Know the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day

Maths

In this unit pupils will consolidate their understanding of time by comparing and sequencing intervals of time. They will learn to write the time to 5 minutes, including quarter past/quarter to. In the future unit pupils will tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks. 

In the prior unit pupils sequenced events in chronological order and recognised and used language related to dates. They told the time to the hour and half past the hour, linked to fractions. In this unit pupils will consolidate their understanding of time by comparing and sequencing intervals of time. They will learn to write the time to 5 minutes, including quarter past/quarter to

Time: write and tell the time to five minutes

If you are counting in steps of five minutes starting from five, which of these numbers will you say?

Which part of the clock is showing the minutes? 

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How many hours are there between midday and midnight? {{  }}

How many hours are there in one day? {{  }}

How many minutes are there in one hour? {{  }}

How many hours are there between midnight and midday? {{  }} hours.

How many hours are there between midday and midnight? {{  }} hours.

If you are counting in fives from zero, which of these numbers will you say?

Order the time periods from shortest to longest.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Know the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.