Daylight
Saving Time controversial, innovative, necessary or not,
whichever view you rest with, the hour that's currently skipped on the last
Sunday of spring's March, putting us on BST - British Summer Time and then back again
to GMT - Greenwich Mean Time at the end of autumn's October means that
for 7 months our UK evenings gain a little light.
Why do we need to save an hour of light? Royal
Museums Greenwich
When
do the clocks go back / forward gov.uk
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These two
dates provide the opportunity to explore clocks, how we measure time, the
sun, light & dark and numbers 1 to 12 or more if using 24 hour resources.
It can be fun to examine a day and order the events that make up its routine,
from waking & dressing in the morning to storytime and sleep last thing
at night. A few meaningful items representing the season are also a nice
inclusion to the table, enabling everyone to craft their own vision of a sun
clock and share how the directional phrases 'fall back' and 'leap forward'
can help promote the way in which each light saving or returning hour is headed.
Resources for this playdough activity
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