National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve 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 Evolve week. For example, in Abacus Evolve Year 1 Week 8, learners subtract one 1-digit number from
another. The skill that most closely matches this is Using number skills > Calculate using mental and written methods > add and subtract numbers involving up to 10 objects. But
since the addition part isn’t covered in this week, the skill is presented as follows:
 [add and] subtract numbers involving up to 10 objects
‘Begin to’ objectives
Abacus Evolve has lots of small objectives, and some are stepping stones on the way towards more ‘milestone’ objectives. In some weeks, learners are likely to be working
towards a skill, rather than fully ‘mastering’ it. We have indicated these instances by prefacing the skill with [Begin to]. For example, in Abacus Evolve Year 3 Week 21, learners
are beginning to round 3-digit numbers to the nearest 100 and 10. The equivalent skill from Year 4 is presented as follows:
 [Begin to] estimate by rounding to the nearest 10 or 100
Numerical reasoning skills
In Abacus Evolve, numerical reasoning is embedded throughout. (For example: whole-class investigations; extension suggestions on workbook pages; ‘Owls’ and ‘Explores’ on
textbook pages; group activities; interactive problem solving and speaking and listening activities.) We don’t list ‘using and applying’-type objectives in the teaching 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 Evolve weeks with no matching skills
There are some weeks of Abacus Evolve 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, 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 Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
1
Block
A1.a
Summary of maths covered
Count on and back in 1s or
10s from a 2-digit number;
write figures up to 100
Objectives



2
A1.b
Begin to count up to 100

objects by grouping in 5s or
10s; estimate up to 50 objects 
A1.c
Partition 2-digit numbers into
T and U


3

Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Y2: Count on and back in 1s or 10s from a
2-digit number
Y2: Read and write numbers up to 100 in
figures
Y2: Say the numbers in order up to at least
100, from and back to zero
2
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 100
Y2: Begin to count up to 100 objects by
grouping in 5s or 10s
Y2: Estimate a number of objects up to 50
2
Number
Number facts

count sets of objects by grouping in [2s,] 5s or 10s
Y2: Know what each digit in a 2-digit number 2
represents, including 0 as a place holder
Y2: Partition 2-digit numbers into T and U
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 100
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
A1.d
Order numbers up to at least
100 and position them on a
100-square
B1.a
Add by counting on in 1s from 
the larger number, crossing a
multiple of 10

Y2: Add by counting on in 1s from the larger
number, crossing a multiple of 10
Y2: Recognise addition as counting on
B1.b
Add three numbers by putting 
the largest number first

2
Y2: Add three numbers by putting the
largest number first
Y2: Recognise that addition can be done in
any order
2
Y2: Use the + and = signs to record addition
sentences
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
Estimate

use checking strategies:
– repeat addition in a different order
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Y2: Order numbers up to at least 100 and
position them on a 100-square
No matching skills
B1.c
Rehearse addition and

subtraction facts for pairs that
total up to 9

Y2: Rehearse addition and subtraction facts
for pairs of numbers that total up to 9
Y2: Use the +, - and = signs to record
addition and subtraction sentences
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
B1.d
Relate addition and
subtraction facts to missing
number sentences

Y2: Recognise the use of a symbol to stand
for an unknown number
Y2: Rehearse addition and subtraction facts
for pairs of numbers that total 10
Y2: Relate addition and subtraction facts to
missing number sentences
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


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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
5
Block
C1.a
C1.b
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Estimate, measure and
compare lengths in
centimetres; use a ruler

Estimate, measure and
compare lengths in metres



6

C1.c
Use units of time: hours in a
day, days in a week
C1.d
Use units of time: months in a 
year, seasons in a year

