Curriculum planning

The whole year, laid out

Classes down the side, terms across the top, half-terms marked. Build the plan once and the whole department works from it.

Two courts, one floor

A sports hall runs netball and badminton over the same painted lines. Your timetable works the same way. A class with two PE lessons a week can run one unit on Mondays and another on Thursdays, in the same weeks, and the planner keeps count of both.

Year 5 Oak: gymnastics on Mondays, invasion games on Thursdays, weeks 1 to 6.

Terms and holidays that match your year

Start from a 3-term or 6-term structure and move the dates to match your school. Mark October half term, Christmas and Easter, and teaching weeks are counted around them, so week 7 really is week 7.

You can't over-book a class

Each class has a set number of PE lessons a week. The planner only offers the slots you actually have, and checks again on the server before anything is saved. No double-booked halls on paper.

Find the right unit fast

Choose a year group, then an activity area, then a unit. It opens on the class's own year group, so most of the time it's two taps. Every unit block links through to the full unit: objectives, success criteria, equipment and resources.

Built for a department, not a folder

Plans belong to the school, so every member of staff opens the same one. Coordinators edit and everyone else sees a read-only plan. Each academic year keeps its own plans, and whatever you're looking at is a link you can send to a colleague.

Plans feed your assessment

The units on a class's plan are the units you assess against. Build the plan and the assessment grid is already waiting.

See how assessment works

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