Learning Outcomes
Stage 1Junior and senior infants |
Stage 2First and second classes |
Stage 3Third and fourth classes |
Stage 4Fifth and sixth classes |
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develop a sense of time and its uses. |
understand how time is measured, expressed and represented. explore equivalent expressions of time. |
compare, approximate and measure time using appropriate units of measurement. identify the relationship between different units and representations of time. |
solve and pose practical tasks and problems involving the interpretation and calculation of time. |
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Events in daily routines can be described and sequenced. A timetable is a useful display to show when things will happen. Time passes consistently. Time can be expressed and recorded in a variety of ways. Each hour has an area or space on the analogue clock. Calendars display days and months and can be used to highlight times of significance. |
Time is measured using universal units; seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and centuries etc. Units of time measure how long something lasts. The hour and minute hands of the analogue clock move clockwise as time passes. The two (sometimes three) hands move at different speeds, according to the units of time they are showing. Time can be represented in both analogue and digital formats. Weeks are measured in multiples of seven days. |
60 is the base of the number system for the conversion of minutes to hours, and seconds to minutes (and vice versa). Time is expressed in relation to the hour using minutes or fractional intervals of 60 minutes. Time can be represented using 12-hour or 24-hour formats. The 24-hour format shows the number of hours and minutes elapsed since midnight. Timetables and schedules are tools for managing and organising time. Days are counted from midnight of the previous day. |
Greenwich Mean Time is used as the standard time against which all the other time zones in the world are referenced. Speed is measured as distance travelled per unit of time. |
Click on the image to access the progression continuum for the strand unit of 'Time'
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Directory of Support Materials
Directory of Support Materials: Time
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Time: Suggestions for children's learning
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Time: Suggestions for learning environment
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