Planning using My lessons

Planning using My lessons

Lessons can be marked as taught and attainments recorded against each child through the My lessons page.

Find My lessons under Plan and assess in the menu bar. You can plan, teach, review, create or delete lessons from here. It is useful to see all your lessons at a glance, which lessons have been assessed and which are still to be completed. All lessons appear in both My lessons and your Timetable. Read more about Planning using the timetable.

Editing and assessing planned lessons

Use the filters at the top of the page to choose a week or a range of dates. 

To edit or assess a planned lesson, click on the cog button and select the relevant option from the menu. 

  1. Plan - enables you to edit the lesson content, such as your teaching notes, class, and objectives.
  2. Taught - takes you to the area where you record attainments after each lesson.
  3. Copy - creates a copy of the lesson with the same objectives and teaching notes for you to edit and teach again.
  4. Delete - will remove the lesson from your planned lessons

Creating new lessons

To create a new lesson:
  1. Click 'Create'.
  2. Select the lesson type in the top right corner.
    1. Project activity - enables you to choose any lesson from any of our projects, even if they are not added to your curriculum.
    2. Selected objectives - enables you to plan your own lessons, using our skills and knowledge framework.
  3. Select the required time and date from the calendar.
  4. Select your Class.
    1. If using a Project activity - select the project and lesson.
    2. If using Selected objectives - select the AoLE.
  5. Give your lesson a title (you can edit the title that has been pre-populated if using a Project activity).
  6. Add any required lesson notes.
  7. Check the objectives (or if using Selected objectives, add AoLE or LNF/DCF objectives by clicking the '+ Add objectives' or '+ Add LNF/DCF' objectives buttons).
  8. Click 'Create'.
The lesson will then appear in your list of lessons and be added to your timetable.

Viewing and copying colleagues' lessons

It is possible to view colleagues' lessons in order to create copies, view their lesson attainments or complete the attainments for one of their lessons yourself. Use the filters at the top of the page to choose a week or a range of dates. 
 
Select the relevant teacher in the filter on the top bar.
  1. You can Copy or View a lesson planned in the future.
  2. You can Copy or Teach a lesson that has not yet been taught by your colleague. Clicking 'Copy' will allow you to edit then teach your own version of the lesson, clicking 'Teach/Taught' will create a copy of the lesson without any edits.
  3. You can Copy or Review a lesson that has been taught by your colleague. Clicking 'Copy' will allow you to edit then teach your own version of the lesson, clicking 'Review' will show you their attainments and give you option to copy the lesson without any edits.
When you create a copy of a lesson, you can edit the title, class, objectives and add your own lesson notes prior to teaching. Any copied lessons will appear in your list of lessons and be added to your timetable.

IdeaYou can also use the search box in the top right corner to search for specific people, lessons or AoLEs.

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