The worksheets focus on building comprehension skills, SPaG knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills which will consolidate their year 2 national curriculum expectations.

Read: Year 2 Christmas-Themed Math Worksheets

Free Year 2 Christmas English Activity Booklet

Our handy, Christmas-themed worksheets include:

• Wordsearch
• Inferencing
• Verbs and Adjectives
• A Letter to Santa

And much more …!

Download now and give plenty of fun to your children while enhancing their literacy skills. To download worksheets, click on the image and download the PDF file.

Word Search: 

A lovely high-quality word search proven to enhance the vocabulary and spelling skills of children. This word search will definitely keep your children entertained while learning new words.

Verbs and Adjectives:

Let children practice finding verbs and adjectives with the wonderful Christmas-themed verbs and adjectives worksheet where children have to find the verbs or adjectives and colour them accordingly.

Letter to Santa:

Writing letters each year is the perfect activity for young children but also a wonderful way for parents to see what’s on their child’s wish list. Have a look at our 7 Free Printable Letters to Santa templates. 

Inferences Worksheet:

Inferencing skill is such a challenging task to master. It is an important reading skill, and this inferencing worksheet can surely help! Download Now.

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

This wonderful worksheet will help children understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction books based on the information provided. Challenge them today!

How will these worksheets help my child?

Keep your children engaged in the enjoyable run-up to Christmas with these brilliant and useful Christmas activities. Bursting with brilliant and engaging Christmas resources for English these engaging Christmas Activity worksheets are the key to keeping your child occupied this Christmas!

How can I help improve my child’s literacy skills over the Christmas holidays?

1. Word Search: Who doesn’t like word searches? Word searches not only improve your child’s spelling abilities but also upgrades their problem-solving skills and enhance their critical thinking as well! How great is that! Download our Christmas-themed word search now!
2. Reading Books: Christmas is a great time to get together and have fun! Why not get together and read some traditional stories? Reading enhances many literacy skills for example SPaG and it boosts your child’s vocabulary. Not only that but it also widens your kid’s imagination and raises their creativity! Who doesn’t want that?
3. Letter to Santa: And last but not least, every child’s favourite activity – A Letter to Santa! Let your child’s imagination free as they write their very own letter to Father Christmas.

Free Christmas Word Mat:

Why not download the free colourful word mat containing all the main vocabulary a child needs when writing about the Christmas topic.  The word mat is great to use as a hands-on prompt and spelling reference while writing.

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These KS1 and early years focused sheets are great for children working on valentine topic. Each sheet has lots of beautiful and colourful illustrations which children can colour. Why not check our other amazing Year 1 and Year 2 resources. Download your sheets now by clicking on the images below.

How Valentine printables and activities are useful for my child?

Polish your children maths skills with these highly motivating and engaging worksheets. The children will work on these Valentine-themed KS1 worksheets which will also enhance their fine motor skills as they will be doing plenty of colouring. The word search will help children find the words and enhance their spelling. The addition and numbers worksheets will polish their numeracy skills.

Which sheets are included in Free Valentine Printables?

The pack includes

1. Word Search:
2. Find and Colour 100 square
3. Missing numbers to 20
4. Valentine’s Numbers
5. Colour by numbers
6. Valentine’s addition to 10

Word Search: 

The beautiful word search worksheet will work as a gateway to discuss the topic of valentines such as love, kindness and affection. The children need to find 9 words from the sheet.

Find and colour 100 Square:

The lovely place value resource with the twist of valentines day is suitable for children in Year 1 and Year 2. Children will read the clues and colour the 100 square accordingly.

Missing Numbers to 20:

Another fun and engaging free valentine printable that will surely mesmerise your child. The children need to fill in the missing numbers and colour the pictures in the end.

Valentine’s numbers:

The valentines number worksheet is great for number recognition and teaching place value with beautiful pictures.

Addition to 10:

Let children explore the world of addition with this highly motivating worksheet with a twist of valentines theme. Download now and start practising addition.

Colour by numbers

This worksheet offers a perfect blend of addition and subtraction up to 20. The children need to solve the sums and colour the part of the picture according to their colour code.

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What is a Hundred Number Square?

A hundred number square is a visual teaching aid for children where numbers are laid out in a 10×10 grid from 1 to 100. The 100 square helps children to visualise the number patterns. It is also a great aid in doing addition subtraction, multiplication and other math problems.

You might also like the beautiful themed 100 squares to make learning more fun and interesting. There are over 10 different themes to print from.

