Measurement Class Pack

Measurement Class Pack brings teacher demonstration boards, pupil dry-wipe boards and practical rulers together for teaching time, weight and measures. Designed for children aged seven and over, it gives a class several ways to work through measurement questions: watching a shared example, recording an individual response and comparing results with a partner. The pack includes 30 pupil boards in each of three subject areas, so teachers can revisit the same topic with a consistent set of resources.

The larger teacher boards provide a common starting point for a lesson. An adult can introduce a reading or calculation, model the steps and invite pupils to show their own answers on the corresponding smaller boards. Because the boards are dry-wipe, children can correct a response and try a new question on the same surface. This makes them useful for short checks during a lesson as well as longer activities in which pupils explain their thinking.

Time receives particular attention through the included elapsed-time rulers. These give pupils and teachers a visual resource for comparing analogue and digital time, exploring intervals and working with 12-hour and 24-hour examples. Instead of treating a time difference as a number to guess, children can follow the interval and discuss the steps between a starting time and an ending time. The separate demonstration ruler allows an adult to model the process before pairs or small groups practise.

Five folding metre rulers add practical length measurement to the collection. Pupils can measure suitable objects, compare results and talk about the units they have used. Alongside the weight, measures and time boards, this gives teachers a varied foundation for lessons that connect reading scales, comparing quantities and calculating differences. Measurement Class Pack is particularly useful for primary classrooms seeking reusable resources that can move between whole-class explanation and pupil participation, with a clear contents list for planning how the boards and shared rulers will be distributed.

Model a Question, Then Check Every Response

Use the appropriate teacher board to demonstrate a measurement example. Pupils can record their own readings or calculations on the matching boards and hold them up when asked. Discuss different answers before moving on: ask which units were used, what changed and how the difference was calculated. The boards are teaching and recording resources; physical weighing scales and thermometers are not included.

Explore Elapsed Time

Start with a short interval between two familiar times. Use the demonstration elapsed-time ruler to show the starting point, the finishing point and the steps between them. Pupils can then work with the six smaller rulers in pairs or groups. Extend the discussion to timetables, activity durations or the relationship between 12-hour and 24-hour notation when appropriate.

Practical Measurement Activities

• Measure and compare: use the folding metre rulers to find and compare the lengths of classroom objects.
• Explain the difference: present two readings on a board and ask pupils to show the calculation between them.
• Plan a timetable: choose a start time and activity duration, then work out the finishing time.
• Check a partner: exchange written answers and explain the units and method used.

Why Choose Measurement Class Pack?

The pack combines class quantities of pupil boards with larger demonstration versions, helping teachers move directly from modelling to participation. The folding and elapsed-time rulers add different forms of practical work, while reusable writing surfaces make it straightforward to revise an answer. One collection supports several related measurement topics without reducing every lesson to the same exercise.

Perfect For

• Primary maths teaching for ages 7 and over.
• Whole-class checks using individual response boards.
• Paired and small-group work on measurement and time.
• Learning groups needing multiple reusable pupil resources.

Product Features

• Teacher and pupil plastic dry-wipe boards.
• Three board themes: weight, measures and time, including activities comparing temperature readings.
• Separate pupil and demonstration elapsed-time rulers.
• Folding metre rulers with metric and imperial measurement.
• Resources for comparing, adding and subtracting measurement values.

Specifications and Contents

• Product: Measurement Class Pack.
• Product code: EDK-EDMEAS/1; manufacturer reference EDMEAS/1.
• Age: 7 years and over.
• Weight boards: 30 A5 pupil boards and 1 A2+ teacher board.
• Measures boards: 30 A5 pupil boards and 1 A2+ teacher board.
• Time boards: 30 A4 pupil boards and 1 A2+ teacher board.
• Folding metre rulers: 5.
• Elapsed-time rulers: 6 pupil rulers and 1 demonstration ruler.
• Total: 90 pupil boards, 3 teacher boards and 12 rulers.

Care and Use

Use compatible dry-wipe pens and clean the boards according to the supplied instructions. Dry-wipe pens and cleaning accessories are not listed as included. Demonstrate how to unfold and refold the metre rulers without forcing their joints, and check the resources before returning them to classroom storage.