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Year 1 Time to the Half Hour

This Year 1 Time to the Half Hour lesson covers the prior learning of halving shapes or objects, before moving onto the main skill of telling the time to the half hour.

The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.

National Curriculum Objectives
Mathematics Year 1: (1M4a) Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of halving shapes or objects, before moving onto the main skill of time to the half hour. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

PowerPoint from the old Resource Pack
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Modelling PowerPoint

Modelling PowerPoint

This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

1 Prior Learning

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This worksheet recaps prior learning of halving shapes or objects, before moving onto the main skill of telling the time to the half hour.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 1 Halving Shapes or Objects Game checks pupils' understanding of recognising if a shape or object has been split into two equal parts.

2 Practical Activities

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Supporting Activity

Supporting Activity

This Time to he Half Hour supporting activities sheet contains suggestions for additional tasks you might wish to use to support pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the lesson.

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Practical Activities

Practical Activities

These practical activities include tasks covering a range of provision areas for pupils to practise the main skill of time to the half hour.

2 Varied Fluency

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Mixed Practice

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency questions and a reasoning or problem solving task for pupils to practise the main skill of time to the half hour.

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This worksheet includes varied fluency questions and a reasoning or problem solving task for pupils to practise the main skill of recognising coins.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This O'Clock and Half Past Game 2 aims to support pupils' knowledge of time.

2 Application

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This time to the half hour extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the time to the half hour lesson.

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Discussion Problem

Discussion Problem

This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.

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Interactive Challenge Activity

Interactive Challenge Activity

This Year 1 O'Clock and Half Past Maths Challenge aims to extend pupils' knowledge of time.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Additional Activities

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Consolidation Pack

Consolidation Pack

This Time Consolidation Year 1 resource will help your pupils consolidate their understanding of Summer Block 6: Time.