We are looking to populate this page over time with examples of planning that are being used successfully in our schools. If you have any planning exemplars that you would be willing to share and that demonstrate effective planning, assessment and moderation processes then please send these to gillian.cathro2@argyll-bute.gov.uk.
Primary Planning Exemplars
These are examples of planners that have been created as part of effective planning, assessment and moderation processes in primary schools. They include all elements of the NAR process and should be used to inform professional dialogue around planning in your own establishments.
LiteracyNARplanner MathsNARPlanning
Planning term 3 Money Non fiction writing planning P1
Example IDL Planner Whole School
Planning in ELC Settings
This is an example of a planner that was used to ensure that an ELC setting was providing breadth and depth across CfE as well as planning for the developmental milestones and key skills.
‘In consideration of our children’s identified next steps, their current interests and our breadth tracker we look for an appropriate theme for learning. When the theme has been decided, staff work together to identify a bundle of pertinent Es and Os coming from a range of curricular areas but always including numeracy and literacy. We choose one wellbeing indicator to be the focus for the theme and select key skills from Argyll and Bute’s skills framework. This is then all broken down into key learning intentions for the block and we decide what our stimulus will be for our children. At this point we go back to the children with the stimulus and gather information on their prior learning and what they want to find out about. We record their initial ideas, gather staff initial ideas and then send plans home to parents to gather their ideas. At our planning meeting the following week we combine all ideas together to identify key areas for learning and plan ideas for the coming week. The following weekly meetings are then used for moderation discussions and to plan the coming week of learning, ensuring that we are building on the children’s experiences each week. We try to ensure that key learning can be observed in several areas of the setting. Themes of learning can last for different periods of time depending on our evaluations of learning.’
‘Planned learning is then assessed using an observation sheet. This is completed following professional dialogue, using the literacy and numeracy trackers as support.’
Secondary Planning Exemplars
Example Planner Research skills
Example Planner Geography
Progression Planner Exemplars
These are examples of progression planners put together following whole school moderation of a key skill or theme. They show the value added at each stage, from early level through to second level and beyond.
Assessment and moderation food chains
Presentation SC progression Jan-April
Beyond Number Term 3 Planner Assessment and Moderation
Reading Term 2 Planner Assessment and Moderation
Reading Term 4 Planner Assessment and Moderation Synthesising
Report Writing Progression Planner
