TheSchoolRun.com closure date
As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.
As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.
In particular, we suggest downloading:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.
We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.
What are analogue and digital?
What are analogue and digital?
An analogue clock is a circular-faced clock with the numbers one to twelve around the outside and two hands, a shorter one to measure hours and a longer one to measure minutes.
A digital clock is a clock which simply shows numbers to denote the time. It is usually battery or electricity powered.
How do children learn to read analogue and digital clocks?
Children learn to tell the time in Key Stage 1 on an analogue clock.
It can take children a while to understand the concept of what each hand represents, so Year 1 teachers will start with teaching children that if the long hand is on the 12 and the short hand is on the 8, then it is 8 o'clock.
They will usually spend plenty of time getting children used to the 'o'clock' time, pointing to the clock at various times of day, so that children are aware of what happens at 9 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 1 o'clock, 3 o'clock etc.
Once children are clear on this, a teacher will move onto 'half past' times. Again, they will spend some time on this until children are confident.
Year 2 children need to be able to tell the time to five minutes, including quarter to/past.
In Year 3, children need to tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals. They need to understand the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. Therefore at this point, they will start looking at digital time. They should, at this stage, realise that these two times are the same:
In Year 4, children need to read, write and convert the time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks.
In Years 5 and 6, children need to solve problems involving converting between units of time
