Creating plans for mixed aged classes

Creating plans for mixed aged classes

Within your live curriculum via the Cwricwlwm Designer, the Class Plans area is used to arrange all of the projects that you have added to your curriculum for a specific cohort/class in the specific 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
Notes
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.

Creating a class plan

  1. Click 'Add', select '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 using the small cog next to each cycle name. 
  2. Click 'Add', select 'Add plan' to create as many plans as you need.
  3. Give the plan a title (we recommend keeping this short and generic, such as Y3/4 plan)
  4. Select the projects which you would like to use in the plan (you can add more at any time).
  5. Click the number of projects in the plan to add more or re-order the projects. 
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.
 
Notes
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 the Y4 plan. Alternatively, you can create a copy of the Y4 plan so that each class teacher can make their own changes. Just click on the 'Copy' button at the top of the page to make a copy of the plan.

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

Assigning classes to plans

Each plan needs to be assigned to a class (or multiple classes).
  1. Click 'Assign class' in the top right corner of a plan. 
  2. Tick the class(es) that will use the plan.
  3. Click 'Assign'.
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 rename or delete a plan, click on the settings icon button next to the plan or cycle name and select either 'Edit' or 'Delete'.


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