Year 2 Tutoring NZ | Maths, English, Science

Year 2 is where children turn early skills into confident reading, writing, number sense and curiosity. Our structured programme builds all three through hands-on activities, visual aids and familiar Kiwi examples, from $1 and $2 coins to the backyard.

Key Topics Covered:

Maths: place value to 100, add and subtract, arrays, time, NZ money and shapes.
English: phonics, fluent reading, and narrative and informative writing.
Science: animal life cycles, solids and liquids, water and air, and simple machines.

Parent Tip:

Little and often works best at this age. Read together for ten minutes, count a jar of $1 and $2 coins and ask what your child noticed outside. We make sure each idea clicks before moving on.

Read, write and compare numbers to 100 and begin counting to 200

Add and subtract fluently within 100

Read year-level stories and nonfiction with fluency and understanding

Write narrative, opinion and informative pieces with a clear structure

Describe how animals grow and change and what they need to live

Plan a simple fair test and share what they find out

Year 2 English Page →Year 2 Maths Page →Year 2 Science Page →

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Formal and Informal Language	Explore how our words change with the situation, such as chatting with a friend, speaking to a teacher or writing a thank-you card.
02	Purpose and Audience	Work out whether an author wants to tell a story, share facts or give an opinion, and who the text was written for.
03	Writing an Informative Paragraph	Introduce a topic, add facts and definitions and finish with a closing sentence in a short paragraph on a familiar topic.
04	Capital Letters, Commas and Handwriting	Use capitals for names, places and special days such as Waitangi Day and Matariki, use commas in lists and greetings and build neat, fluent handwriting.
05	Giving an Opinion About Texts	Share what you think about a book or text, using words like because and and to give reasons.
06	Compound Sentences	Join two ideas with and, but and so to make smoother sentences, and rearrange simple sentences.
07	Characters and Settings	Discuss who is in a story and where it takes place, and ask who, what, where, when, why and how.
08	Narrative Writing: Beginning, Middle and End	Write a short story or recount with time-order words, details about feelings and a clear ending.
09	Listening, Turn-Taking and Responding	Take turns in conversation, listen closely, follow multi-step instructions and ask questions to understand.
10	Term 1 Review	Revise language, reading, writing and speaking. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

