Is ChatGPT the enemy—or your new classroom assistant?

In this episode of Teach & Tell, I break down: How to teach students to use AI for study support (without cheating) and Red flags that suggest AI-generated homework

🎧 You’ll learn:

✅ How to guide students to use ChatGPT ethically

✅ Warning signs to spot cheating

📄 Download my Prompt Sheet for Teachers: https://www.missestruch.co.uk/free-chatgpt-prompts

💬 Let’s connect: Instagram: @missestruch.teach.and.tell Website: https://www.missestruch.co.uk

Think Canva is just for posters?

Think again! In this episode, I’m sharing 5 updated and practical ways teachers can use Canva in 2025 to save time, reduce stress, and create visually engaging lessons and resources.

You’ll learn:

✅ How to create time-saving lesson templates

✅ Tips for building revision flashcards and mind maps

✅ How to make classroom displays that actually help students

✅ Parent communication hacks using Canva

✅ A clever way to support students with digital homework templates

🎁 Quick Win of the Week: Grab my free Parents’ Evening Template to help you prep efficiently and reduce stress.

📩 Resource Roundup: Download my Canva Summary PDF with step-by-step instructions for each of the 5 uses we covered today.

🔗 LINKS:

– Parents’ Evening Template → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/teach-tell-lead-magnet-1

– Canva Summary PDF → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/freecanva

– Free CPD Sign-Up → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/register-interest-for-cpd

– Follow me on Instagram → @miss.estruch.teach.and.tell

Exams are almost here, and your A-level students are starting to spiral. In this episode, I’ll walk you through exactly what to say to help them feel calm, confident, and focused. Perfect to use as a ready-made pep talk or structure for your next lesson. 🎧 Inside this episode: ✅ What students actually need to hear in May ✅ How to guide them through panic and procrastination ✅ Active recall routines that work To support your students, here is the reference exam stress video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zaQJG8oIX8 📸 Follow me on Instagram @miss.estruch.teach.and.tell

In this episode of Teach & Tell, I’m sharing the exact ChatGPT prompts I use to build fast, effective revision lessons. From active recall questions to exam-style tasks, you’ll learn how to supercharge your GCSE and A-level teaching with AI—without spending your Sunday marking or planning. 🎧 You’ll learn: ✅ 5 prompts to instantly generate revision resources ✅ How to get students using AI safely ✅ The easiest way to create a full worksheet in seconds 🔗 Follow me on Instagram: @miss.estruch.teach.and.tell 📝 Resource downloads and extra https://www.missestruch.co.uk/freechatgptrevprompts

End-of-year lessons don’t have to be filler! In this episode, I walk you through my Biology Escape Room—an engaging and competitive activity that makes the final lesson of the year memorable and educational.

Perfect for GCSE or A-level students, this challenge uses revision-based clues to lead students to the code for a locked prize box.

You’ll learn:

• How to run the escape room with minimal prep
• What types of clues should be included
• Ways to differentiate and adapt for timing
• What’s in my prize box?

Quick Win of the Week: Get the complete AQA Biology Escape Room PowerPoints (GCSE & A-level) with clue cards, teacher instructions, and padlock codes: 👉 https://www.missestruch.co.uk/escape-room-lessons

Resource Roundup: Download the free TARSIA Card Sort Template for easy revision activities: 👉 https://www.missestruch.co.uk/free-tarsia

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @miss.estruch.teach.and.tell

🌍 Website: https://www.missestruch.co.uk

Want to know how to plan a lesson that actually supports progress—for every single student in your class?

In this episode, I walk you through my go-to structure for lesson planning, with a special focus on supporting neurodivergent students, including those with ADHD, autism and dyslexia.

You’ll learn:

✅ How to plan an engaging starter

✅ How to structure information delivery without losing student focus

✅ Why a halfway checkpoint changes everything

✅ How to design tasks that are active, not passive

✅ The 3 questions I ask myself before every lesson

🎁 Free Resource: Download my Lesson Plan Template → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/free-lesson-plan

🧠 Ready-Made AQA A-Level Lessons → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/aqa-topic-lessons

Your students are working hard—but not improving. Sound familiar?

In this episode, I share 9 common revision mistakes students don’t even realise they’re making—and what to do about it.

These subtle but destructive habits could be holding back their grades, and the fixes are surprisingly simple.

📝 Free PDF for teachers: Download the 1-page cheat sheet listing the 9 mistakes and how to help your students overcome them. Great for assemblies, form time or classroom posters! 👉 https://www.missestruch.co.uk/free-9-mistakes

🎯 Quick Win Resource: Want to teach revision and exam technique properly?

Grab my A-Level Skills Lessons here → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/offers/RhwChiy4/checkout

☕ Coffee Catch-Up: The sunshine is out… and so are the exam timetables! I share how I’m managing exam season madness (and sneaking in some much-needed vitamin D).

🎧 Listen now to empower your students—and save yourself marking headaches down the line.

A lot of students are revising ineffectively and wasting their time and struggling to improve.

In this video, I go through effective revision strategies to share with your students.

I’ll go through how to plan smarter revision using neuroscience-backed techniques:

✅ The Forgetting Curve – Why you must review topics 5 times

✅ Spaced Repetition – The secret to making knowledge stick

✅ Interleaving – Why mixing topics makes you better at applying knowledge

🎁 FREE RESOURCE: Download my ‘How to Plan Revision Smarter’ Guide! → https://www.missestruch.co.uk/free-TT-rev-planner

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