Time - 24-Hour Clock - Starter

The educational resource for Year 4 students focuses on mastering the 24-hour clock and improving their arithmetic skills. The lesson begins with a "Fluent in Four" revision segment where students are challenged to convert numbers into a division problem, specifically dividing 648 by 12. They also practice converting time from a 12-hour format to a 24-hour format, for example, translating 19 past 7 p.m. to 19:19 in a 24-hour notation. The students are expected to demonstrate their understanding of time by showing the start of the school day, half past 9 in the morning, and bedtime, quarter to 9 in the evening, on both analogue and digital clocks.

Additionally, the lesson includes exercises to match calculations with their closest estimates, sharpening the students' mental maths and estimation skills. Pairs of addition problems are presented, such as 2,674 + 3,591 and 4,651 + 2,648, and students are tasked with matching them to the most appropriate rounded figures, like 3,000 + 4,000, to facilitate easier mental addition. The final activity involves using bar models to subtract fractions, helping students visualise and solve problems like subtracting 1/16 from 26/16 to get 18/16, which simplifies to 8/16 or 1/2. These exercises are designed to build confidence and competence in both time-telling and fundamental arithmetic operations.