12-hour and 24-hour time
PROCEDURALRead, write, and convert time between analogue and digital 12-hour and 24-hour clocks
Mastery Evidence
- Convert 3:45 pm to 15:45 in 24-hour time
- Read 19:30 and state the 12-hour equivalent as 7:30 pm
- Match a set of 12-hour and 24-hour times
Assessment Prompt
“If a train timetable shows a departure at 14:35, can [child] convert that to 12-hour clock time — and tell you whether that's morning or afternoon?”
Prerequisites1
- Telling time to the minute (age 7+)hardAges 7—8
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- Telling time to the minute (age 7+) hard
12/24hr clock reading builds on telling time to 5 minutes with am/pm
- Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours hard
Telling time to 5 minutes extends from telling time to the hour and half past
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Telling time to the minute hard
Telling time on a clock requires understanding hours and minutes as time units
- Comparing durations hard
Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
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