Timers, breaks and games, right on the board.

The classroom timer

• Countdown, Stopwatch with laps, Agenda (Starter 5, Main 25, Plenary 10…) and Alarm to ring at a time on the clock.
• Name it, nudge it while it runs, count past zero, flash instead of chiming, or play gentle 432 Hz music while it runs.
• In a live session it travels with the room: every student sees the same second.

Games and activities

• Hit the Target — a mental-maths game for the whole class: make the target number from the tiles. Clever answers score more, and a leaderboard follows every round.
• Dots and Boxes for 2–6 players, on one screen or across the session.
• Random pick — a colourful spinning wheel of names on every screen.
• Break time — a calm screen with a countdown that keeps students’ boards still until it ends.
• Quizzes, polls and awards — with fireworks for the winners.

Where to find them

1. Open Slate.
2. Tools → Classroom timer for the timer, or Tools → Game Time for the games.
3. In a live session, Collab → Break & activities has the games, the random pick and the break screen.

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