All aboard, it’s time to dive for treasure! In this exciting digital game, students answer time-based questions to collect treasure from the ocean floor. Each piece of treasure is worth a different number of points, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins!

In this version of Let’s Sail, students will solve multiple-choice questions involving the duration of events and journeys. For example, they may be asked: “If a flight takes off at 2:15pm and lands at 5:00pm, how long is the flight?” This game helps develop students’ ability to calculate elapsed time, supporting everyday maths reasoning and planning skills.

But watch out, answer incorrectly and your treasure slips back into the sea! Occasionally, a surprise treasure chest appears, offering a mystery reward to keep students engaged and eager for the next question.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Calculate the duration of events and activities using start and end times
• ✅ Develop fluency with reading clocks and interpreting time data
• ✅ Apply knowledge of elapsed time to real-world situations
• ✅ Strengthen reasoning and problem-solving skills through context-based questions
• ✅ Engage in time-based maths practise through interactive, risk-reward gameplay

How to Play:

1. Students are presented with a question about the start and end times of an event or journey.
2. They choose the correct duration from four multiple-choice options.
3. Each correct answer earns a piece of treasure, which is added to their boat.
4. If they answer incorrectly, they lose that treasure to the ocean.
5. The game continues until all questions are completed. The player with the highest total gem points wins!

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during time or measurement units to reinforce elapsed time calculations
• 💡 Great for Year 5–6 students learning to reason about time in real-world scenarios
• 💡 Add to numeracy rotations as a fun way to practise reading time and planning durations
• 💡 Pair with real-life timetable or itinerary tasks for extension

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Sail – Duration of Events makes time-telling and planning more engaging than ever, encouraging students to calculate, reason, and collect treasure along the way!