Teachers may wish to use small groups, whole-class discussion, text-based thinking, or a combination of these.

1. Have students identify the timetables they use at school.
2. Have students brainstorm timetables they use at home (e.g. free-to-air TV guide).
3. What are the similarities between the timetables in questions 1&2? What are the differences?
4. Why do we have timetables at primary school? Who uses them and why?
5. What would happen if there were no timetables at school? Who would this affect and what kinds of things could go wrong?
6. Now think about home timetables that are both visual (TV, appointments) and those that are assumed (time for bed; time to get up in the morning). What would go wrong if there were no timetables at home?
7. What skills do we need to be able to use timetables effectively?