will be able to add two digit numbers mentally. Here are some models and images used in enable children to understand portioning and recombining:

It is important that children have a good understanding of counting on and back in ones and tens so eventually they are able to do this mentally. Here are some models and images used to help children understand counting on and back in ones and tens.

Numeracy Games to Support Place ValueThese are games that we have played with the children in class.