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Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours

Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour, and draw clock hands to show these times

Suggested ages 5–6

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Learning journey

Your child is learning about measurement in everyday life — telling time to the hour and half-hour, comparing lengths and weights of objects, understanding money, and using time words like yesterday and tomorrow.

Evidence of understanding

  • Read an analogue clock showing 3 o'clock
  • Read an analogue clock showing half past 7
  • Draw the hour and minute hands on a blank clock face to show a given o'clock or half-past time

Assessment prompt

If you point to a clock showing 3 o'clock or half past two, can Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours tell you the time — and then draw hands on a blank clock face to show a time you call out?

Standards alignment

Maths/Y1/M/12GB · uk-nc-2013

Tell the time

The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 1