Free Hundred Number Square Worksheets

Bring the number fun to your class with these amazing worksheets. Download now by clicking on the image.

The worksheet below features 100 square with some missing parts. The children need to work out which numbers are missing and then complete the whole number square.

Use this worksheet in your class to check children 100 square knowledge. You can also use it in pairs where a child needs to finish quicker than their partner.

An engaging activity where children need to fill in 10 more, 10 less and 1 more, 1 less than the given number.

Let children find and colour the 100 square by answering the questions given.

A wonderful 100 square game that is targeted at younger children. The children need to find the number hidden under the picture and then write the number on the next page opposite the correct picture.

How do hundred square worksheets will help children in their learning?

The superb worksheets will help children learn and practice numbers up to 100. It will also help children improve their problem-solving skills. The printables are beautifully presented which will help fill any gaps in children learning and making sure that they meet the national curriculum targets.

Also, check: Top 10 Free online Maths Games for Year 1 Kids

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What is place value?

Place Value is the value of each digit. It is an important concept of maths that helps in calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and much more.

Example of Place value:

572 has 5 Hundreds, 7 tens and 2 ones.

The expanded form of 572 is 500+70+2

Also Read: Free Year 2 Subtraction Worksheets

Year 2 Place Value learning objectives:

Year 2 students need to learn the following learning objectives:

1. Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals and words.
2. Count forward and backwards in 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s.
3. Children need to know the place value of 2 digit numbers (tens and ones)
4. Children need to recall and use addition and subtraction facts up to 20, also to derive and use related facts to 100.
5. To add and subtract mentally using pictorial representation, concrete objects to add a two-digit and a one-digit number.

How to use these worksheets?

Our wonderfully illustrated worksheets will help children practice the place value skills along with plenty of fun. The amazing worksheets will help reinforce the concepts of comparing numbers, 10 less and 10 more, true and false questions, 100 squares and much more.

Click on the images and download the PDF files.

More Year 2 resources:

If you found our Place value worksheets useful then you might want to take a look at the following resources:

• Free KS1 Back to school activities
• Story Setting Description writing frames
• Free Year 2 Addition Worksheets
• Free Year 2 Subtraction Worksheets

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The worksheets are beautifully illustrated with plenty of hands-on activities that will surely keep your kiddos engaged. The activities include: count and subtract, subtraction using fingers, bar model, subtraction using a number line, word problems and many more. All the worksheets are fully aligned with the national curriculum.

Also Read: Free Addition Worksheets

Free Subtraction worksheets:

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Subtraction to 5:

The lovely worksheet is perfect for starting teaching subtraction to early years and reception students. The worksheet has two tasks, the first one is count and subtract, and the second one is subtraction using fingers.

Subtraction to 10:

This fun subtraction worksheet will encourage Year 1 students to subtract using the ten-frame. The children have to count the stars and then cross out the numbers of stars they are subtracting. The second task in the worksheet is perfect to sharpen child fine motor skills along with subtraction skills. The child has to solve the calculation written on the cars and then colour according to the colour code.

Subtraction to 15:

This printable is perfect to reinforce the skills of subtraction using three fantastic tasks. The first task is a game which children can play alone or with his friend. The child has to roll a die and solve the sum in that column. The child who answers most sums won the game. The second task involves completing number sentences and the third task is to complete a bar model.

Also Check: Year 1 Maths and English Book

Subtraction to 20:

This handy sheet features subtraction on the number line and subtraction using dominos. This will help you understand how well children are doing in this specific topic.

Subtraction to 50:

As children move towards bigger numbers the tasks get more challenging. The sheet gives children base ten blocks to solve problems. It is also perfect for teachers to confirm their assessment of students working at greater depth age-related expectations.

Subtraction to 100:

This sheet is handy for Year 2 children to prepare them for SATS. The worksheet includes word problem and subtracting two-digit numbers and matching them with the correct answer.

Related: KS1 Mastering Multiplication Workbook – Ages 5-7 – Year 1 & Year 2

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The four multiplication strategies that are introduced in KS1 are:

1. Repeated addition
2. Equal groups
3. Arrays
4. Number line.

Related: Multiplication – Times Table for ages 7 to 11

1. Multiplication as repeated addition:

Starting with something that children already know helps build confidence in children. The repeated addition strategy introduces kids to the idea of multiplication. Children find it easy to grasp as they have already mastered the concept of addition. In repeated addition, you add the same number again and again in order to find the answer to a multiplication problem.

