National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Strand and Element abbreviations
Reasoning
= Developing numerical reasoning
Number
= Using number skills
Measuring
= Using measuring skills
Data
= Using data skills
Identify
Represent
Review
Number facts
Fractions, etc.
Calculate
Estimate
Money
Length, etc.
Time
Temperature
Area etc.
Data
= Identify processes and connections
= Represent and communicate
= Review
= Use number facts and relationships
= Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio
= Calculate using mental and written methods
= Estimate and check
= Manage money
= Length, weight/mass, capacity
= Time
= Temperature
= Area and volume / Angle and position
= Collect and record data / Present and analyse data / Interpret results
Text omitted from skills
In some instances, only part of a skill will be covered in an Abacus week. For example, in Abacus Year 1 Week 8, learners estimate, compare and measure lengths and heights using non-standard
and standard units. The skill that most closely matches this is:
Using measuring skills > Length, weight/mass, capacity > use non-standard units to measure: length, height and distance.
But since the distance part isn’t covered in this week, the skill is presented as follows:
 use non-standard units to measure:
 length, height [and distance]
Numerical reasoning skills
In Abacus, numerical reasoning is embedded throughout. (For example: problem solving and reasoning activities; ‘Think’ questions on workbook and textbook pages; group activities; interactive
problem solving and speaking and listening activities.) We don’t list numerical reasoning objectives in the lesson plans, because we would run out of space! For the same reason, we haven’t
included the Developing numerical reasoning skills in these charts.
Abacus weeks with no matching skills
There may be some weeks of Abacus for which there are no relevant skills. However, this doesn’t mean that those weeks don’t need to be taught. Not every element of the National Curriculum
mathematics programme of study is included in the LNF (e.g. Shape), but you will still need to cover the curriculum in full.
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Term: Autumn 1
Abacus
Week
1
2
3
4
5
Version 3
Strands
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Geometry: properties of shapes
(GPS)
Statistics (STA)
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
2
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in [2s, 5s or] 10s
2
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 100
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
3
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
Revise number bonds to 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; know
1
number bonds to 10 and begin to learn related
subtraction facts; know multiple of 10 number bonds
to 100; learn bonds to 20; rehearse number bonds to 2
10 and 20 using stories
Number
Number facts

use number facts within 10, i.e.:
− bonds of 10, e.g. 6 + 4
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
Double numbers to double 15; use patterns in
2
number bonds; use number bonds to solve more
difficult additions, subtractions and to solve additions
bridging 10
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− doubling and halving, e.g. derive 40 + 40 from
knowing 4 + 4
− bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Sort 2D shapes according to symmetry properties
2
using Venn diagrams; identify right angles and sort
shapes using Venn diagrams; recognise squares,
2
rectangles, circles, triangles, ovals and hexagons,
investigate which tessellate; sort shapes and objects
using a two-way Carroll diagram
3–4
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
− diagrams
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from [lists, tables,]
diagrams [and graphs]
Data
Data

represent data using:
− Venn and Carroll diagrams
Mark numbers on a landmarked line; compare and
order numbers, using < and > signs; work
systematically to find all possible inequalities; find 1
and 10 more or less using the 100-square; find 10
more and 10 less than any 2-digit number
2
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 100
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Estimate and count a number of objects up to 100;
locate numbers on 0–100 beaded lines and 1–100
squares; compare pairs of numbers and find a
number in between; order three numbers; order 2digit numbers
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Term: Autumn 2
Abacus
Week
6
7
8
9
10
Version 3
Strands
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Measurement (MEA)
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Geometry: position and direction
(GPD)
Measurement (MEA)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Know and use ordinal numbers; understand that 2digit numbers are made from some 10s and some
1s; understand place-value using 10p and 1p coins;
find and record all possible amounts using 10p and
1p coins; find 10p more and 10p less; find 10 more
and 10 less
Add and subtract 10, 20 and 30 to any 2-digit
number; add and subtract 11, 21, 12 and 22 to any
2-digit number; solve addition and subtractions by
counting on and back in 10s then in 1s; solve
addition and subtraction problems using concrete
and pictorial representations
Understand and use terms and vocabulary
associated with position, direction and movement;
measure lengths using uniform units; begin to
measure in centimetres and metres
Strand
Element
Skill
2
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in [2s, 5s or] 10s
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
2
Number
Money

use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £1
2
Number
Calculate

find small differences within 20 by using ‘counting on’
strategies
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
3
Number
Calculate

find differences within 100
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
2
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
− length, height and distance: metres, [half metres] or
centimetres
2
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise half and quarter turns, clockwise and anticlockwise
2
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise that a quarter turn is a right angle
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Add and subtract 2-digit numbers; solve addition
2
and subtraction problems using concrete and
pictorial representations; add near doubles to double
15; add several small numbers spotting near
3
doubles or pairs to 10
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Measurement (MEA)
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s from zero; count in multiples 2
of 2p, 5p and 10p; number sequences of 2s, 5s and
2
10s; find the totals of coins and ways to make an
amount; use coins to make given amounts of money
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in 2s, 5s or 10s
Number
Money

