Creating plans for mixed aged classes
Within your live curriculum, the Class Plans area is used to arrange all of the projects that you have added to your curriculum for a specific cohort/class into the order for teaching. If you are using a model curriculum, this will have already been done for you, and you simply need to assign the plan to the relevant class. If you are designing your own curriculum from scratch, you will need to create the plans yourself.
If your school has single-aged classes, please read our planning guidance here: Creating plans for single aged classes.
Creating a class plan
- Click 'Add' > 'Add cycle' and create as many cycles as you need (the cycles will be created as Cycle A, B, C, D etc. but you can rename them by clicking the settings icon next to each cycle name at the top of the column, then Edit).
- Click 'Add' > 'Add plan' to create as many plans as you need.
- Give the plan a title (we recommend keeping this short and generic, such as Y3/4 plan).
- Select the cycle that you would like to add projects to. Then, select the year group for the projects you would like to use in the plan (you can add more at any time).
- Change to the next cycle(s) and repeat these steps until each cycle is complete.
- Click 'Save'.
Repeat these steps until each cycle is complete. Once all cycles and plans have been populated, follow the steps below to assign each plan to a class.
Multiple classes can use the same plan. For example, if Class 4a and Class 4b are following the same projects, they can both be assigned to a single Y4 plan. Alternatively, you can create a copy of the Y4 plan so that each class teacher can make their own changes. 
If you require support with mixed aged, or mixed phase planning, or have a combination of single and mixed aged classes, please contact our support team on maestro@cornerstoneseducation.co.uk.Assigning classes to plans
Each plan needs to be assigned to a class (or multiple classes).
- Click ‘Add classes’ or ‘Add/remove classes’ in the Classes column.
- Tick the class(es) that will use the plan.
- Click 'Save'.
Repeat this step until all plans have been assigned to classes. The next step is to let your teachers know they can start editing their class plan to make it bespoke for their class.
Editing or removing a plan
If you ever need to edit or delete a plan or cycle, click the settings icon next to the plan or cycle name and select either Edit (to edit the plan name) or Delete. You will then need to follow the onscreen instructions to delete the class plan.
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