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Plan a back-to-school checklist
The new term is coming and there's a lot to sort. Get a back-to-school checklist and a plan for the first week.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Make me a back-to-school checklist. Kids: [names, ages, school year] What's changing: [e.g. starting secondary, new school, new bus] School start date: [date] What the school has asked for: [paste any list] Budget worries: [optional] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A checklist: uniform, shoes, bags, stationery, forms, lunch, clubs. 2. A shopping list, with "check the school's list" where needed. 3. A plan to move bedtimes back over the last week. 4. A first-week morning and evening routine. 5. Questions to ask the school if anything's unclear. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. names, ages, school year: a short note you already have. e.g. starting secondary, new school, new bus: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Make me a back-to-school checklist. Kids: [names, ages, school year] What's changing: [e.g. starting secondary, new school, new bus] School start date: [date] What the school has asked for: [paste any list] Budget worries: [optional] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A checklist: uniform, shoes, bags, stationery, forms, lunch, clubs. 2. A shopping list, with "check the school's list" where needed. 3. A plan to move bedtimes back over the last week. 4. A first-week morning and evening routine. 5. Questions to ask the school if anything's unclear. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. names, ages, school year: a short note you already have. e.g. starting secondary, new school, new bus: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You share your children's ages and schools.
The assistant asks what's changing this year.
You get a checklist, a shopping list and a first-week routine.
What happens
Use Copilot to plan a back-to-school checklist
The new term is coming and there's a lot to sort. Get a back-to-school checklist and a plan for the first week.
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