KS1 Maths textbook

Year 1 Time: lesson and practice

Strand Measurement
Level Year 1
Practice 98 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 mathematics, Year 1. Content: Sequence events in order: before, after, next, first, last, Morning, afternoon and evening; today, yesterday and tomorrow, Days of the week, Months of the year and dates, Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour on a clock face, Draw the hands on a clock face to show a time, Compare durations: quicker, slower, earlier, later, Measure time in seconds, minutes and hours.

Open Year 1 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Put events in order using first, next, then and last
Say the days of the week in order and find yesterday and tomorrow
Say the months of the year in order and read a simple calendar
Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour on a clock
Show o’clock and half past on a paper clock
Say which time is quicker, slower, earlier or later
Choose seconds, minutes or hours to measure a time

You should already know

Counting and ordering numbers to 100 (Chapter 6)
Adding and taking away within 20 (Chapter 5)
Naming 2-D shapes such as the circle (Chapter 3)

Where this leads

Telling the time to 5 minutes, and reading digital clocks (Year 2)
Days, weeks, months and years in more detail (Year 2)

Lessons in this chapter

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes the old KS1 tests, with mark schemes, for free. They are optional for schools now, so use them as extra practice.

KS1 Maths past papers