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Create your first lesson note

Start with a class, week number and topic, then choose the indicators and let teache help you build the weekly note.

The teache New menu showing Lesson note, Scheme of work and Record of work

Open the lesson note form

From the sidebar, click New, then choose Lesson note. Pick the class you are planning for, enter the week number, and type the topic in plain words, for example fractions or measuring angles.

The new lesson note screen with class, week, topic and curriculum mapping controls

Find the topic in the curriculum

Click Find topic in curriculum. teache maps your topic to a NaCCA strand and sub-strand, then shows the matching indicators. Tick the indicator each lesson will cover. If the week has more than one lesson, add another lesson and give each one its own day, duration and period.

Every lesson needs at least one indicator before you can start. If the match looks wrong, change the topic wording and search again.

Give it a seed, if you have one

Use the optional Anything else? box for your own examples, classroom context or materials. A short line is enough: use the market; pupils cut oranges and share among groups. You can also add a photo of a scheme, textbook page or handwritten note.

Choose your mode

Build it with me walks you through the note question by question, so you can accept, edit, steer or ask for options as you go. Generate it for me writes the first full draft from the indicators and your seed. Both modes end in the same workspace.

A lesson note workspace showing accepted lesson blocks and the Preview and Export buttons

Review and print

In the note workspace, read each accepted block and edit anything that does not sound like your class. When it is ready, open Preview to see the GES print layout. The details are in print, sign and file your notes.