My experience with Plan Bee was very disappointing. I had repeated issues accessing and downloading the materials, which made the service unreliable and difficult to use. I also felt pressured into... See more
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I have used Plan Bee off and on since they first set up their service, purchasing my first set of History planning in 2014. Their new membership offer is excellent value for money. While decidin... See more
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I used to teach and used plan bee regularly . Great PowerPoint resources and differentiated work sheets ! Now I’m a private tutor and have come back to plan bee - I adapt the sessions for one to one w... See more
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My Daughter has started to Home-School my Granddaughter and asked me to help with some wok. I looked on the internet and came across PlanBee, some of the areas are free educational packs, they also ha... See more
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PlanBee provides ready-to-teach primary resources containing everything you need to teach a lesson, including lesson plans, presentations and printables. All our schemes of work are created by dedicated professionals who know what it takes to deliver fantastic lessons, all with the aim of helping ease the planning burden for busy teachers.
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Great resource.
Plans for exactly what I wanted and reasonably priced. Will save a lot of time. Yet to use in class and see how they work in practice.
7 October 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Mrs Heritage - we hope that you and your class enjoy using the resources :-)
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Thank you, Deborah!
Very disappointed
I was expecting a free download. But this has not been possible . And I don't know why. Very disappointed.
7 October 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Hello Miss Lawrence, we're sorry to hear that you have been experiencing a problem when trying to downlaod this FreeBee. I have checked your account and, as long as you are logged in, you should be able to see and download this resource from your 'My Downloads' area. I have also sent you an email with the resource attached just in case you are still having problems.
Brazil Year 5 Geography
An excellent Geography resource with an array of interesting activities. Saved me a lot of time with planning as it met all expectations.
13 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We are so pleased to hear that our resources have saved you time! Thank you for your review :-)
Excellent product full of good ideas…
Excellent product full of good ideas and resources. Easy to download after purchase.
3 October 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you, Angela - we hope you and your class enjoy using the resources :-)
Great sets of resources that are…
Great sets of resources that are planned for our terms with differences for different abilities.
1 October 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Susannah - we're so happy that you are finding our resources useful :-)
Heroes
As a busy teacher who sometimes needs a last minute fix, planner never lets me down.
28 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We're so pleased to hear that, Mrs P! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-)
Not easy to adapt
Some good content but the style isn’t what our school uses so it takes me ages to adapt so doesn’t really save me time. Would be better in PowerPoint format or smart notebook.
29 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Hi, thank you for your comments. We use PDFs to ensure that everyone can access the resources, no matter what version of software they have. We have sent you an email with further details on some free PDF readers and editors - we hope this helps. If we can assist you any further, you can contact us at info@planbee.com
Poor!
Very unsympathetic and all resources in PDF. Very hard to convert to a different format and paid too much for what I received.
Asked the company why they won’t do it in PowerPoint format and they said that it would take them too much time to change them all and that they are only a small team. Just terrible. GIVE THE CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT!
8 August 2022
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Reply from PlanBee
Hi Tanya, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Our aim is always to make teacher's lives easier and we're sorry if you feel that the resources were hard to use. However, we did explain to you several times before you made your purchases that the resources were all in PDF and, whilst there are several ways you can adapt them to suit your needs, they are not designed to be highly customisable. We use PDFs so that everyone can access the resources, no matter what software they have. For your particular circumstances (where you need the resources all to have a particular font to fit with your school's policy) our resources are perhaps not the best fit. We create resources that are designed to be picked up and taught straight away to save teachers time; we don't want teachers to have to spend hours of their own time changing them! If we had a team of hundreds of employees, we would absolutely convert them to Powerpoint so that the few customers who would prefer to work with them in that way can do so. However, there are only 8 of us and we have a library with thousands of resources. It's just not feasible for us unfortunately. Our team works incredibly hard to create resources to help teachers out, always with the desire to provide what they need to make their teaching lives easier. We're sorry if you didn't feel that this was your experience with us.
A Great Resource
School has downloaded from PlanBee on more than one occasion. All of the resources are easily accessible and great value for money. The resources are presented well and any queries are dealt with promptly. I would highly recommend PlanBee.
6 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Tricia! We are so pleased to hear that you are happy with the resources :-)
A good range of planned activities
A good range of planned activities, resources and most of all clear differentation for all pupils to access. Easy to access and download after purchasing your resources.
27 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We are so pleased to hear that you are happy with your resources! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-)
Really helpful and time-saving
Really helpful and time-saving. Met all the objectives really well!
26 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you, Rachel!
Great time saver
Really happy with everything I have downloaded so far. Saving me so much time.
16 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We are so pleased to hear that, Katie! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-)
Saves me some family time
It is a fantastic site, my only problem was I was interested in 1 topic but it didn’t give me a clear picture of what was available in the topic.
2 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Hi Nora, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review! On our topic pages, if you scroll down to the grey tabs, there is one labelled 'Free Overview (Medium-Term Plan). From here, you can download a free overview which gives you more detail about all of the subjects included, as well as the main objectives of each lesson. We hope this helps! If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@planbee.com
I love the level of thought and detail…
I love the level of thought and detail that has gone into all the plans and resources. They really do take the time and effort out of things, meaning that you can focus on honing things to exactly suit your needs, picking which parts you will and won't use and which resources are best for the children you have or adapting to make a better fit. All of this then means you have more energy and motivation to actually deliver, teach and motivate your children.
13 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
PlanBee was set up with the aim of saving teachers time, so we're really pleased to hear that our resources are doing this for you! We hope that you and your class enjoy the lessons :-)
Resources received
23 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Hi Charlotte, I'm sorry to hear that you had issues with your order. I have just checked and I can see that you have now downloaded the resources. If there is anything else we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@planbee.com
Great planning material
Great materials ! The resources and lesson plans are of a high standard and link to what I have taught previously but the materials and resources are all made and save me so much time . Brilliant resources that my class are loving
22 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We are so pleased to hear that our resources are saving you time, and that your class are loving them! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Andrew :-)
Great powerpoints!
I especially like the planbee PowerPoints. They're interesting and informative, unlike some I can think of. A lot of the work is good and I like the alternative ideas that are less worksheet based. Sometimes the worksheets are just not accessible for the youngest year 1s as they tend to be very wordy, especially those related to topic subjects.
22 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-) We appreciate your feedback re the Year 1 worksheets, and will pass this on to our resource creators.
Worth every penny!
15 September 2022
Reply from PlanBee
We're so pleased that you think so! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-)
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