7
D1.a
D1.b
Use the names of common
2D shapes; sort 2D shapes
and describe their features

Begin to recognise line
symmetry; make symmetrical
patterns




8
D1.c
Count back in 1s, not
crossing a multiple of 10


D1.d
Count back in 1s, crossing a
multiple of ten, beginning to
partition
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Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Y2: Estimate, measure and compare lengths 2
using standard units: centimetres
Y2: Use a ruler to draw and measure lines to
the nearest centimetre
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
– length, height and distance:[metres,
half metres or] centimetres
Y2: Estimate, measure and compare lengths 2
using standard units: metres
Y2: Recognise the relationship between
metres and centimetres
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
– length, height and distance: metres,
half metres [or centimetres]
Y2: Use units of time and know the
relationship between them: hours in a day,
days in a week
2
Measuring
Time

read ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘quarter to’ on an
analogue clock
Y2: Use units of time and know the
relationship between them: months in a
year, seasons in a year
Y2: Order the months of the year
1
Measuring
Time

use the concept of time in terms of their daily and
weekly activities and the seasons of the year
Y2: Use the names of common 2D shapes,
including: pentagon, hexagon, octagon
Y2: Sort 2D shapes and describe their
features: number of sides and corners
No matching skills
Y2: Begin to recognise line symmetry
Y2: Make symmetrical patterns by folding
and cutting
Y2: Begin to sketch the reflection of a simple
shape in a mirror line
No matching skills
Y2: Count back in 1s, not crossing a multiple
of 10
Y2: Extend understanding of subtraction as
taking away
No matching skills
Y2: Count back in 1s, crossing a multiple of
10, beginning to partition
No matching skills
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
9
Block
E1.a
E1.b
10
E1.c
E1.d
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Know doubles for numbers up 
to at least 15 and
corresponding halves

Begin to derive doubles of
multiples of 5 up to 100 and
corresponding halves


Pay an exact sum using
smaller coins up to £2

A2.a
Count on and back in 1s, 10s
or 100s


12
Strand
Element
Skill
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
2
Number
Estimate

use checking strategies:
– use halving and doubling within 20
Y2: Begin to derive doubles of multiples of 5 2
up to 100 and the corresponding halves
Y2: Begin to halve multiples of 10 up to 100
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
3
Number
Calculate

[Begin to] use partitioning to double and halve
2-digit numbers
2
Number
Money
 use different combinations of money to pay for items up
Y2: Pay an exact sum using smaller coins
up to £2
Y2: Solve ‘real-life’ problems involving
money (paying an exact sum)
to £1
2
Number
Money
 find totals [and give change from multiples of 10p]
2
Number
Money
 use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £1
3
Number
Money
Begin to recognise odd and
even numbers up to at least
50


Y2: Count on in 2s (revise)
Y2: Begin to recognise odd and even
numbers up to at least 50
A2.c
Understand and use ordinal
numbers up to at least 100th

Y2: Understand and use ordinal numbers up
to at least 100th
A2.d
Compare 2-digit numbers; say 
a number lying between two
numbers

Y2: Compare two or more 2-digit numbers;
introduce the greater than (>), less than (<)
signs
Y2: Say a number lying between two
numbers, up to at least 100
 use different combinations of money to pay for items up
to £2 [and calculate change]
No matching skills
Y2: Count on and back in 1s or 10s from a
2- or 3-digit number
Y2: Count on and back in 100s from a
multiple of 100
A2.b
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Year
2
Y2: Recognise halving as the inverse of
doubling
Y2: Know by heart doubles for numbers up
to at least 15 and the corresponding halves
Find totals of sets of coins:
 Y2: Recognise all coins and begin to use
relate to adding three or more
pounds and pence (£.p) notation for money
numbers
 Y2: Find totals of sets of coins: relate to
adding three or more numbers
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Number
Number facts

recall and use 2 [, 5 and 10] multiplication tables
No matching skills
2
Number
Number facts

compare and order 2-digit numbers
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National Numeracy Framework for Wales 2013
Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
13
14
Block
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
Strand
Element
Skill
Rehearse addition and

subtraction facts for pairs that
total up to 10
B2.b
Begin to add three 1-digit
numbers mentally

Y2: Begin to add three 1-digit numbers
mentally
B2.c
Know that a right angle is a
measure of a quarter turn;
recognise right angles


Y2: Recognise whole, half and quarter turns 2
Y2: Know that a right angle is a measure of
a quarter turn
2
Y2: Recognise right angles in simple shapes
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise half and quarter turns, clockwise and anticlockwise
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise that a quarter turn is a right angle
Y2: Give instructions for moving along a
route in straight lines and round corners
Y2: Recognise clockwise and anticlockwise
turns
2
Measuring
Area, etc.

