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Teaching Rhythm

Set up your school calendar so Mossie can work with your schedule.

What It Does

Teaching Rhythm tells Mossie about your school year -- when terms start and end, holidays, report due dates, and parent conferences. This information powers end-of-term reminders, workflow scheduling, and calendar-aware content generation.

Setting Up

  1. Go to Settings then Teaching Rhythm (on web or mobile)
  2. Choose your term structure
  3. Add each term with its name, start date, and end date
  4. Add holidays and breaks
  5. Add key events: report due dates, parent conferences, assessment periods

Term Structures

Structure Number of Terms
Semester 2 terms per year
Trimester 3 terms per year
Quarter 4 terms per year
Australian 4 terms per year
UK 3 terms per year

Adding Terms

  1. Tap Add Term
  2. Enter the term name (e.g., "Term 1", "Fall Semester")
  3. Set the start date and end date
  4. Repeat for all terms in the year

Adding Holidays

  1. Tap Add Holiday
  2. Enter the holiday name (e.g., "Winter Break", "Staff Development Day")
  3. Set the start date and end date (for multi-day breaks)

Adding Key Dates

Mark important dates in your calendar:

  • Report deadlines -- When grades or reports are due
  • Parent conferences -- Parent-teacher meeting nights
  • Assessment periods -- Exam or test weeks
  • School events -- Excursions, sports days, assemblies

How Mossie Uses Your Calendar

End-of-Term Reminders

A few days before each term ends, Mossie will:

  • Remind you to capture final notes
  • Prompt you to generate term summaries
  • Suggest reviewing incomplete documentation

Term Context in AI Generation

When you generate content, Mossie includes relevant calendar context:

  • Current term name
  • Current week of term
  • Days until end of term

This helps AI-generated content stay relevant to where you are in the school year.

Workflow Scheduling

Schedule Workflows around your calendar:

  • "Run every Friday during term"
  • "Run on the last day of each term"
  • "Run after each holiday break"

Workflows respect your calendar -- they will not run during holidays unless you configure them to.

Smart Reminder Suggestions

Mossie can suggest Smart Reminders based on upcoming events. For example, a reminder to prepare report card comments a week before reports are due.

Tips

  • Set up all terms at once -- Add every term for the year so Mossie can plan ahead
  • Include all breaks -- Holidays affect scheduling and workflow timing
  • Add report deadlines early -- Get reminders well in advance
  • Update annually -- Refresh your dates at the start of each school year