
**A ready-to-teach Year 6 time bar graphs lesson designed to develop pupils’ understanding of interpreting data, answering questions and applying reasoning skills in KS2 maths.
This lesson is fully standalone and ready to teach, but also fits within a wider sequence of Year 6 statistics lessons.**
This Year 6 maths lesson focuses on reading, interpreting and reasoning with time bar graphs.
Pupils develop their understanding of how information can be presented in bar graphs and learn to use data to answer questions accurately. The lesson supports pupils in extracting information, comparing values and explaining their thinking when working with statistics.
Teachers can use the included Smart Notebook input slides to model methods clearly and guide pupils through examples before independent practice.
Pupils then complete a differentiated independent activity, designed to support all learners while providing appropriate challenge. The tasks develop confidence with interpreting graphs, solving problems and applying reasoning skills.
This resource is ideal for SATs revision, KS2 statistics practice, reasoning lessons, or targeted intervention sessions.
What’s Included
✔ Smart Notebook input slides for teacher modelling
✔ Differentiated independent worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary task
✔ Full answers included
Why Teachers Use This
✔ Ready-to-teach lesson with no planning required
✔ Supports KS2 statistics and data interpretation skills
✔ Builds confidence with SATs-style graph questions
✔ Differentiation built in for mixed-ability Year 6 classes
✔ Ideal for revision, reasoning or intervention work
Lesson Breakdown
✔ Input: Teacher modelling using Smart Notebook slides
✔ Independent Task: Differentiated worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary: Consolidation task
✔ Answers: Included for marking or self-assessment
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