1. National Tests
Year 2

2. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Paper 1 – Spelling 15 minutes
Paper 2 Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary 20 mins

3. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Word classes
Functions of sentences
Combining words
Verbs
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Statements
Questions
Commands
Exclamations
Sentences
Noun phrases
Coordinating conjunctions (such as: and, so, but)
Subordinating conjunctions (such as: because, so, although)
Simple past
Present
Progressive
Tense consistency
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Spellings
Capital letters
Full stops
Question marks
Commas in lists
Apostrophes
Prefixes
suffixes
Spellings from Y1 and Y2

4. Reading Paper 1 30mins Paper 2 (higher demand) 40 mins
All children expected to do both papers

5. Reading Types of questions
Draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts.
Identify and explain key aspects of fiction and non-fictions texts.
Identify and explain the sequences of events.
Make inferences.
Predict what might happen.

6. Paper 1 Arithmetic 20mins Paper 2 Mathematical reasoning 35 mins
Mathematics
Paper 1 Arithmetic 20mins
Paper 2 Mathematical reasoning 35 mins

7. Maths content includes:
Count on in steps of 10 from any 2 digit number
Know and use multiplication and related division facts for the 2x, 5x and 10x tables
Use < > and = to compare and order numbers
Find ¼, 2/4, ¾ and 1/3 of a shape
Find fractions of numbers such as 1/3 of 21
Use inverse operations to solve missing number questions
Solve 2 step addition and subtraction word problems
Choose and use appropriate units for measurement
Recognise and write the time to the nearest 5 minutes
Reasoning and problem solving

8. How can you help? Make it fun! Read every evening with your child
Focus just as much on discussing and asking questions about the text as actually reading.
Help them learn their spellings
Five minutes each evening is more beneficial than learning them on one evening.
Help them complete their homework
Practise maths with them
Times tables on the way to school.
Look at the clock and tell the time as you eat supper.
Make it fun!