Game 3M5: Time. Copyright Ann Moran

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1 Game 3M5: Time Strand: Measures Strand Unit: Time Curriculum Objectives Covered: Consolidate and develop further a sense of time passing Read time in five-minute intervals on analogue and digital clock (12 hour) Record time in analogue and digital forms Read and interpret simple timetables Rename minutes as hours and hours as minutes Read dates from calendars and express weeks as days and vice versa Solve and complete practical tasks and problems involving times and dates Name: Obstacle Course Races Aim: To complete an obstacle course as quickly as possible. Activity Area: School yard/large hall area. Duration: 40 minutes Integration: Geography: The physical world Physical Education: Athletics Resources: 18 Cones 3 Stopwatches 3 Analogue Clocks 3 Class Timetables (Photocopiable timetable attached) 6 Sets of Pencils and Paper 3 Calendars 3 Buckets of Beanbags 3 Hula-hoops 1 Whistle Set Up: 1. The play area is set out as shown in fig.a. using cones as posts child stands at every post, including at the starting posts, and the 3 children who are competing also stand at the starting posts. 3. Every child manning a starting post holds a stopwatch. 4. Every child manning a 1 st post holds an analogue clock. 5. Every child manning a 2 nd post holds a class timetable.

2 6. Every child manning a 3 rd post has a pencil and paper ready to be used for rough work if necessary. 7. Every child manning a 4 th post has a calendar and a pencil and paper ready to be used for rough work if necessary. 8. Every child manning a 5 th post holds a bucket of beanbags children will be competing at a time, each making his/her way along an obstacle course from the 1 st post to the 5 th post, as quickly as possible, and then back to his/her starting post.

3 Fig.a Hula-hoop Hula-hoop Hula-hoop 5 th Post 5 th Post 5 th Post (Bucket of beanbags) (Bucket of beanbags) (Bucket of beanbags) 4 th Post 4 th Post 4 th Post (Calendar) (Calendar) (Calendar) 3 rd Post 3 rd Post 3 rd Post (Renaming) (Renaming) (Renaming) 2 nd Post 2 nd Post 2 nd Post (Timetable) (Timetable) (Timetable) 1 st Post 1 st Post 1 st Post (Clock) (Clock) (Clock) Starting Post Starting Post Starting Post (Stopwatch recording time) (Stopwatch recording time) (Stopwatch recording time)

4 Start Playing: 1. When the teacher blows the starting whistle the 3 competitors run to the 1 st post and the child manning the starting post starts the stopwatch. 2. When a competitor reaches the 1 st post he/she must correctly read the time that the child manning the post has set on the analogue clock, in five-minute intervals. The competitor must also correctly say this time in digital form, to the satisfaction of the child manning the post. For example, This clock shows a quarter to eight. In digital form this would be 7: When a competitor is finished at the 1 st post he/she runs on to the 2 nd post. 4. When a competitor reaches the 2 nd post he/she must look at the class timetable at this post and correctly answer a question that the child manning the post asks, based on the timetable. For example, What time is Geography on a Tuesday? 5. When a competitor is finished at the 2 nd post he/she runs on to the 3 rd post. 6. When a competitor reaches the 3 rd post he/she must correctly answer a question asked by the child manning the post, based on renaming minutes as hours and hours as minutes. For example, How many minutes are in 1 hour and 10 minutes? Answer: 70 minutes. The times asked should be confined to five-minute intervals. The competitor can use the pencil and paper at this post for rough work if necessary. 7. When a competitor is finished at the 3 rd post he/she runs on to the 4 th post. 8. When a competitor reaches the 4 th post he/she must state his/her birthday and then use the calendar to correctly work out how many months/weeks/days until this date, to the satisfaction of the child manning the post. The competitor can use the pencil and paper at this post for rough work if necessary. 9. When a competitor is finished at the 4 th post he/she runs on to the 5 th post. 10. When a competitor reaches the 5 th post he/she must throw beanbags to land inside the hulahoop beyond the post. The competitor must stay at this post for the length of time it takes to successfully throw 5 beanbags into the hula-hoop, to the satisfaction of the child manning the post. 11. The competitor then runs back to the starting post. 12. When the competitor passes the starting post the child manning this post stops the stopwatch and announces the competitors time. 13. The fastest of the 3 competitors running the 3 obstacle courses receives a house point/reward. 14. Every child now moves forward a post, and 3 new competitors run the obstacle courses. This continues until every child has had a chance to compete in a race.

5 Timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday English Gaeilge Maths Gaeilge Tests Gaeilge Maths Gaeilge Maths Gaeilge Religion English English Maths English BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK Gaeilge English Gaeilge Religion Religion Basketball Religion P.E. I.T. Maths Drama SPHE Religion Eng Reading LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH Maths Geography Reading Art Reading History Irish Dancing Science Art Music History Geography Science Reading Music

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