How to create teaching activities

Within teaching topics, there will be a set of teaching activities. Go to the page for the teaching topic you want to add activities into and select ‘add teaching activity’ where the ‘add child page’ button usually is. You will see these options for tabs to fill in fields under:

Content tab

Add a title for the activity, an image which will be the icon for the activity, a short description of what’s involved in the activity, and the curriculum ID.

Plan tab

In the plan tab, add information to help teachers plan the activity in the following sections:

• Outcomes (intended outcomes from activity)

• Overview (main tasks involved in activity)

• Preparation (list of materials students will need)

• Plan tips page (where you can link a page of teaching activity tips that help with planning)

You can select any type of card for the outcomes, overview, and preparation sections - feel free to be creative - though these cards will typically be lists.

Note: ‘Teaching activity tips’ pages are located as child pages within the ‘teaching activity’ pages. You can add these to the plan or teach sections, depending on the kinds of tips you want to give to teachers!

To create teaching activity tips, you will need to go to the teaching activity page and select ‘add teaching activity tips’ where the ‘add child page’ button usually is.

Teach tab

In the teach tab, add information to help teachers conduct the activity in the following sections:

• Setup (what’s required to setup the activity in the classroom on the day and how to introduce the topic to students)

• Activity (outline how to run exercises with students), Wrap up (final questions for discussion and a reminder to the teacher to summarise and see if the class has any further questions)

• Formative assessment questions (optional - you will need to use a ‘quiz - choose one’ card for each of these)

• Teach tips page (like on the Plan tab, you can link to a teaching activity tips page).

Extend tab

The extend tab is for additional information that teachers may use in their lessons or to refer learners to. It has the following sections:

• Additional classroom questions (additional discussion questions and details related to the questions)

• Content (optional - for any other relevant information you would like to share in a flexible format)

• Media collection (where you can upload or embed additional audio or video resources that will appear in a list)

• Glossary (which includes definitions of key words covered in the teaching activity).