Standards & components¶
The standards are the backbone of the curriculum: what pupils must learn. This page shows how to enrich them through conversation. To attach lessons to them, see Courses, groupings & lessons.
Curators only
Adding and editing requires the curator role. Everything stays in draft until it is published.
How standards fit together¶
Standards are arranged like folders and subfolders: a reference framework, broad sets, then precise objectives. Each level carries the name that your curriculum gives it — domain, theme, competency, specific objective… Under an objective sit the smallest building blocks:
| Element | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A set (domain, theme…) | A collection of objectives | Numbers and calculation |
| An objective | A precise learning goal | Compare two numbers up to 20 |
| A learning component | A single, clearly bounded skill that breaks an objective down | Recognise the ">" symbol |
To find out what your curriculum calls its levels:
"How are the standards for this subject organised?"
Add an objective¶
Say what you want to add, and where:
"Add an objective 'Compare two numbers up to 20' to the Numbers and calculation set."
Claude finds the set by its name, shows you what it is going to create, and waits for your agreement. Once you confirm, the objective joins the draft. The new element automatically takes the same shape as its neighbours, so you don't need to say what type it is.
Add components¶
A component hangs under an objective:
"Under this objective, add the components: 'recognise the > symbol', 'compare two collections', 'put three numbers in order'."
Create in batches
Describe a whole set in one go: "Create the Geometry set with three objectives, and two components under each one." Claude prepares everything, shows you the full preview, and writes it all in a single step once you agree.
Start from a document¶
If the standards already exist somewhere else — an official curriculum as a PDF, a spreadsheet — give it to Claude:
"Here is the official curriculum: suggest the objectives and components that are missing from the graph."
Claude reads the document and sends back a proposal, element by element. Nothing is created until you have approved it.
Alignment: linking a lesson to its objective¶
To align a lesson to an objective is to say: "this lesson teaches this objective".
"Align the lesson 'Bigger, smaller' to the objective 'Compare two numbers up to 20'."
The link always runs from the content to the standard. An assessment can also be aligned to the objectives it assesses.
A lesson aligns to an objective, not to a component
Components break an objective down; they are not alignment targets. If you ask Claude to align a lesson to a component, it will suggest that component's objective instead.
Check your work¶
"How many objectives and components does this subject have?"
"Which objectives are not taught by any lesson?"
"Which objective does this lesson teach, and which components break it down?"
The explorer shows the same thing visually, draft included.
Correct and reorganise¶
| You want to… | Say, for example… |
|---|---|
| Correct a title | "Rename this objective to 'Compare numbers up to 50'." |
| Reword a text | "Replace this objective's description with: …" |
| Move something | "Move this objective to the Measurement set." |
| Reorder | "Put this objective in second position." |
| Delete | "Delete this component." |
Every correction follows the same rule: preview, confirmation, draft. For a deletion, the preview shows everything that would go with the element (what it contains, its links). Read it before you say yes.