
Make your lessons instantly more engaging and appealing to reluctant, unmotivated learners with these fantastic resources and quirky ideas. We all know that boredom and frustration are major causes of inappropriate student behaviour and the resources in Lesson-Ology are guaranteed to address this problem. To try the resources click More Information…

Stickers, merit marks, reward charts, praise assemblies, certificates etc. are used in almost every school all over the world and yet most of us STILL struggle to get students involved in lessons. And punishments are equally ineffective – you give detention after detention but students STILL don’t work any harder. More Information…
We all know there is more to a successful lesson than just having ‘fun’ but now and again we can all benefit from a good dose of laughter and a big release of seratonin. Even a brief injection of good humour can immediately change the mood of a group and enhance any learning session. Those moments are priceless.
Being able to INSTANTLY create moments like that, at will, is the key to creating truly memorable lessons that build your reputation and your ability to get any group on side. While some argue that it all comes down to a teacher’s personality, I believe anyone can dramatically improve lessons with careful planning and the right activities and materials. More Information…
In the Needs Focused™ approach we explain the huge benefits to be had by splitting your class into Cooperative Learning Teams and how DIVERSE GROUPS are the very best group formation you can use because they encourage and facilitate peer tutoring. They also eliminate problems associated with troublesome students sitting together.
However, creating diverse groups can be tedious and time-consuming because you have to ‘juggle’ variables such as sex of the students, ability levels and personality matches. Little wonder that most teachers opt for random grouping methods to save time, only to find that students in random groups often either mess around or cause trouble.More Information…

In this toolkit you will find a range of tools designed to help you engage with parents in a way that will have a positive impact on your students, your class and your teaching. It will help you to tackle the most urgent issues regarding parental involvement in your school. More Information…


If you’re looking for a teaching job and have realised that the market is becoming more and more intense, you’ll want to read every word on this page because this just might be the most important letter you’ve ever read. More Information…