1. The science of time keeping.

2. The Horology Set
Time is unique in that it cannot be perceived through sensory or tangible
experiences in the way other measurement concepts can. The notions of time
include seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, seasons, year, decade, and
century etc. The Horology set focuses on reading clock faces, writing
analogue/digital times, and the language used with time eg, Minute, minute
hands, hour, hour hand, quarter past, quarter to, half past and the passage of
time.
Understanding of time measurement includes:
- concept of duration or passage of time
- knowledge of sequence and order in time
- clock face reading
The Horology Set was designed to facilitate learning for learners from Prep to
Year 4 as time as a measurement needs to be included in early primary
schooling as time is something that learners face daily.
The set includes activities, games, ICT’s, worksheets, and BLM cards that can
be used as whole class or as station activities. These can be adapted from year
to year.

3. Time involves much more than reading a scale, such as a clock
face, where the same digit and divisions are sometimes used
to refer to the hour that has just passed, sometimes to the
number of minutes after the hour. To then use the same digits
to indicate time differently, minutes before the next hour,
tends to be very confusing. Even a digital display, which many
children find easier to read offers only a momentary glimpse
of time and both forms involve developing an understanding
of the passage of time. (Booker, Bond, Sparrow & Swan, pg.
487). Time is, therefore, one of the most difficult
measurement concepts for children to understand (Siemon,
Beswick, Brady, Clark, Faragher & Warren, pg. 441)

4. Day/Month/Season Flip cards, 4 time based jigfit puzzles, 4 time bingo
sets, access to iPad games, IWB game, Sunflower clock with removable
petals, Tracking Time Grade 2 BLM’s, 10 BLM Clock worksheets, 4 BLM
Telling Time worksheets, BLM Recognising Day and Night, 11 BLM Time
facts and Calendar Worksheets/Quizzes, 3 MYO Timepiece, Watch
Time, an excel spreadsheet for 12/24 hr conversion, Magnetic Wall
Chart, and the Good Measure Workbook.
Each set contains…….

5. The Purple Folder
The Purple Folder contains lesson
plan ideas that focus on the
following objectives:
Introduces minutes in an
hour
Telling time with non
conventional time pieces
Counting in 5 minutes and
elapsed time
Telling time to the half hour,
quarter hour and time before
the hour.

6. The Blue Folder
The Blue Folder Contains:
The Tracking Time Workbook
Clock Work and
Time on Your Side
These BLM’s have the objectives
to teach:
Telling time to the half hour,
quarter hour and time before the
hour,
Day and Night, elapsed time and
days in a month,
Introduction of digital clocks

8. The Horology Set
Why The Horology Set?
The Horology Set is builds on initial learning experiences
associated with the passing and sequencing of time
involving the division of days and weeks, extending
students to the passing and sequencing of time, and
broadens to reading of time with standard (clocks) and
non standard (hourglass and sundials) time units. The
Horology Set has been based on the research from
Booker et al that time is about ‘perceiving and
identifying the attribute, comparing and ordering, and
measuring using non-standard units.’(pg 510)

9. References
Booker, G., Bond, D., Sparrow, L., & Swan, P. (2010) Teaching Primary Mathematics (4th
ed). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia Group Pty
Siemon, D., Beswick, K., Brady, K., Clark, J., Faragher, R., Warren, E., (2011) Teaching
mathematics: Foundation to Middle Years. South Melbourne, Australia. Oxford
University Press.
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