I’m not a teacher, but I like tweaking teacher planners into weekly planners. They’re typically full page size so there’s room to space things out and keep everything neat. After how well my hack on the Erin Condren Teacher Planner turned out last year, I opted to try the Blue Sky Teacher Planner this time – which is similar but a much cheaper alternative.

Before the Pen

See my review of the planner in this post

After the Pen

I decided to jazz it up a bit with the Sakura Gelly Roll 08 pen in white and doodled some patterns. Definitely need to get back into designing patterns in Photoshop more regularly!

I used glitter washi tape to cover up the subject section. I did this when I converted the Erin Condren Teacher Planner and it worked well, so I figured I’d use it again.

I converted the last 2 columns into Saturday and Sunday and then into AM and PM.

I over-use checkboxes for list making so opted to use different graphics this week – hearts, triangles, asterisks and dashes.

Can you spot the mistakes? I accidentally switched the heart and V for video around. Some of my writing was extra messy – normally I’d white it out and write it neater but this week I decided to just keep going and not worry so much about things getting a bit messy.

Supplies Used

Smiggle twin tip scented markers
Sakura Gelly Roll 08 in white
Thin glitter washi tape
Thick glitter washi tape
Butterfly clip as a page marker

The fat end of the Smiggle dual tip pens is a slightly too fat for the line spacing of most planners. I’d probably only use it in a dot grid notebook where there’s more flexibility to use multiple lines for headings.

Related: Scribbles That Matter Notebook

Pros of the Blue Sky Teacher Planner

Great amount of space to write – things didn’t feel too crammed
Lined writing spaces throughout the planner
Simple, functional design that maximises the page – there’s no wasted space
Lightweight
Colorful without being ‘overdone’
Holidays page where you can add your own important dates
Multiple cover designs to choose from
Affordable
Ample space in the weekly spread to plan lessons + personal life (9 columns)

Cons of the Blue Sky Teacher Planner

Limited in the amount of ways you could decorate this planner
Large page size can be a bit annoying
No cover personaliation option
Monthly calendar and weekly planner start day are not consistent

Would I use this planner again?

I like this planner – it’s very functional. The big page size is a bit annoying – it takes up a lot of space on my desk. It’s a good thing I don’t take my planner with me (I take a photo of it) because this planner would be too big to fit in my handbag.

If I have a lot of things to plan I’d use this planner again. Otherwise I’d use a planner that has a similar layout in a smaller page size (such as the Limelife Planner Layout C or Plum Paper Me Planner)