Numeracy

==** Mathematics ** is an important part of your children’s schooling. Children take place in a daily lesson, incorporating hands on experience, warm up activities and open ended activities, ICT, and fun games wherever possible. The areas we are working on in grade 2 are listed below. ==


 * Number **
 * In the area of Number, class work will focus on the following concepts. Students work to develop their level of understanding within these broad topics. **
 *  Recognising, ordering and recording numbers to 999 **
 *  Counting forwards and backwards to 999 by 1s, 10s and 100s **
 *  Counting to 100 by 2s, 4s, and 5s [[image:die.gif align="right"]][[image:die.gif align="right"]] **
 *  Automatically recalling addition and subtraction facts to 20 **
 *  Using materials to model and solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems **
 *  Writing number sentences vertically and horizontally using + and - [[image:die.gif align="right"]] **
 *  Applying skills to solve story problems involving number **
 *  Understanding and recording simple fractions ½, and ¼ **
 *  Reading, recording and ordering money amounts and dealing with simple change situations **
 *  Recognising odd and even numbers **
 *  Recognising patterns in the whole number system **
 * Space **
 * The area of Space is usually a fun area of study and students should enjoy participating in the following activities. **
 *  Drawing and describing 2D and 3D mathematical shapes **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Developing an understanding of relationships between two and three dimensional shapes **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Drawing and locating positions and directions on basic maps **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Following and giving simple direction using language of position **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Making symmetrical pictures **
 * <span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Calibri,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Measurement, Chance & Data **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students in Year Two will begin to explore the area of Measurement, building from informal to formal units of measurement. This is often an activity based area of study. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Using informal and formal units to measure and compare everyday objects **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Estimating, comparing and ordering length, mass, capacity and area **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Use formal units of measurement e.g. litre, metres, kilograms and seconds **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Recognising o’clock and half past on an analogue clock **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Recognising hours and minutes on a digital clock **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Classifying events as possible, impossible, likely, unlikely and certain **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Discussing, interpreting and comparing graph results **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Posing questions of interest arising from familiar situations or from collected information **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Collecting and classifying data **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Recording, representing and summarising data in lists and simple graphs **


 * <span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Calibri,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri,Bold'; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Working Mathematically **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">An important part of the study of Mathematics is the development of an understanding of why we are doing what we are doing. This area of study enables students to explore and articulate their mathematical thinking. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> using a calculator to check mathematical equations **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Detecting and checking errors in mathematical activities **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Explaining reasons for choice during mathematical activities **