use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £1
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Abacus Year 2
Term: Spring 1
Abacus
Week
11
12
13
14
15
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Strands
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Place value and ordering 2-digit numbers; place
value additions and subtractions; add and begin to
subtract 9, 10, and 11
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Revise number bonds to 10; begin to bridge 10;
subtract from 10 and 20; use number facts to find
the complement to ten; find a difference between
two numbers by counting on
1
Number
Number facts

use number facts within 10, i.e.:
− bonds of 10, e.g. 6 + 4
2
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
2
Number
Calculate

find small differences within 20 by using ‘counting on’
strategies
2
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− doubling and halving, e.g. derive 40 + 40 from
knowing 4 + 4
− bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
2
Number
Calculate

find small differences within 20 by using ‘counting on’
strategies
2
Number
Money

find totals and give change from multiples of 10p
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
1
Data
Data

sort and classify objects using more than one criterion
2
Measuring
Time

read ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘quarter to’ on an
analogue clock
2
Measuring
Time

read hours and minutes on a 12-hour digital clock
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Rehearse complements to multiples of 10; find
differences using a number line; find change from
10p and 20p, and from £10 to £20 by counting up
and using bonds to 10 and 20; add two 2-digit
numbers by counting on
Geometry: properties of shapes
(GPS)
Measurement (MEA)
Geometry: position and direction
(GPD)
Recognise and identify properties (including faces
and vertices) of 3D shapes; sort according to
properties including number of faces; name the 2D
shapes of faces of 3D shapes; tell the time to the
nearest quarter on analogue and digital clocks
Number and place value (NPV)
Order 2-digit numbers and revise the < and > signs; 2
locate 2-digit numbers on a landmarked line and
grid; round 2-digit numbers to nearest 10; estimate a 3
quantity <100 within a range
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Term: Spring 2
Abacus
Week
16
17
18
19
Version 3
Strands
Fractions, ratio and proportion
(FRP)
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Element
Skill
Revise doubles and corresponding halves to 15; find 2
half of odd and even numbers to 30;
2
Revise and recognise 1/2s, 1/4s, 1/3s and 2/3s of
1
1
shapes; place /2s on a number line; count in /2s
and 1/4s; understand and write mixed numbers
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
Number
Estimate

use checking strategies:
− use halving and doubling within 20
Number
Estimate

check halving using doubling
3
Number
Number facts

recall 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
solve multiplication and division problems
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
2
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in 2s, 5s or 10s
2
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
Measuring
Time

read ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘quarter to’ on an
analogue clock
Measuring
Time

read hours and minutes on a 12-hour digital clock
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
− block graphs
− pictograms where the symbol represents one unit
2
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from [lists, tables,
diagrams and] graphs
3
Data
Data

represent data using [lists], tally charts, [tables and
diagrams]
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
Number
Number facts

recall 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
solve multiplication and division problems
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s to solve multiplication
problems and find specified multiples; introduce the
× sign; record the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables;
investigate multiplications with the same answer;
write multiplications to go with arrays, rotate arrays
to show they are commutative
Measurement (MEA)
Statistics (STA)
Tell the time to the nearest quarter of an hour using 2
analogue and digital clocks; understand the
relationship between seconds, minutes and hours
2
and use a tally chart; interpret and complete a
pictogram or block graph where one block or symbol 2
represents one or two things
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Strand
Revise 2, 5 and 10 times-tables; revise arrays and
2
hops on the number line; multiply by 2, 3, 4, 5 and
3
10; arrange objects into arrays and write the
corresponding multiplications; make links between
grouping and multiplication to begin to show division;
write divisions as multiplications with holes in and
use the ÷ sign
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find halves and quarters in practical situations
halve 2-digit numbers in the context of number, [money
and measures]
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Abacus
Week
20
Version 3
Strands
Measurement (MEA)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Recognise all coins, know their value, and use them 2
to make amounts; recognise £5, £10, £20 notes;
make amounts using coins and £10 note; write
3
amounts using £.p notation; order coins 1p-£2 and
notes £5 - £20; add several coins writing totals in £.p
notation (no zeros in 10p place); add two amounts of
pence, using counting on in 10s and 1s; add two
amounts of money, beginning to cross into £s
Strand
Element
Skill
Number
Money

use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £1
Number
Money

order and compare items up to £10
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Term: Summer 1
Abacus
Week
21
22
23
24
25
Version 3
Strands
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Written addition and subtraction
(WAS)
Measurement (MEA)
Statistics (STA)
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Fractions, ratio and proportion
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
2
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
3
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 1000
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Use doubles and number bonds to add three 1-digit 2
numbers; use number facts to 10 and 20 in number
stories; find complements to multiples of 10;
understand subtraction as difference and find this by
counting up; give change by counting up
and find small differences either side of a multiple of
2
10
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− doubling and halving, e.g. derive 40 + 40 from
knowing 4 + 4
− bonds of 10, e.g. derive 60 + 40 from knowing 6 + 4
Number
Calculate