Example:

2. Equal groups:

Another way to solve the multiplication problem is by making equal groups. To make Equal groups put the same number of objects in each group.

Example:

There are five groups with two flowers in each group.

3. Arrays:

So once children know repeated addition and equal groups, the next step is to introduce Arrays.  An array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns. Each row holds the equal number of objects as the other rows in the array, as must the columns.

Example:

The example below shows 5 x 4=20.

4. Number Line:

Number lines are a fun way to teach multiplication. But to understand this concept, children must be fluent in counting ones forward and backwards. Once they are secure, they can skip count on the number line to find the answer.

Example:

Starting from zero, a frog hops 2cm four times.

Look out for real-life arrays:

Once the children learn all the strategies of multiplication ask them to find the real-life arrays around them.

Ask your children to write a multiplication sentence for the real-life pictures below.

Practice your skills:

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According to the research by Oxford Learning, children lose about two to three months of math and 2 months of reading skills in summer.  Avoid the summer slide and keep your learning intact with our summer book. Spend just 10 mins a day and keep children motivated and confident.  Our amazing book is filled with hands-on, engaging and FUN activities that get kids excited about learning!

Scroll down for a free sample workbook!

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£3.99

Related: Summer Reading Bingo + Free Printable

How will the book help your child?

Keep your child’s Math and English skills sharp! Our summer revision book is a wonderful way to give a head start to your child on the new academic year while keeping them entertained. The book will also recap the skills they learnt from the previous year. Keep your children on top of their studies, and let us help you revise in a fun and engaging way in the holidays.

Related: Year 1 Targets Bundle – Reading, Writing, Maths, Science/

Our aim is to get the children prepared for the new school year. The book covers addition, subtraction, mental math, comprehension and SPAG in fun ways like colouring, dot to dot, find a way and much more …

What does our Summer Homework book offer?

Our summer revision book is great fun, and our aim is for children to return to school feeling motivated, inspired and confident about what’s expected of them.

The book has over 50 pages with more than 45 different activities and games. 

1. All about me
2. Nouns
3. Verb
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Find summer items
7. Place value
8. Graphs
9. Money
10. Rhyming words
11. Sounds
12. Phonics
13. Alphabetical order
14. Break the code
15. Singular and plural
16. Unscramble the words
17. Word Search
18. Comparing Numbers
19. Time
20. Path Search
21. Colour the Nouns
22. Summer pattern
23. Punctuation
24. Reading Practice
25. Comprehension
26. Multiplication
27. Division
28. Fraction
29. Missing numbers
30. Four in a row
31. Summer Story
32. Grammar fun
33. Even and Odd numbers
34. Roll and Colour
35. Match the pictures
36. Add and Colour
37. Find the sum and colour
38. Halving
39. Snakes and ladders
40. Ordinal numbers

and much more!

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Christmas holidays are a great time to let children learn and revise the things they have already learnt in school. Our Christmas worksheets will be great for young learners during the holiday season. The worksheets will keep your little one engaged and busy with a range of maths activities such as missing numbers, patterns, ordinal numbers and challenge cards.

Also, Check: Year 2 English and Maths Book

Year 2 Christmas Themed Maths Worksheets

Counting in 2s

Counting in 10s

Counting in 5s

Position and Direction

Pattern

Ordinal Numbers

Challenge Cards

Line of Symmetry

Related: Year 2 Targets Bundle – Reading, Writing, Maths, Science/

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£2.99

How the book will help my child?

It is specifically designed to develop and consolidate a strong understanding of SPAG, numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as time, money, fractions and shape. It will be an excellent tool for students to take home as homework and work through with the support of their parents. The book will also help children get ready for KS1 SATS.

What’s included in the product?

It has an easy to use and read layout book with questions from Monday-Friday and provides your students with 7 weeks of revision and homework! The book contains 35 pages with over 480 questions.

Use our book to revise and practice these key skills, mainly learnt in year 2

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Plural
• Spelling
• Punctuation (question mark, exclamation mark and full stop)
• Command and statement.

• Counting
• Money
• Ordering numbers to 100
• Partition numbers
• Addition and subtraction sums
• Multiplication
• Division
• Fraction (halves, quarters and thirds)
• Patterns
• Solve problems using number sentences
• Shapes (2D and 3D)
• Direction
• Problem-solving
• Reasoning
• Measurements

Related: Year 1 Mental Maths Book

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What are homophones?

Homophones are the words that sound same but have different spelling and different meanings. This means that chances are high that the children will mix up some of the words at some point in their reading and writing.

