Lesson information and recording attainments

Lesson information and recording attainments

The lesson information area is where you can view your lesson, objectives and mark attainments against the lesson objectives. 

How to access the lesson information

The lesson information can be accessed by clicking on a 'Lesson' or 'Taught' button from the timetable or My Lessons, or from 'View lesson' if you are accessing the timetable shortcut from your home page . Maestro will now allow you to see any previous attainments of an objective at the planning and teaching stage. When you enter the lesson information area, it will tell you at the top of the page if you are in Planning mode (and when the lesson is scheduled for) or Assessment mode. 
 
The lesson information area has 3 sections by default:
  1. Lessons - lesson description, resource links, teacher notes (with the option to add/edit in Planning mode) and any school adaptations.
  2. Objectives - the planned objectives for the lesson (including the option to view progression).
  3. Attainments - view any previous attainments for the planned objectives and the place to mark attainment after you have taught the lesson when in Assessment mode. Click here for more details on how to complete lesson attainments.

If you choose to add objectives from the Literacy, Numeracy or Digital Competence Frameworks or the Descriptions of Learning statements (DoL), you will see a 4th section appear as a tab called LNF/DCF/DoL attainments.

You can save time marking attainments by creating Learning groups for smaller groups within a class. Click the link to see more.

Prior attainments

The three dots show the three most recent attainments for that objective (the most recent on the left). 

 

 

If you click on 'View progression' on any of the objectives in Planning mode, it allows you to view the progression of that singular objective. It also gives the ability to add previous or future objectives to the lesson you are planning. 

 


Use the 'Previous' or 'Next' buttons to navigate between objectives. You can use the 'Add objective' button or click the check box at the top of the year group column to select the objective(s) that you wish to add. The original objective for the lesson has a small label at the top of the column that says Included. Please note, the original lesson objective may not be removed.
 
Any objectives you select will appear in a green box at the top of the screen and can be saved by clicking 'Apply' (clicking 'Revert' will remove the objectives).

 


Any objectives that you add (and click 'Apply') can be removed in the Objectives tab. 

Also within the Objectives tab, you can add specific objectives from the LNF or DCF.

 

Completing attainments

Pupils' attainment of a lesson’s knowledge and skills objectives can be recorded in a variety of ways. It can be done through the timetable, in the projects, from your Maestro homepage and in the ‘My lessons’ area. 
 
For further information on completing attainments, please see the additional articles in this section on the left.
 
Knowledge and skills objectives can also be recorded on the Class attainment page, should you want to record objectives that have not been taught through a planned lesson.
 
When you click on a 'Taught' button, you will see the following modal:

Editing Attainments

When you click to 'Edit attainments', it will take you to the Attainments tab in the lesson information area, so you may record coverage and attainment of individual children, groups or classes.
 
1.      Click 'Pupils'.

2.      Choose your class or learning group (you can select multiple groups/classes if required). You will be able to see their previous attainments for the planned objectives. The three dots show the three most recent attainments for that objective (with the most recent on the left):

            
3.      Click 'Select attainment' to record skills and knowledge as Attained, Partially attained, Not attained or Not taught (use the top Select attainments to fill a whole column or the whole row). You may also click on individual attainments to make amendments as required.  
4.      Use the 'Prev' and 'Next' buttons to look at the previous or next year group’s objectives, and record those as attained if required. Clicking 'View progression' enables you to view the progression of that singular objective in a new tab but you will not be able to add any objectives.
5.      Click 'Save'.

You can view attainments in Track Pupil Progress and Actual coverage.


You can also go to the LNF/DCF attainments tab to record coverage and attainment of individual children, groups or classes.
 
1.      Click 'Pupils'.
2.      Choose your class or learning group (you can select multiple groups/classes if required).
3.      Click the individual boxes by the pupil name to record their attainment of the selected skills (use the top All attained to fill a whole column). 
4.      Click 'Save'.
            

Review Attainments

Once a lesson has been marked as 'Taught', you can click on the lesson to review the attainments. This can be done through the timetable, My lessons, Actual coverage or Track Pupil Progress. To make changes:
  1. Click the 'Review full screen' button to enter the lesson information area.
  2. The Edit Attainments tab will take you to the lesson objectives.
  3. Click 'Select attainment' to record skills and knowledge as Attained, Partially attained, Not attained or Not taught (use the top 'Select attainments' to fill a whole column or the whole row). You may also click on individual attainments to make amendments as required.  The LNF/DCF attainments tab will take you to the LNF/DCF skills which were allocated to the lesson.
  4. Check or uncheck the boxes to edit these attainments.
  5. Click 'Save'.
You may also select 'Delete attainments' to remove all the attainments made for the lesson.
 
On the Review page, you are unable to move between year groups for the skills and knowledge. This screen is designed only to amend the original attainments made.

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