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Tell and write the time to the nearest minute past

I can tell and write the time to the nearest minute past

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Tell and write the time to the nearest minute past

I can tell and write the time to the nearest minute past

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Key learning points

The minute hand moves around the full circle in one hour
The minute hand shows how many minutes past the hour it is
Between the hours on the clock face the scale also shows 5 minutes

Keywords

Minutes past - A way of expressing how many minutes have gone by since the last o’clock time.

Common misconception

When representing the time, pupils do not always remember that both the minute and the hour hand have a role to play when showing any given time - often leaving the hour hand in the o'clock position.

Lots of examples and non-examples are shown in Cycle 2 of the slide deck to tackle this misconception. However, practice makes perfect. Give frequent quickfire opportunities outside of the Maths lesson for pupils to show times on mini clocks.

Time is a complicated concept. A bead string is used to present the idea that the scale on a clock face for minutes and then for hours is the same as a curved number line. You could look at the linked Year 2 unit for ideas on taking this outside to create lines and clocks for pupils to walk along.

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