Help your students build a stronger understanding of time and duration with the practical and visually supportive Units of Time Posters. This set of 11 posters has been carefully designed to break down different units of time and provide real-life examples of how long each unit lasts.

Each poster focuses on a different unit of time - from seconds and minutes to hours, days, weeks, months, and years. The examples given for each unit provide relatable context, helping students to internalise the concept of time and apply it to their daily lives. These visuals are perfect for strengthening students’ ability to estimate, compare, and convert units of time.

Units of Time Posters are available in both colour and black-and-white formats, giving you flexibility for display, student books, or customised colouring activities. Use them during your measurement unit or as a long-term visual reference in your classroom maths space.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and name different units of time from seconds to years
• ✅ Compare and understand the duration of each time unit
• ✅ Convert between common units of time (e.g. minutes to seconds, hours to minutes)
• ✅ Apply real-life examples to reinforce understanding of duration
• ✅ Use visual references to support problem-solving and time-related tasks

What’s Included:

• 1 x Summary poster with all common time conversions
• 10 x Individual unit posters including:
  • Second
  • Minute
  • Hour
  • Day
  • Week
  • Month
  • Year
  • Fortnight
  • Decade
  • Century
• Colour and black-and-white versions of each poster

Materials Needed:

• Printed posters (A4 or A3 depending on your display needs)
• Adhesive (Blu-tack, pins, Velcro dots, or tape)
• Optional: laminator for reusable display
• Optional: coloured pencils or crayons if using black-and-white versions for student activities

How to Use:

1. Select colour or black-and-white version and print your preferred size.
2. Laminate if using as long-term display or shared student reference.
3. Display in your maths area, near your classroom calendar, or on a rotating focus wall.
4. Refer to specific posters when discussing elapsed time or estimating duration in real-world contexts.
5. Provide black-and-white versions to students to colour, annotate, or add personal examples.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during your measurement unit when introducing time concepts
• 💡 Integrate with daily routines or schedules for authentic application
• 💡 Provide in small group rotations as part of a ‘time conversion’ challenge
• 💡 Create a maths wall of time that students can interact with daily

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print two-to-a-page for student notebooks or learning folders
• 💛 Use the summary poster as a quick-reference anchor chart for tests or activities
• 💛 Invite students to create their own posters using the same structure for reinforcement

Units of Time Posters offer clear explanations and relatable examples to help students visualise, compare, and convert between time units with confidence and ease.