Time for Maths
Time for Maths is an ITV and later Channel 4 schools TV series from the 1990s, covering Mathematics for primary school pupils.
A maths series for young children, featuring stories, songs and simple activities similar to its predecessors Let's Go Maths and Maths is Fun. The difference is that rather than the wooden models of those earlier series, Time for Maths uses 3D computer animation - not just for the stories, but for the songs and the presenter's environment as well.
Each episode includes a story set on Honeypot Farm, where Farmer and Mrs Dobbs live alongside George the cat, several scarecrows, and a variety of animals. The computer animation allows the stories to venture into unusual areas and types of experiences - such as the adventures of two young rabbits inside their warren, and a dream sequence in which a giant metallic hen tests Farmer Dobbs' addition and subtraction skills using huge eggs balanced on the farmhouse roof!
The autumn term episodes introduce the numbers 1 to 10, while the spring term adds concepts of size, shape, time and money, and the summer term stretches to comparing, balancing and fractions.
Episodes
# | Title | Broadcast |
---|---|---|
1. | The Farmer's Chair | 14 Sep 1992 |
2. | The Scarecrows | 21 Sep 1992 |
3. | Down the Mousehole | 28 Sep 1992 |
4. | Milking Time | 5 Oct 1992 |
5. | The Lost Lamb | 12 Oct 1992 |
6. | The Juggler | 19 Oct 1992 |
7. | In the Pond | 2 Nov 1992 |
8. | The New Chicks | 9 Nov 1992 |
9. | The Wild Ducks | 16 Nov 1992 |
10. | Ten in Trouble | 23 Nov 1992 |
11. | The Grandfather Clock | 11 Jan 1993 |
12. | The Midnight Calf | 18 Jan 1993 |
13. | The Surprise Present | 25 Jan 1993 |
14. | Winter Rescue | 1 Feb 1993 |
15. | The Photograph | 8 Feb 1993 |
16. | The Special Treat | 15 Feb 1993 |
17. | The Water Shortage | 1 Mar 1993 |
18. | The Boat | 8 Mar 1993 |
19. | The Rabbit Warren | 15 Mar 1993 |
20. | Counting the Eggs | 22 Mar 1993 |
21. | The Vanishing Apple | 26 Apr 1993 |
22. | The Competition | 6 May 1993 |
23. | The Balloon | 13 May 1993 |
24. | The Locked Safe | 20 May 1993 |
25. | Cutting the Hay | 27 May 1993 |
26. | The Balancing Act | 10 Jun 1993 |
27. | George's House | 17 Jun 1993 |
28. | The Farmer's Year | 24 Jun 1993 |
Credits
Presenter | Nimmy March |
Writer | Brian Walsh |
Singer | Liz Watts |
Composer | Jonathan Cohen |
Illustrator | Keith Aldred |
Education adviser | Des Wilson |
Animator | Matt Howarth |
Series editor | Brian Nixon |
Producer & director | John Chesworth-Wigger |
Broadcasts
- 1992-93: Mondays 10:21am, repeated Thursdays 9:52am (not in the HTV Wales area on Thursdays)
- 1993-94: Mondays 11:07am, repeated Wednesdays 11:07am
- 1994-95: Fridays 11:11am
Resources
Each of the Honeypot Farm stories was available as a reading book, with pictures and captions for children to read on the right-hand pages and the full text of the story on the left.
There were also two audio cassettes containing all 28 stories from the series told by Nimmy March, and a third cassette containing all of the songs.
Teacher's notes were published for each separate term, and there was a wall frieze, a music and activity pack, computer software and a concept keyboard pack. Apart from the teacher's notes all of the resources were produced and distributed by Mercury Educational Products.
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