Take three hands-up answers, not open call-outs. Steer toward counting up the side in twos instead of ones without confirming it yet — that is the whole point of Watch and Notice.

Point at each scale mark and count aloud in twos with the class: two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve. Then trace the Walk bar across to the 8 mark and the Bus bar across to the 10 mark.

Land the key move on the last bar, Car: it stops between the 6 and 8 marks, so it shows 7. Ask which two marks is this bar sitting between? before you name it.

Talk this one through together — pupils take turns at the board and the class agrees or corrects out loud.

Start with the bar on the 4 mark (on a mark — easy). Then the bar at 10 (on a mark). Then the bar halfway between 8 and 10: ask on a mark, or between two marks? before anyone answers 9. Finish by having a pupil drag the last bar up from 0 to a count of 11, checking it lands halfway between the 10 and 12 marks.

Keep asking the same question each time: is this bar on a mark, or between two marks?

This is the practice round — pupils take turns at the board, check each answer, and the class confirms before moving on. Keep the board work brisk rather than over-explaining.

The two bars that land between marks (9, and the 11 build) are the make-or-break ones. Before each, ask the class to predict: is 9 on a mark, or between two marks? Watch for pupils who set the in-between bar to 8 or 10 by snapping to the nearest mark — remind them the bar stops halfway.