It has come to our attention that quite a few children in Year 6 are unable to tell the time.

This is a vital life skill and something that they really need to be able to do in preparation for the higher levels of independence and good time-keeping that they will need at Secondary School.

Unfortunately, there is not a vast deal of time in the Year 6 curriculum for teaching children to tell the time as there are many other things we have to cover (learning to tell the time isn’t a Year 6 skill and crops up much earlier in a child’s education – Year 2).

Please could we ask you to check if your child can tell the time on a traditional analogue clock or watch as well as a digital 24 hour clock. If they cannot tell the time, please teach them at home.

There are many helpful websites, tools and ideas out there to help children learn to tell the time. The following website has a range of ideas ….

https://www.timecenter.com/articles/learn-to-tell-time/