Take three hands-up answers, not open call-outs. Listen for anyone who counts on from 9:10 rather than trying to take one time from the other — revoice that method as the one we will build on today.

Work each journey aloud as a count-on, not a take-away. On the first, land on 08:00 and 09:00 as stepping stones before the final 35 minutes — hop to the next o'clock first. On the third, ask the class to predict the Portlaoise hop before you tap it; both trains take the same 35 minutes, so the same distance apart gives the same journey time whatever the clock reads. Keep the whole-hour landmark in view throughout.

Name a departure and an arrival before anyone taps. The class counts on aloud and commits to an answer, then a pupil taps the two cells and the journey time appears — use it to confirm the count, not to replace it. Rotate four pupils, keeping the last one on a journey that crosses an hour.

Read each challenge aloud and give the class a moment to count on before anyone taps. The first two stay inside one hour; the third crosses eight o'clock and the fourth runs over an hour, so the count-on-to-the-next-o'clock method starts to earn its keep. Use the Check as narration: "yes, that's it". The two extension journeys are there for fast finishers.