Max Maths, Year 6, Learn together, Time review (1)

In the Max Maths Year 6 curriculum, students engage in a comprehensive review of time measurements and the conversion between different units of time. The lesson begins with a refresher on the basic units of time, where they recall that one minute is equivalent to sixty seconds, one hour consists of sixty minutes, and a day is made up of twenty-four hours. Building on this foundation, they learn that a week spans seven days, a year contains three hundred and sixty-five days, a decade is a period of ten years, and a century stretches over one hundred years. This foundational knowledge is crucial for understanding and working with time in various contexts.

The lesson also delves into understanding and converting between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock systems. Students examine a table where Toby has compared times in both formats. For example, 4.00 a.m. in the 12-hour clock is written and spoken as '4 o'clock' and corresponds to 04:00 or '4 hundred hours' in the 24-hour clock. Similarly, 9.30 a.m. is '9.30' or '9 hundred and 30 hours', 6.00 p.m. is '6 o'clock' or '18 hundred hours', and 9.00 p.m. is '9 o'clock' or '21 hundred hours'. Students learn that 'a.m.' denotes the time before noon, while 'p.m.' indicates the time after noon. This part of the lesson is essential for students to accurately interpret and convert times between different clock readings, a skill that is widely used in everyday life.