Used for time management during lessons and exams or cross curricular activities such as Science, Maths and PE, stopwatches are a vital tool for education.

They’re also useful for maintaining pace in lessons, helping your students stay focused and developing time management skills. Lessons of any length can be divided up into shorter sections or tasks. If your students are aware of the timing, they can often work towards a goal and focus their attentions on a specific project. You can also keep track of the time you’re spending on actual lessons or helping students on a one-to-one basis.

Stopwatches are especially helpful when used as part of the current curriculum. In Science, they can be used to time changes in materials and determining the speed of travel. In Maths, they can assist with problem solving, data collection and time measurement. In PE, they’re perfect for timing races, activities and refereeing games.

Fastime 4 Stopwatch with silent operation – Perfect for timing exams

The best stopwatches for use in the classroom are durable, multi-functional and brightly coloured. It’s also a good idea to choose a stopwatch with a silent feature (disabling beeps), so that you can use it for timing tests and exams. Some also have an integrated solar charging facility – perfect for saving on battery costs!

Basic stopwatches such as the Fastime 01 are available in a choice of colours and can be easily used by children to perform simple timing activities. More advanced stopwatches however will feature repeating countdown timers, pacers and will store more information in memory and show more timing information on screen – the choice is yours.

Our prices start from around £5 and bulk discounts are also available for schools and clubs.