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No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Long and Short Vowels	Tell long vowels from short vowels in one-syllable words and read and spell them.
02	Vowel Teams	Learn spelling-sound patterns for vowel teams such as ai, ee, oa and ow when reading and writing.
03	Two-Syllable Words	Split two-syllable words into parts to decode them, including words with long vowels.
04	Prefixes and Suffixes	Use common prefixes and suffixes such as un-, re-, -ful and -less to read words and work out their meanings.
05	Tricky and High-Frequency Words	Read and spell year-level words with unusual patterns, such as said, friend and through.
06	Spelling Patterns	Apply known spelling patterns to new words, including NZ spellings such as colour and neighbour, and check with a dictionary.
07	Reading with Fluency	Read year-level text with accuracy, a steady pace and expression across repeated readings.
08	Rereading and Self-Correcting	Check meaning as you read, reread tricky sentences and fix mistakes using context clues.
09	Poems, Rhymes and Rhythm	Spot beats, alliteration, rhymes and repeated lines in poems and songs, including Kiwi favourites, and say how they add meaning.
10	Term 2 Review	Revise phonics, fluency and poetry. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Asking Questions About Texts	Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to show you understood a story or article.
02	Retelling Stories and Central Message	Retell fables and traditional tales, including stories from Aotearoa, and name the lesson or main message.
03	How Characters Respond to Challenges	Explain how characters react to big events and problems in a story, using details from the text.
04	Story Beginnings and Endings	Describe how a story starts, how the action builds and how it ends.
05	Character Voices and Perspectives	Notice that characters see events differently and show this with expression when reading dialogue aloud.
06	Main Topic of Informational Texts	Find the main topic of a multi-paragraph text and the focus of each paragraph.
07	Text Features	Use captions, bold print, headings and glossaries to find facts quickly.
08	Pictures and Diagrams	Use illustrations and diagrams to help explain what the words in a text say.
09	Comparing Two Texts	Compare two versions of a tale or two texts on the same topic and talk about what is alike and different.
10	Term 3 Review	Revise comprehension, text features and comparing texts. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Planning and Writing Narratives	Plan a story with characters, a setting and a problem, then write it with time-order words and a closing.
02	Writing Opinion Pieces	State an opinion, give reasons with linking words such as because, and add a concluding sentence.
03	Writing Informative Texts	Write a short report on a topic, such as a kiwi or a tuatara, with facts, definitions and a conclusion.
04	Irregular Plurals and Past Tense Verbs	Use irregular plurals such as feet and children and irregular past tense verbs such as sat, hid and told.
05	Adjectives and Adverbs	Choose between adjectives and adverbs and use them to make sentences more descriptive.
06	Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives	Use apostrophes in contractions such as can't and in possessives such as Mia's dog.
07	Context Clues and Shades of Meaning	Work out new words from context and tell apart words with close meanings, such as toss and throw.
08	Revising, Editing and Digital Tools	Revise and edit writing with a partner and use a keyboard or tablet, with adult help, to publish a piece.
09	Shared Research Project	Gather facts from several books or a short observation and write a short piece about what you learned.
10	Year 2 Review and Year 3 Readiness	Revise the year and preview Year 3 reading and writing. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Place Value Foundations to 100	Read, write and show numbers to 100 with place value blocks, tens frames and hundreds boards. Practise telling 31 from 13.
02	Number Lines and Skip Counting	Count to 100 and skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s on number lines. Place numbers and solve missing number puzzles.
03	Tens and Ones with Blocks	Build two-digit numbers with blocks and see that 46 means 4 tens and 6 ones. Link each digit to its value.
04	Expanded Form and Number Names	Write numbers in standard form, expanded form and words, such as 48 = 40 + 8.
05	Comparing and Ordering Numbers	Compare and order numbers to 100 using place value and the words more than, less than and equal to.
06	Facts to 20 Fluency	Build quick recall of sums and differences to 20 with tens frames, doubles and make-a-ten strategies.
07	Odd and Even Numbers	Tell odd from even by pairing objects and write even numbers as doubles, such as 8 = 4 + 4.
08	Add and Subtract Within 100	Use place value strategies, hundreds boards and open number lines to add and subtract within 100.
09	Dollar Word Problems	Choose add or take away for simple purchases using whole dollars, such as buying a $12 book with a $20 note.
10	Term 1 Check-In and Review	Revise place value, facts and strategies through mixed tasks. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Mental Maths: Add and Subtract 10	Add or subtract 10 in your head from numbers up to 100, using place value patterns.
02	Adding Two-Digit Numbers	Add two-digit numbers and trade ones for a ten using blocks, drawings and written steps.
03	Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers	Subtract two-digit numbers, breaking a ten into ones when needed, and check answers with addition.
04	Adding Three Numbers	Add up to three numbers by grouping tens and ones, such as adding points from a board game.
05	Counting Beyond 100: Numbers to 200	Count, read and build numbers to 200 with blocks and hundreds boards, seeing how hundreds, tens and ones fit together.
06	Why Strategies Work	Explain why an addition or subtraction strategy works, using place value and the order of numbers.
07	One-Step Word Problems	Solve add-to, take-from, put-together and compare problems and write a number sentence for each.
08	Two-Step Word Problems	Solve two-step stories, such as a school lunch order, with the unknown in any position.
09	Equal Groups and Arrays	Count objects in rectangular arrays up to 5 by 5 and write the total as repeated addition, such as 5 + 5 + 5.
10	Term 2 Review	Revise adding, subtracting, word problems and arrays. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Measuring with Rulers	Measure objects to the nearest unit using rulers, metre rulers and tape measures.
02	Centimetres and Metres	Measure the same object in centimetres and metres and see why a smaller unit gives a bigger number.
03	Estimating and Comparing Lengths	Estimate lengths in centimetres and metres, then work out how much longer one object is than another.
04	Length Problems on Number Lines	Solve length problems within 100 and show whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line.
05	Comparing Mass and Capacity	Compare and order objects by how heavy they are and how much they hold, using kilograms and litres in everyday examples.
