LisaCN279

Thank you smarties11 for this. We also have Private Study in this way in NovaT for our option blocks where some subjects are short, so it’s great to hear we can build on this solution and add to every block. Withhin SIMS, we allocate Alt Curr over the top of these periods for the purposes of registering pupils. By assigning to general, I’m assuming this doesn’t cause any issues with returns etc? I’ve suggested this method previously to our timetabler (I’m just the assistant) but they weren’t happy that it was a viable solution. For me, anything is viable that doesn’t involve hours of manual labour! Appreciate your input.

Thanks for your reply. I believe this too, but I’m wondering is there another method of handling registering Sixth Form study periods rather than using the Alternative Curriculum.

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could give some advice. We use Alternative Curriculum for Sixth Form Study periods. One for Lower Sixth and one for Upper Sixth. These is assigned to a pupil's timetable where they are 'free' i.e. assigned to no other lessons. The purpose of this is to allow our Sixth Form Supervisors to register the pupil for that period. The way we assign pupils is on an individual basis - a manual process of going through each pupil via Curriculum Assignment, adding an activity, searching for the Alternative Curriculum, selecting it and ticking all relevant periods. Please tell me there's a quicker / better / more efficient way to do this?! Looking forward to hearing about other ways you work around this as I find it really hard to believe that this is the only / best way to do this. Kind regards, Lisa