Look at the clock face showing half past 2 beside a blank digital screen. The hands tell us it is half past 2. So what numbers belong on the digital screen to say the very same time?

Each clock shows the same time two ways: hands and a digital screen. Watch where the long hand sits and read what the digital screen says. Notice how the words we say link to the numbers.

Today we work through four times together. Each time I read out a digital time, one classmate comes up and sets the matching hands on the clock while the rest of us watch and check the two readings agree. We will do 3:15, then 6:30, then 7:50, then 11:20. Your job in your seat is to watch the hands and decide whether they match before we confirm.

The point of this round is the tricky 'to' times. We will set the hands to match 4:05, then 9:30, then the hard ones — 12:45 and 7:55. Say each one aloud before we check it, because the 'to' times catch people out.

What we did today

• We matched the hands on a clock face to the numbers on a digital screen.
• We learned that the digital minutes count up from the hour.
• We saw that a 'to' time keeps the earlier hour on the digital screen — quarter to 5 is 4:45.