06	Telling Time to Five Minutes	Tell and write time from analogue and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, such as 3:35.
07	am, pm and the Calendar	Use am and pm to describe the school day, and read days, weeks and months on a calendar, including Matariki.
08	NZ Coins and Notes	Name and count 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins and find their values, such as showing 80c in more than one way.
09	Dollars and Cents Problems	Solve word problems with NZ coins and notes, such as paying for a pie at the school gala.
10	Term 3 Review	Revise measuring, time and money. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Shapes and Their Attributes	Name shapes by sides and corners and sort them by attributes such as the number of sides.
02	Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Pentagons and Hexagons	Recognise and draw shapes with a given number of sides or corners, and find them around the home.
03	Cubes and 3D Objects	Spot cubes, prisms and other solid shapes by their faces and edges in everyday objects.
04	Patterns and Coding	Create and extend repeating and growing patterns, and write simple coding sequences to move a character along a path.
05	Halves and Quarters	Split circles and rectangles into equal parts and name them halves and quarters.
06	Pictographs and Bar Graphs	Draw and read pictographs and bar graphs with up to four categories, such as favourite playground games.
07	Solving Problems with Graphs	Use a graph to solve put-together, take-apart and compare problems.
08	Mixed Word Problems and Maths Modelling	Solve everyday problems that mix adding, subtracting, measuring and money, then explain the answer.
09	Fluency Games and Challenges	Practise facts to 20 and strategies within 100 through games, timed rounds and puzzles.
10	Year 2 Review and Year 3 Readiness	Revise the year's key skills and preview Year 3 maths, including early multiplication. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Living and Non-Living Things	Sort things around us into living and non-living and explain how you can tell.
02	Animals Around Us	Group animals such as kiwi, tūī, weta and monarch butterflies by features like feathers, wings and legs.
03	What Animals Need	Explore what animals need to survive, such as food, water, air, shelter and space.
04	Life Cycles	Follow how animals such as monarch butterflies and ducks grow and change from egg to adult.
05	Growth of Mammals and Birds	Compare how a baby mammal and a baby bird, such as a lamb and a chick, grow and what care they get from their parents.
06	Animal Body Parts and Their Jobs	Match body parts such as beaks, wool and webbed feet to what they help an animal do.
07	Animals and the NZ Seasons	Find out how animals handle the seasons, such as monarch butterflies clustering in winter and tūī feeding on spring blossom.
08	Habitats Around Us	Compare animals in different habitats, such as the bush, a wetland and a rocky shore.
09	Caring for Animals and Habitats	Explore simple ways to look after native wildlife and green spaces in your neighbourhood, such as planting natives.
10	Term 1 Review	Revise animals, life cycles and habitats. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Solids and Liquids	Sort materials into solids and liquids and explain how you can tell them apart.
02	Describing Properties	Describe materials by colour, shape, texture, hardness and how they flow.
03	Liquids Take the Shape of Their Container	Pour water and juice into different containers and see how the shape of a liquid changes.
04	Mixing Liquids and Solids	With adult guidance, mix materials such as sugar, sand and salt with water and see what happens.
05	Absorbing Liquids	Test which materials soak up water and which do not, such as paper towels, plastic and sponges.
06	Sink or Float	Predict and test whether solid objects sink or float in water.
07	Choosing Materials for a Job	Use test results to pick the best material for a purpose, such as a raincoat or gumboots.
08	Melting and Freezing	With adult guidance, watch how heating and cooling change materials such as ice, butter and chocolate.
09	Reuse and Recycling	Explore how reusing and recycling materials, including kerbside recycling, cuts down on waste at home and at school.
10	Term 2 Review	Revise solids, liquids and materials. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Water Around Us	Identify oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers and groundwater, and name the water bodies nearest your home, such as Lake Taupō.
02	Water as a Solid, Liquid and Gas	Find out that water can be ice, liquid or vapour and where each is found.
03	A Simple Water Cycle	Show how water rises, forms clouds and falls again as rain or snow.
04	Rain, Snow and Ice	Observe how weather changes with the seasons, from snow in the Southern Alps to rain in Auckland.
05	Air Is All Around Us	Show that air takes up space and that moving air is wind.
06	Using Wind and Water	Explore how people use wind and moving water, such as wind turbines and hydro dams.
07	What Living Things Need from Air and Water	Link air and water to the needs of plants, animals and people.
08	Keeping Air and Water Clean	Find simple ways to keep air and water clean, such as reducing litter and saving water.
09	Planning a Fair Test	Decide what to change, what to measure and what to keep the same.
10	Term 3 Review	Revise water, air and weather. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Pushes and Pulls	Show how a push or a pull makes things start, stop or change direction.
02	Simple Machines	Meet ramps, levers, wheels and axles and see how they make work easier.
03	Ramps and Wheels	Test how the slope of a ramp and the size of a wheel change how far a toy car travels.
04	Levers and Pulleys	Try a seesaw lever and a simple pulley to lift a load and compare the effort needed.
05	Machines in Daily Life	Spot simple machines at home and on the playground, such as swings, slides and door handles.
06	Engineering: Define a Problem	Ask questions and gather information about a problem people want to solve.
07	Sketch and Model a Solution	Draw or build a model to show how the shape of an object helps it do its job.
08	Compare Two Designs	Test two designs for the same problem and compare their strengths and weaknesses.
09	Mini Science Project	Choose a question, test it fairly and share the results in a short presentation.
10	Year 2 Review and Year 3 Readiness	Revise the year's science and preview Year 3 topics. A termly mock test and parent report follow.

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Warm-up (5 min)

A quick mental maths, word or science question, plus a recap of the last session

Core Teaching (25 min)

The new idea from the lesson eBook, explained with examples and guided practice

Guided Practice (15 min)

Your child works through tasks with the tutor close by to help

Independent Practice (10 min)

Your child completes the in-class quiz on their own

Wrap-up (5 min)

A short summary, two take-home quizzes and a preview of the next lesson

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