Reviewing your curriculum

Reviewing your curriculum

You may wish to review your designed curriculum to ensure that is suitable, before the start of each new academic year. If you do not wish to change your projects, you can continue using your current curriculum and update your classes (Maestro admins can click 'Sync school data' in the My school section of the Maestro homepage to perform a  data sync) at the start of the next year. This article will help if you would like to make changes to your current curriculum or would like to start again.

If you do not wish to change your projects, you can continue using your current curriculum and update your classes (data sync) in September, once your MIS has been updated at the start of the next year.

Create a copy of your current curriculum and make a copy

If you are happy with your curriculum but would like to make changes to it for the following year, click on the arrow button next to your name in the top-right corner and select 'All curriculums'.



Click the cog button next to the name of the curriculum and click 'Copy'.

 


Type in your new curriculum name and change the type to a 'school' curriculum and then click 'Create'.

 


This curriculum can then be edited and prepared before being activated, ready for the next academic year. You can access it by clicking on the arrow next to your name in the top-right corner and selecting 'All curriculums' again. The curriculum will be labelled 'Copied'.

 


When you are ready to activate the copied curriculum, click on the cog button next to the name of the curriculum and click 'Activate'. 

Making a curriculum 'active' will log out all school users, so please ensure you have informed staff and that it is a convenient time.

Changing your curriculum's cycle

If you have a mixed-aged curriculum and are moving to a new cycle, you will need to do the following at the start of the new academic year:
  1. Go to Settings > School Settings > Current curriculum in the left-hand menu.
  2. Select the correct cycle from the drop down menu in the middle of the bar and click 'Save'.

 

Start a new curriculum

If you want to create a brand-new curriculum, go to our article: Creating your curriculum using the Cwricwlwm designer for more details on the different options.
 
If you want to put together your own sequence of projects or build a curriculum using projects you have made yourself:
  1. In the top right hand corner, click the small arrow next to your name.
  2. Go to All curriculums.
  3. Click 'Create'. 

Add a Curriculum name.Select a type - School can be seen by all users, User can only be seen by yourself.Add any notes about your curriculum.Choose coverage against - this is the Curriculum For Wales option that your curriculum will be checked against - there are two option: one including White Rose Maths, one without*Click 'Create'.

Your curriculum has been created, and you can now start adding projects to design a curriculum for your school.
 
*Our curriculum model includes White Rose Maths planning and resources, and Love to Celebrate (RE) planning and resources. If you're not sure whether you want to include these, leave them selected as they can be removed at a later stage if not required. 

Tip: if you want to build a curriculum using projects you have made yourself, please read the article: School projects

Your curriculum has now been created, and you can now move on to making the curriculum bespoke to your school. If you haven't made the curriculum 'Active' already, once you are happy with your curriculum, and are ready to use it, you will need to activate it, so it is live for all staff to use.

 

If you require support with any of these elements or would like to book staff refresher training, please click here to book a demo.

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