Pirongs A5 Teachers' Planner 5 Lesson - Cactus

So glad I bought this. My school is severely underfunded for basics, due to wasting lord only knows how many hundreds of thousands on unnecessary tech, so they no longer provide staff with planners. For 7 weeks I was completely disorganised and couldn't understand why. I purchased this in the hopes of making things a little easier and suddenly rediscovered why planners are so essential. Now, my life is back to normal and I don't feel like I'm in the wrong job!This has been an absolute lifesaver. Everything a teacher would expect, from a calendar to multiple timetable pages, register/markbook pages, notes etc. Only downside for me is that it is for a 5 period day and I teach 6. But I simply use the additional 'notes' box at the end of each day for the extra lessons.

Absolutely brilliant for what I require the Pirongs planner for. I had a larger one last year but this year decided on a smaller one for a part time job. The pages are well designed and even the ribbon that comes with the planner feels like it is made to last. There's even a well made permanent acrylic folder at the back of the planner and the pages mirror the exact layout from previous larger A4 planners by this company. I like that I got the option of choosing a colour and the blue one is a good colour that is different and easy to find. This size is far more manageable in my opinion which is why I wanted to buy my own to the usual A4 ones that take up a bit too much space. (c)NR2 2015.

Well top marks for customer service, excellent customer service. The seller replies to emails straight away and resolved my issue the planner. I was sent a replacement within 2 days of contacting them. 10/10.The planner is lovely just the right size and I love the choice of colours, I chose yellow. The planner is sturdy, good ring binder and lots of pages for lesson planning. Fits in a work bag or draw easily.

I always use A4 planners but get irritated by how much room they take up on my desk - a constant fight between planner and keyboard! As a result, I don't use them as much as I could (should!) and end up reverting to my trusty A5 notebooks. Hopefully, this one will do the trick! I'm a head of year, as well as classroom teacher, and find carrying the A4 around, along with everything else, just too cumbersome. This one looks great. It has every section I'll need - just more compact. The covers are really robust; having two marker ribbons is really helpful. It is extremely well-made and I have no doubt that it will stand the test of time.

A nice designed diary - whoever designed this it is clearly easy to use for a teacher with a selection of periods per day. I am not sure why the designers however have done the dates at the beginning with a year planner and then not bothered to do this in the pages. So you have to write the day and date into EVERY page. This is very frustration and takes a lot of time. Due to this I will not be buying this again.

Nice looking planner, but is expensive. Inside the student Mark records space is ridiculously small to write. Squares should be bigger. Print less lines but make them reasonably bigger. I tried to use different pens but still I can hardly write or see.

Second year running, I’ve written dates all l in ready for September. Managed to transfer last year’s plastic wallet to the back to have 2 this year. Calendar clear. Plenty of space to write date, day and which week of 2 week cycle school is on on each page. Lots of spare pages and mark book pages.

Perfect for staying ahead with lesson planning, meetings, holidays and everything else that comes with teaching. Without it, I would be lost. I had the A4 last year, which was perfect having my own classroom. I have the A5 this year since I don't have a classroom this year so will walking around lots to different classrooms. It has the exact same perfections as the A4 version. What more could I ask for.