Planning lessons

Planning lessons

Once the projects have been added to your curriculum, plans have been set up and assigned to classes, and teachers have been assigned, My planner (formerly known as the Timetable) will automatically pull through the lessons from the projects. Teachers can drag and drop these lessons into My planner, and create their own lessons from discrete objectives to create their short term plan.

Adding a lesson from a project added to your curriculum

  1. Go to the Find Lessons section on the right-hand side of the My planner page. (Note: if your Maestro admins or SLT have excluded lessons from your project, they will not appear in the list of lessons.)
  2. Choose to filter lessons 'By AoLE | By stage'.
  3. Select a class.
  4. Select a project (type to search for projects). The stages/AoLE will appear in a dropdown menu below.
  5. Choose a stage/AoLE.
  6. Drag and drop the lesson into the planner on the day and time required.
  7. The lesson can be lengthened or shortened by clicking and dragging the bottom edge of the lesson to change the size of the box.
  8. When the timetabled lesson has been completed, lesson content can be viewed and edited by clicking on the box. 
  9. Click 'Save' after making any changes to the lesson.

IdeaOnce the lesson has been delivered, click the 'Taught?' button to track coverage and attainment.  At any time, the lesson and/or attainments can be deleted by clicking the 'Delete' button. 


Creating a lesson -  using discrete objectives

This is useful for creating one-off lessons that are not part of the chosen projects.
  1. Click on the calendar at the time required, then click in the blue box that appears (you can also click the + button in the top left hand corner).
  2. Choose a class.
  3. In Event type, select 'Lesson - using discrete objectives'.
  4. Choose the required subject.
  5. Give the lesson an appropriate title.
  6. Click 'Create'.
  7. A new window will appear, you can add teaching notes and choose the required objectives for the lesson by clicking the Skills and knowldege tab and clicking the 'Add skills/knowledge' button and the 'Add LNF/DCF/DoL' button. You can then add objectives as required.
  8. Click 'Add'.

The lesson can be edited (before it has been taught) by clicking on it in My planner.

IdeaOnce the lesson has been delivered, click the 'Taught' button to track coverage and attainment.  At any time, the lesson and/or attainments can be deleted by clicking the 'Delete' button. 

Creating a lesson - using a project activity

This is useful for creating one-off lessons from any of our projects that have been added to your school curriculum.
  1. Click on the calendar at the time required or click on the + button in the top left-hand corner of the screen to add an event, then click in the blue box that appears and add details as needed.
  2. Choose a Class from the drop-down menu.
  3. In Event Type, select 'Lesson - using a Project activity'.
  4. Choose the required Lesson from the drop-down menu by selecting the required project in the first row, then the lesson in the blank row underneath.
  5. Click 'Create'.
  6. Lesson content can be accessed by clicking on the blue box.
  7. Teaching notes and additional/alternative objectives (including LNF/DCF/DoL objectives) can be added to the lesson, as well as being able to view progression, by either clicking on the Lesson or Skills and knowledge tabs. You can then make changes as required.
  8. When you are happy with your lesson, click 'Add' or 'Save'.
  9. Once the lesson has been delivered, the 'Taught?' button can be clicked to track coverage and attainment.
  10. The lesson can be deleted (before 'Taught?' has been clicked) by clicking the 'Delete' button.
IdeaAny lesson can be copied and edited so that it may be reused multiple times. Just click on the required lesson and select the 'Copy' button, then amend the details as needed.

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