A unit of time equal to one of 24 equal parts of the day. An hour is equal to 60 minutes.

A unit of time equal to 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in an hour.

The number of minutes that have gone past the hour (up to 30 minutes past).

The number of minutes there are to the next hour (after 30 minutes past).

Tell and write the time to five minutes past and to on a clock face

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

Which of the letters is exactly halfway between 1 and 2 on the number line?

What does it mean when the hour hand is pointing exactly halfway between two hour numbers?

Complete the stem sentence: 
If it is 40 minutes past the hour, it is ___ minutes to the next hour.

How many minutes are there until the next hour? 

The clock is showing 55 minutes past, or {{  }} minutes to.

The clock is showing {{  }} minutes to the next hour.

Look at the number line. Is a closer to 2 or closer to 3? 

When it is half past the hour, to which number does the minute hand point? {{  }}

When it is half past 8, where should the hour hand be pointing? 

Complete the sequence: 30, 25, 20, {{  }}

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

Tell and write the time to five minutes past and to on a clock face

Lesson outcome

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