Get your students sharpening their time-telling skills with our Time Detective Half-Past Worksheets. Designed to build accuracy and confidence, these worksheets guide learners as they practise reading digital times and representing them on analog clocks. By focusing on half-past times, the resource ensures a strong foundation in recognising one of the key benchmarks in early time-telling.

Each worksheet presents a digital time at the top of the box, paired with a blank analog clock below. Students use their knowledge of clock structure to draw both the hour and minute hands in the correct positions. This dual practice not only reinforces their understanding of half-past times but also helps them connect digital and analog formats in a practical, visual way.

These worksheets can be used flexibly in whole-class lessons, small-group rotations, or as independent consolidation tasks. With simple instructions, clear layouts, and opportunities for hands-on reinforcement using classroom manipulatives, students are supported to build fluency, accuracy, and confidence in telling the time.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Read half-past times on digital clocks
• ✅ Represent half-past times on analog clocks
• ✅ Distinguish between the roles of the hour and minute hands
• ✅ Strengthen connections between digital and analog formats
• ✅ Develop confidence in telling and discussing time

What’s Included:

• Printable worksheets featuring digital times and blank analog clocks
• Answer sheet for teacher reference or peer review
• Clear, simple layouts for independent completion
• Extension suggestions for deeper learning

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets for each student
• Pencils for drawing clock hands
• Colour-coded pencils (red/blue) for distinguishing hour and minute hands
• Optional: mini clock manipulatives for modelling

How to Use:

1. Distribute worksheets to each student.
2. Have students read the digital time displayed in each box.
3. Ask them to draw the corresponding hour and minute hands on the blank analog clock.
4. Encourage students to check their answers using the provided answer sheet or through class discussion.
5. Reinforce learning by having students read the time aloud once completed.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a guided practice activity after introducing half-past times
• 💡 Add to maths rotations as an independent or partner task
• 💡 Pair with mini clocks so students can model the time before recording
• 💡 Use answer sheet review as a whole-class discussion to address misconceptions
• 💡 Send home for additional time-telling practice with families

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage colour-coding hour and minute hands to prevent confusion
• 💛 Practise reading times aloud together before moving to independent work
• 💛 Provide verbal prompts such as “half-past means the minute hand is always on the 6”

With the Time Detective Half-Past Worksheets, students won’t just learn to read the time - they’ll become confident time detectives, ready to tackle the clock with success!