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An important ‘life skill’ is that we know how to read and understand information offered to us in a variety of different formats and styles.

Here we are going to focus on understanding the information provided in different types of timetables!

Josh wants to travel from Newcastle to Edinburgh.

He wants to leave Newcastle in the afternoon.

The timetable opposite shows the times of some of the available trains that travel directly from Newcastle to Edinburgh.

The earliest available train leaves Newcastle at 39 minutes past 12 or 12:39 (24 hour clock)

If it arrives on time, it will get into Edinburgh at 13 minutes past 2 or 14:13 (24 hour clock)

To calculate the journey time for this train, he makes the following sketch:

The train leaves at 21 minutes before 1pm. The time between 1pm and 13 minutes past 2 is 1 hour and 13 minutes.

The total journey time is 21 minutes + 1 hour and 13 minutes = 1 hour and 34 minutes.

The bus timetable below shows some of the bus times for the village of Thornton and the surrounding areas.

This is circular route - the buses start and finish at the local bus station or interchange.

The timetable shows the times of the buses that leave the bus station between 6am and 7am.

There are five sets of bus times shown on this timetable.

The first bus leaves Thornton Interchange at 6am, the second at 6:15am, the third at half past 6, the fourth at 6:45am and the fifth at 7am

The buses that leave the interchange at half past 6 and a quarter to 7 make two fewer stops than buses that leave at other times.

The planned total journey time for three of the buses is 65 minutes.

For the two buses that make two fewer stops, the total journey time is 58 minutes.

Here’s a different type of timetable – very personal to one individual!

Rather than attending school, Harry spent time at home during lockdown like many other children.

To help him structure his time during the day he decided to prepare a timetable.

The aim was that he had time to keep up with his school work and time when he can ‘chill’ and do things he really enjoys to help him relax.

What would your daily timetable look like?