Explore outer space and collect space badges! In this interactive digital game, students travel through galaxies by reading analogue clock faces and expressing the time in words. With each correct answer, they collect space objects and earn badges along their mission.

Students will practise reading clock faces and using correct time-telling language, including o’clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to. The game helps build fluency in expressing time in words and reinforces connections between visual clock features and written time language.

As they progress, students earn more badges - motivating them to think carefully about each answer and continue their space adventure.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Read analogue clock faces accurately
• ✅ Express time in words using o’clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to
• ✅ Strengthen fluency in time-telling vocabulary and language
• ✅ Build confidence with both reading and expressing time
• ✅ Engage in visual and interactive learning through badge-based progression

How to Play:

1. Students are shown an analogue clock face and asked to express the time in words.
2. A correct answer earns them a space object and warps them to the next galaxy.
3. Each object collected contributes to their final badge tally.
4. The game continues through a series of time questions.
5. At the end, students are shown the full set of badges they earned on their journey.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during time-telling units to build fluency with time language
• 💡 Ideal for Years 2-4 students learning to express time accurately in words
• 💡 Add to rotations or centres for visual and interactive practise
• 💡 Extend with classroom clock challenges or writing time sentences using analogue clocks

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 Explore – Telling the Time Using Words gives students an exciting space adventure while building fluency and confidence with time language and clock-reading skills!