Sequence in learning
This article will explore the tools and features that teachers can use to look at the short term and long term sequence in their curriculum projects.
Short term sequences of learning
The timetable
Whether accessed from the homepage or from the timetable tab, the timetable allows teachers to see which lessons have been planned and which have been taught in the past. (Lesson details and assessments can also be accessed from the timetable.) The timetable provides an overview of the sequence of learning in broad terms. Teachers can also can see which lessons have been registered as taught from their timetable.
The timetable is useful for planning, teaching and assessing lessons, as well as understanding the sequence of when they have been taught. It can be used in conjunction with the My Lessons feature (see below).
Medium term
Class plan details (found in Plan and assess)
Class plans give teachers a broad overview of the key areas of learning that are planned for their projects across the year. The projects appear in the order they have been planned, so teachers can track the sequence of learning across a year in all AoLEs. These are not detailed descriptions, which can be accessed elsewhere.
Class plans are useful to gain a broad overview of the sequence of learning across the year, and for adding modifications to the planned activities in the projects, e.g. a change of text or memorable experience, or for adding rows to highlight additional content, e.g. links to the Four Purposes.
AoLE sequence within projects
Within each project, teachers can examine the sequence of lessons in each AoLE, either by Stage (the default setting) or by AoLE. Teachers can expand the headings to see details of each lesson, including any adaptations made, in the order they appear in the project. They may also choose to 'hide' lessons that they do not plan to teach.
This feature is useful for teachers when needing to identify the sequence of AoLEs within a project. This could be used when familiarising themselves with a project, planning their teaching narrative for the project, or when having conversations with AoLE leaders about the sequence of lessons in an AoLE.
Note: The hide function is user-specific and will remove the lesson from the timetable function. Lessons that have been excluded through the coverage exclusions will not be visible in these lists.
Long term
AoLE lesson sequence (found in Design and lead)
This feature shows the sequence of learning (or narrative) of an AoLE across a year group, through all the projects planned. Projects and lessons appear in the order that they have been planned in the curriculum overview. The details of the lessons can be seen, along with any adaptations that have been made.
This feature is useful for teachers to understand and describe the sequence of lessons in each AoLE, across all projects planned for their year group. It is also useful for AoLE leads to understand the teaching sequence of their AoLE across each year group and to see details for each lesson.
My Lessons (found in Plan and assess)
This allows teachers to see planned lessons which have been timetabled, which are still to be taught, and those which have been taught. Teachers can see all lessons that have been planned and taught in the past, and, because the lessons are time stamped and presented in date order, this allows them to track what has been taught in detail.
This feature allows teachers to see the sequence in which lessons have been taught and review or modify assessments made. It is also useful for AoLE leads to understand the sequence of teaching in their AoLE.
Actual coverage (found in Plan and assess)
This feature allows teachers to see how many of the planned lessons in each AoLE have been taught, term by term. They can see the content of each lesson in detail. When the lesson is recorded as not taught, teachers can then see the lesson plan and resources so they can teach the lesson. Taught lessons are date stamped so teachers can see the order in which they were taught.
This is useful for teachers to check that they have taught all planned lessons and to access untaught lesson details so they can be timetabled.
Progression (found in Design and lead)
The Objectives by AoLE tab shows the Cornerstones skills and knowledge framework by AoLE area and shows your intended progression of skills and knowledge, based on your Intended coverage, across all year groups. Click on any covered objective to show the projects and number of lessons that the objective is being covered by. You can click on the number of lessons to look at the lesson detail, or plan the lesson into your timetable.
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