recognise half and quarter turns, clockwise and anticlockwise
Y2: Estimate, measure and compare
weights using standard units: kilograms,
grams
Y2: Begin to recognise the relationship
between grams and kilograms
Y2: Begin to read simple weighing scales to
the nearest labelled division
2
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
– weight/mass: kilograms or 10 gram weights
Read the time to the hour and 
half hour on analogue and
digital clocks
Y2: Read the time to the hour and half hour
on analogue and 12-hour digital clocks
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

Y2: Sort, organise and interpret information
in a block graph
2
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
– block graphs
2
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from lists, tables,
diagrams and graphs
2
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
– pictograms where the symbol represents one unit
2
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from lists, tables,
diagrams and graphs
B2.d
Recognise clockwise and
anticlockwise turns


C2.a
Estimate, measure and

compare weights in kilograms
and grams


C2.b
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C2.c
C2.d
Sort, organise and interpret
information in a block graph
Sort, organise and interpret
information in a pictogram
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
Y2: Rehearse addition and subtraction facts
for pairs of numbers that total up to 10
Y2: Sort, organise and interpret information
in a pictogram
1
Number
Number facts

use number facts within 10, i.e.:
– bonds of 10, e.g. 6 + 4
No matching skills
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
17
Block
D2.a
Summary of maths covered
Use the names of common
3D shapes
Objectives


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D2.b
Sort 3D shapes and describe
their features
D2.c
Subtract a multiple of 10 from 
a 2-digit number by counting
back in 10s
D2.d
Add and subtract 9, 11, 19
and 21 by adding and
subtracting 10 and 20


Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Y2: Use the names of common 3D shapes,
including: cube, cuboid, cylinder, sphere,
cone
Y2: Relate solid shapes to pictures of them
No matching skills
Y2: Sort 3D shapes and describe their
features: number of faces and corners
No matching skills
Y2: Subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit
number by counting back in 10s
3
Number
Calculate

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
Y2: Add and subtract 9 and 11 by adding
and subtracting 10
Y2: Begin to add and subtract 19 and 21 by
adding and subtracting 20
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

use mental strategies to add and subtract 2-digit
numbers
2
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
E2.a
Count on in 2s, 5s or 10s;
recognise odd and even
numbers


Y2: Count on in 2s, 5s or 10s up to 100
Y2: Begin to recognise odd and even
numbers up to at least 100
E2.b
Understand multiplication as
‘lots of’ and use the × sign


Y2: Introduce multiplication as ‘lots of’
Y2: Introduce the × sign
No matching skills
E2.c
Introduce multiplication as
repeated addition; record
facts using × and =

Y2: Introduce multiplication as repeated
addition or as describing an array
Y2: Record multiplication facts using × and =
in number sentences
No matching skills
Begin to understand division
as grouping

Y2: Begin to understand division as
grouping
Y2: Introduce division as the inverse of
multiplication
Y2: Understand that division sometimes
leaves a remainder
Y2: Introduce the ÷ sign
No matching skills
E2.d




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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
21
Block
A3.a
Summary of maths covered
Begin to partition 3-digit
numbers into H, T and U
Objectives



22
2
Y2: Read and write numbers up to 100 in
words
3
Y2: Begin to partition 3-digit numbers into H,
T and U
Y2: Begin to read and write numbers up to
1000 in figures
Strand
Element
Skill
Number
Number facts

read and write numbers to 100
Number
Number facts

[Begin to] read and write numbers to 1000
Begin to round numbers less
than 100 to the nearest 10

Y2: Begin to round numbers less than 100 to
the nearest 10
A3.c
Begin to add by bridging a
multiple of 10

2
Y2: Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit
number, crossing a multiple of 10 (rehearse)
Y2: Begin to add by bridging a multiple of 10
(36 + 8 = 36 + 4 + 4)
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
Calculate

find small differences within 20 by using ‘counting on’
strategies
A3.d
Find the difference between
two numbers by counting on


B3.a
Classify and describe
common 2D and 3D shapes


B3.b
Begin to recognise halves
and quarters of shapes and
numbers of objects



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B3.c
Know pairs of multiples of 10
that total 100; pairs that total
up to 10




