Students correctly answer questions to reach the top of the mountain. How far will they make it up the mountain? As they progress higher up the mountain, the scenery will change - from grassy meadows to snowy peaks. At the end, a polaroid snapshot captures their score and how far they made it!

In this version, students solve time-related challenges to practise reading both analogue and digital clocks. Questions include matching times, identifying o’clock, half past, quarter to, and quarter past, and using time language to describe when events occur. It’s a great way to reinforce time vocabulary while supporting visual recognition of clocks.

Let’s Hike – Time Language is perfect for Foundation to Year 3 students working on telling time. Students can play cooperatively on the interactive whiteboard or independently using the QR code, with the shared goal of reaching the summit together.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Read time on both analogue and digital clocks
• ✅ Identify o’clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to times
• ✅ Use appropriate time vocabulary in context
• ✅ Strengthen understanding of daily time patterns and schedules
• ✅ Engage in collaborative gameplay to reinforce time concepts

How to Play:

1. Students are shown time-based questions featuring both analogue and digital formats.
2. Each correct answer helps them climb higher up the mountain trail.
3. Players work together in cooperative mode to reach the top as a team.
4. The game continues until all questions are completed.
5. At the end, students receive a polaroid snapshot of how far they made it with their final score.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during your time-telling unit for review or warm-up activities
• 💡 Great for Foundation to Year 3 students learning to read both clock formats
• 💡 Add to maths rotations to support fluency with time language
• 💡 Follow up with clock-matching or “what time is it?” role-play activities

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 Hike – Time Language makes learning to tell time an exciting journey - encouraging teamwork, accuracy, and clock confidence with every step!