--- title: "Year 2 Maths - Working Together to Find Fact Families" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-30-year-2-maths-working-together-to-find-fact-families" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 2 Maths - Working Together to Find Fact Families ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/b8798e38-9a5e-4570-8b8d-b81b46379472.jpg) 30 September 2026 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/b8798e38-9a5e-4570-8b8d-b81b46379472.jpg) Hands-on Maths: Unpicking Fact Families in Year 2 Our Year 2 mathematicians were put to the test this week during an active, hands-on maths lesson on fact families! The children were given a collection of completely muddled-up number sentences. Channeling their key knowledge of addition, subtraction, and number bonds, they set straight to work finding 3 friends with a matching number, but different calculation sentences. Once the number sentences were paired up, pupils matched each family to its corresponding part-whole model before building the numbers using physical Base 10 equipment. It was fantastic to see such great enthusiasm and teamwork throughout the room, with everyone mastering how numbers relate to one another—confident in the knowledge that if 6 + 4 = 10, then 4 + 6 = 10, 10 - 4 = 6, and 10 - 6 = 4! [Year 2](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [Maths](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/f6553615-7c8d-4d4d-8bff-3ba2564142f3.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-29-pre-school-p-e-fundamental-skills) Previous ### [Pre-School-P.E-Fundamental Skills](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-29-pre-school-p-e-fundamental-skills) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/e616b905-86ca-463c-b0e2-bb56a00af9e0.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-10-01-year-3-retrieval-d-t-sorting-food-groups) Next ### [Year 3 - Retrieval - D.T. - Sorting Food Groups](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-10-01-year-3-retrieval-d-t-sorting-food-groups) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)