Example:

• Night (The time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible)
• Knight (A man who is given a rank of honour by a British king or queen because of his special achievement)

Why is it important to learn homophones?

Teaching homophones widen children vocabulary, enhance their comprehending skills and help them in spelling. Homophones are very important for children to learn properly and remember them. What happens if you use homophones wrong? You could end up having sentences that don’t make any sense.

Which homophones are taught in Year 2?

Year 2 children have to learn a list of homophones under the national curriculum. These are the spelling your Year 2 children have to learn to meet her national curriculum guidelines.

bare bear
be bee
blue blew
here hear
there their they’re
night knight
one won
quiet quite
see sea
sun son
to too two

Product description:

What is included:

Get kids excited about homophones with these amazing flashcards This is a pack of Homophones Flashcards, Word mat, Bookmark and Worksheets to practice and learn homophones.

The flashcards are available in two different formats. There are a total of 35 flashcards along with sentences to make children understand better.

Practice with flashcards, print the word mat to help them in their writing and finally practice with our 4 wonderful worksheets.

35 homophones flashcards:

This set includes 16 pairs of homophones include bare/bear, be/bee, blue/blew, here/hear, there/their/they’re, night/knight, one/won, quiet/quite, see/sea, sun/son, to/too/two, pair/pear, wear/where, meet/meat, I/eye and by/buy/bye.

2 Homophones Words Mat and 3 Bookmarks:

Two-word mats are also included in the pack. The first word mat is with pictures which makes it easier for the children to understand the differences between the homophones whereas the other word mat has only text for higher level kids. Cute bookmarks are also included.

4 Homophones Worksheets:

The pack also includes associated worksheets which will help the children revise what they have learned through the flashcards. This combination of learning and revising will firmly cement these words into the minds of the students.

Download your free sample by clicking the image below:

£1.99

Discount offer: Use code 20OFF to get 20% discount

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These targets show some of the things your child should be able to know by the end of Year 2. Teachers use these targets sheets regularly to assess and record child progress and where they need more help.

Scroll down for a free Writing Targets Sheet!

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Related: Year 3 Targets Bundle – Reading, Writing, Maths, Science/

What are the targets sheets for?

The Reading, writing, science and maths targets posters show an objective that children need to achieve at the end of the year. The teachers normally use them to assess a child’s level and identify where they need more help.

What is included in the bundle?

Our fun and colourful target sheets bundle lay out all the targets written in 2014 national curriculum in easy to read and understandable language.

The bundle included:

• Year 2 Reading Targets Sheet.
• Year 2 Writing Targets Sheet.
• Year 2 Science Targets Sheet.
• Year 2 Maths Targets Sheet.

Teachers can stick these pages at the start of the year to the student’s books. Each target can then be highlighted once a child achieves that target.

Download Free Year 2 Writing Targets:

Download Year 2 Writing Targets

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Also, Check: Free Year 1 Reading targets 

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Free Booklet attached at the end of the article.

What is a Bar Model?

Bar model is a way to draw problems with visual representation. It helps students to achieve mastery in Maths in all operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As children move to Upper KS2 it hugely benefits children to solve more complex problems by visualizing them.

The bar modelling is actually taken from Singapore mastery textbook that follows the approach of concrete — pictorial — abstract (CPA). In this approach the children are given the actual objects like cubes, Numicons or other manipulative to start with, then move to drawing boxes and finally they don’t need any objects to solve the problem.

Example:

Tom has 20 sweets and shares some of them with his sister Sara. He gives Sara 5. How many does he have left?

In early years, children will solve this problem using real objects.

Once children can do this themselves the next stage is to replace the ‘real’ objects with objects like cubes, button, counters or other manipulative.

The final step of this is where children represent the quantities in a rectangle bar which children should be able to do by the end of year 2.

Also check: How to solve missing number problems in Year 2

What are the benefits of using the bar model?

Bar modelling helps children to understand math better by visualizing and making sense of the problems, so children can move towards more abstract calculations. This intuitive method makes children more confident in their operations needed to solve problems. The bar model not only helps in addition and subtraction, it applies in almost all areas of math.

It is versatile and simple to use as children don’t need anything to use it except pencil and paper.

Practice your skills.

Use our mini booklet to practice part-whole method to practice bar modelling with your Ks1 and year 3 children.

The booklet includes:

1.  Differentiated worksheets (simple, medium and complex sheets)
2. Word problems sheet.

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