B3.d
Use pairs that total 10 to
make the next multiple of 10


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Y2: Extend understanding of relationship of
subtraction to difference
Y2: Find the difference between two
numbers by counting on
No matching skills
No matching skills
Y2: Classify and describe common 2D and
3D shapes
Y2: Make models, shapes and patterns and
describe their features
2
Number
Fractions, etc. 
Y2: Know by heart addition and subtraction 2
facts for pairs of numbers that total up to 10
Y2: State the subtraction corresponding to a
given addition, and vice versa
Y2: Know by heart pairs of multiples of 10
that total 100
Y2: Use patterns of similar calculations
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
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
Y2: Recognise fraction notation
Y2: Begin to recognise halves and quarters
of shapes
Y2: Begin to recognise halves and quarters
of small numbers of objects
Y2: Know by heart addition and subtraction
facts for pairs of numbers that total 20
Y2: Use pairs that total 10 to make the next
multiple of 10
[Begin to] find halves and quarters in practical situations
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
25
Block
Summary of maths covered
Objectives
C3.a
Estimate a capacity, recording 
estimates; read a simple

capacity scale

C3.b
Estimate, measure and
compare capacities in litres
and millilitres


26
27
Year
Strand
Element
Skill
Y2: Estimate a capacity, recording estimates 1
Y2: Measure capacities using uniform nonstandard units (revise)
Y2: Begin to read a simple capacity scale to
the nearest labelled and unlabelled division
Measuring
Length, etc.

use non-standard units to measure:
– capacity
Y2: Estimate, measure and compare
capacities using standard units: litres,
millilitres
Y2: Read a simple capacity scale to the
nearest labelled and unlabelled division
2
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
– capacity: litres
3
Measuring
Length, etc.

use standard units to measure:
– capacity: use litres and half litres [; measure to the
nearest 100ml]
C3.c
Add and begin to subtract a
1-digit number to and from a
multiple of 100

Y2: Add and begin to subtract a 1-digit
number to and from multiples of 10 and 100
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
C3.d
Organise and interpret
information in a table


Y2: Organise information in a table
Y2: Interpret information from a table
2
Data
Data

gather and record data from:
– lists and tables
2
Data
Data

extract and interpret information from lists, tables
[diagrams and graphs]
Y2: Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit
number, bridging a multiple of 10 without
crossing 100
Y2: Add two 2-digit numbers using an
appropriate strategy
Y2: Partition additions into T and U, then
recombine
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
Y2: Subtract one 2-digit number from
another using an appropriate strategy
Y2: Understand that subtraction is the
inverse of addition, using missing number
sentences
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
D3.a
Add a 1-digit number to a 2digit number; add two 2-digit
numbers



D3.b
Subtract one 2-digit number
from another


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D3.c
Use units of time: hours,
minutes, seconds

Y2: Use units of time and know the
relationship between them: hours, minutes,
seconds
D3.d
Read the time to the quarter
hour on analogue and digital
clocks

Y2: Read the time to the quarter hour on
analogue and 12-hour digital clocks
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No matching skills
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
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Which numeracy skills are covered in each Abacus Evolve week?
Abacus Evolve Year 2
Abacus Evolve
Week
29
30
Block
E3.a
Summary of maths covered
Understand multiplication as
repeated addition; and
division as its inverse
Objectives


E3.b
Recognise 2-digit multiples of 
2, 5 and 10; and know their
multiplication facts

E3.c
Double multiples of 5; halve
multiples of 10; add using
near doubles
E3.d
Recognise the relationship
between halves and quarters






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Year
Strand
Element
Skill
No matching skills
Y2: Begin to understand multiplication as
repeated addition or as describing an array
Y2: Begin to understand division as the
inverse of multiplication
Y2: Know by heart the multiplication facts for 2
2, 5 and 10 times tables
Y2: Begin to recognise 2-digit multiples of 2,
5 and 10
Number
Number facts

recall and use 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables
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
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
Fractions, etc. 
Y2: Double multiples of 5 up to 50
Y2: Halve multiples of 10 up to 100
Y2: Add by identifying near doubles for
multiples of 5
Y2: Recognise that two quarters and one
half are equivalent
Y2: Begin to recognise that two halves or
four quarters make one whole
Y2: Begin to position halves on a number
line
find halves and quarters in practical situations
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