By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
extend their understanding of the units of time to include minutes and seconds;
recognise that there are 60 seconds in 1 minute and use this to write durations of time in different ways;
and use various strategies to work out the number of seconds there are in several minutes.
National Curriculum Objectives
Year 3 Measurements:
Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks.
Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock, am/pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight.
