--- title: "Year 3- Maths-Reading time on a clock" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-25-year-3-maths-reading-time-on-a-clock" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 3- Maths-Reading time on a clock ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-749D5B21-E3AE-4E4D-8E0C-AFC7BA56AF6A.png) 25 June 2025 This week, our Year 3 mathematicians have been diving deep into telling the time, revisiting and building upon their knowledge from Year 2. We focused on digital and analogue clocks, emphasising how we describe time on a digital clock. The children continued to practice using the phrases "minutes past" and "minutes to" the hour. This helped them understand the important convention that a digital time like 3:40 is best described as "20 minutes to 4," rather than "40 minutes past 3." This session was key in helping them connect times past the hour to times to the hour. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-749D5B21-E3AE-4E4D-8E0C-AFC7BA56AF6A.png) [Year 3](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [Maths](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/jonah.jpg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-24-reception-jonah-and-the-whale) Previous ### [Reception: Jonah and the Whale](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-24-reception-jonah-and-the-whale) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2232_(1).jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-26-year-6-r-e) Next ### [Year 6 R.E](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-26-year-6-r-e) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)