Year 2 Addition

This unit of outdoor maths lessons transforms key number and calculation objectives into active, memorable learning experiences.

Children will hunt for calculations, tackle large-scale playground challenges, use natural materials for hands-on investigations, and apply reasoning skills to deepen understanding. With minimal resources needed, each lesson boosts fluency, engagement, and confidence.

Lesson Plans

Using fact families

The main activity of this outdoor lesson uses natural loose parts and tens frames to bring a practical learning style to investigating number bonds to 20.

Learning objective:

To use fact families up to 20.

Finding number bonds to 100

During this outdoor lesson your class will bring movement to their learning with a hunt and complete a large-scale maths investigation to consolidate their knowledge number bonds to 100.

Learning objective:

To find number bonds up to 100

Adding ones and tens

Develop your children’s fluency outdoors by using natural loose parts to support their learning and raise engagement by adding movement to the simple activities included in this lesson.

Learning objective:

To add 2-digit numbers and ones/tens

Adding 2-digit numbers without crossing tens

During this outdoor lesson your class will practise fluently adding tens and ones using a ball game, bring addition to life by using large-scale number lines on your playground and move their learning forward with a discussion and observation activity.

Learning objective:

To add 2-digit numbers without crossing tens.

Adding on a blank number line

Have your children apply their knowledge of written methods outdoors with our target practice activity included in the main activity of this lesson plan. This low resource outdoor lesson plan requires only chalk and everyday school equipment!

Learning objective:

To add 2-digit numbers using a blank number line.

Adding three 1-digit numbers

During this outdoor lesson your children will complete a calculation hunt, compete to work through calculations with our physically active maths game and apply reasoning skills to justify their ‘always, sometimes & never’ answers to some challenging statements!

Learning objective:

To add three 1-digit numbers together.

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