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You can set up subjects for an entire year level by using joins to create a rotating group of subjects.
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In this example we will create a join for PREPA to PREPC. Allocating the Period 4 subjects as shown above instructs Primary Time to allocate the remaining subjects to Periods 5 and 6.

For a related video, see Creating joins on the Year Group Allocation tab in Primary Time, 6A (#5032, 3.31 mins)videos, see Videos.

To use joins to set up a subject for a year level:

1. Open Primary Time.
   The Year Group Allocation tab is displayed.
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   Tip: Select Allocation > Year Group from the main menu, if already using Primary Time.
    
2. Select the Year Group drop-down list.
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3. Select the first Year Group in the grade.
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   A new subject column is inserted.
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   Note: To create a new specialist subject, see Maintaining specialist subjects (on page ).
    
5. Double click the Join cell.
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6. Type a unique join code into the cell.
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   Note: Each year group must use the same join code.
   
   Note: The following window is displayed if the single, double, triple and quadruple time period selections do not match those for other year groups already in the join.
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   Complete steps 8 and 9 before proceeding to resolve this issue.
    
7. Double click the Time Periods cell.
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8. Type the number of periods allocated to the join.
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   Note: This number must match the number of subjects being allocated.
    
9. Type 1 into either the doubles, triples or quads row.
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   Note: This selection must match the number of time periods. For instance, with three time periods you would type 1 in the triples row.
    
10. Double click the Teacher cell.
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11. Select the teacher.
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12. Double click the Subject cell.
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13. Select a subject.
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    Note: This is the first subject in the triple period and each year group must have a different subject in this field to prevent clashes.
     
14. Repeat steps 2 to 13 for all the year groups in the grade.