Schemes of learning

Long-term overviews show:

• Topics to teach in each term.
• Structured learning records to complete in each term.

Short-term overviews show:

• Focus for each lesson.
• Specification numbers covered in each lesson.
• Learning outcomes for each lesson.
• Key questions for each lesson.
• Folders of activities for groups of lessons.
• Homework to set for each lesson.
• Key terms covered in groups of lessons.

Calendars show:

• Lessons matching the short-term scheme of learning against school weeks.

These can be adapted to plan your school year around the number of lessons each week and events such as holidays and inset days.