find small differences within 20 by using ‘counting on’
strategies
2
Number
Money

find totals and give change from multiples of 10p
Add and subtract 1-digit numbers to and from 2-digit 2
numbers; subtract 2-digit numbers by counting back
in tens and ones; add two 2-digit numbers by
counting in 10s, then adding 1s; add 2-digit numbers
3
using 10p and 1p coins (using partitioning) with
totals less than 100; add 2-digit numbers using
place-value cards (using partitioning) with totals
3
more than 100)
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Number
Calculate

use partitioning to double and halve 2-digit numbers
Measure weight using standard or uniform non2
standard units; draw a block graph where one
square represents two units; weigh items using 100g
weights using scales marked in multiples of 1kg or
100g; measure capacity using uniform non-standard 2
units; measure capacity in litres and in multiples of
100ml
3
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
− weight/mass: kilograms or 10 gram weights
− capacity: litres
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
− block graphs
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units of measure:
− weight/mass: use [5g, 10g and] 100g weights
− capacity: use litres [and half litres]; measure to the
nearest 100ml
Double multiples of 10 and 5 (answers less than
100); double 2-digit numbers ending in 1, 2, 3 or 4
(answers less than 100); find a quarter of numbers
Number
Number facts

use mental recall of number facts to 10 to derive other
facts, i.e.:
− doubling and halving, e.g. derive 40 + 40 from
Locate, order and compare 2-digit numbers on
number lines and squares and use < and > signs;
locate numbers on an empty 0-100 line; introduce
numbers 101 to 200 and count in 100s to 1000; add
2-digit numbers by counting on in 10s and 1s;
subtract 2-digit numbers by counting back in 10s
and 1s
2
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Abacus
Week
Strands
(FRP)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
up to 40 by halving twice; begin to find 3/4 of
numbers; find 1/2 1/4 and 1/3 of amounts (sharing);
find patterns; spot patterns and make predictions
when finding a third of numbers
Strand
Element
Skill
knowing 4 + 4
3
Number
Fractions, etc. 
find fractional quantities linked to known multiplication
facts, e.g. 1/3 of 18, [1/5 of 15]
Term: Summer 2
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Abacus
Week
26
27
28
29
Version 3
Strands
Number and place value (NPV)
Measurement (MEA)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Count back in 10s and 1s to solve subtraction (not
crossing 10s) and check subtraction using addition,
beginning to understand that addition undoes
subtraction and vice versa; add three or more small
numbers using number facts; record amounts of
money using £∙p notation including amounts with no
10s or 1s; find more than one way to solve a money
problem
Strand
Element
Skill
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
3
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
3
Number
Estimate

check subtraction using addition
3
Number
Money

use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £2 [and calculate the change]
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Count in 3s, recognising numbers in the 3 timestable; write multiplications to go with arrays and use
arrays to solve multiplication problems; understand
that multiplication is commutative and that division
and multiplication are inverse operations; solve
divisions as multiplications with a missing number;
count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s to solve divisions and
solve division problems in contexts
2
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
3
Number
Number facts

recall 2, 3, [4,] 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
solve multiplication and division problems
Measurement (MEA)
Measure and estimate lengths in centimetres; tell
the time involving multiples of 5 minutes past the
hour and 5 minutes to the hour; tell time to 5
minutes; begin to say the time 10 minutes later
2
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
− length, height and distance: [metres, half metres] or
centimetres
2
Measuring
Time

read ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘quarter to’ on an
analogue clock
2
Measuring
Time

read hours and minutes on a 12-hour digital clock
3
Measuring
Time

tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue
clock [and calculate how long it is to the next hour]
Partition to add two 2-digit numbers; find the
2
difference between two 2-digit numbers; multiply two
2
numbers using counting in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10;
solve division problems by counting in steps of 2, 3,
5 and 10
3
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
Number
Calculate

use mental recall of number facts to 10 and place value
to add or subtract larger numbers, e.g. 24 + 4, 30 + 5,
34 + 10
Number
Number facts

recall 2, 3, [4,] 5 and 10 multiplication tables and use to
solve multiplication and division problems
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
3
Number
Calculate

use partitioning to double and halve 2-digit numbers
Mental multiplication and division
(MMD)
Written addition and subtraction
(WAS)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus week?
Abacus Year 2
Abacus
Week
30
Version 3
Strands
Number and place value (NPV)
Mental addition and subtraction
(MAS)
Numeracy Framework for Wales
Weekly Summary
Year
Compare two 2-digit numbers using
thermometer as a context; Practice bonds to
100 using thermometers; Revise place value in
2-digit numbers and in numbers between 100
and 200; Place value of 3-digit numbers (no
zeros; Place value of 3-digit numbers (including
zeros in the 10s and 1s places)
Strand
Element
Skill
2
Measuring
Temperature

compare daily temperatures using a thermometer (°C)
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
3
Number
Number facts

use mental strategies to recall number facts within 20
3
Number
Number facts

compare and estimate with numbers up to 100
3
Number
Calculate

find differences within 100
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
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