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If you’ve ever spent your Sunday evening desperately trying to finish lesson PowerPoints, you’re going to love this.

Canva has just announced a brand-new update as part of their Imagination Era launch, and one of the biggest features for teachers is the new AI-powered Presentation Generator — a too...

Teenagers get a bad reputation. They’re often labelled rude, ungrateful, distracted, entitled… the list goes on.

But here’s the honest truth: that hasn’t been my experience at all.

Since creating my student-facing platform for A-Level Biology, I’ve worked with thousands of teenagers online. And ti...

Ever feel like your PowerPoints take forever to make, and still end up looking a little…beige?

If so, you’re going to love this.

In this post, I’ll show you how to use Canva’s presentation generator to create beautiful, engaging lesson slides in minutes, no graphic design skills required. It’s fas...

Most students think the required practicals are all about memorising the 12 experiments.
But here’s the secret: the real assessment focus is hidden in a single, often-overlooked table in the specification: the apparatus and techniques table.

Understanding that table (and helping students master it)...

We’ve all been there. You hit the 40th multiple-choice question of the same homework or quiz and think, there must be a faster way to mark this.

Good news: there is.

In this post, I’ll walk you through how to use Google Forms to create class tests and homework that practically mark themselves, sav...

AI can write lesson plans, mark quizzes, and even draft your emails in seconds. But is it right to use it?

In recent years, artificial intelligence has crept into almost every part of education. Teachers are using it to save hours, personalise feedback, and streamline communication, but others worr...

If you open Outlook and instantly feel your stress levels rise, you’re not alone. Between parent emails, admin reminders, and those all-staff updates that never end, a teacher’s inbox can feel like organised chaos (minus the “organised” part).

In this episode of Teach & Tell, I’m sharing five Outlo...

“I was drowning in work… until this.”

That’s not just a clickbait headline — it’s a feeling every teacher has had at some point. The endless planning, the marking pile that grows faster than it shrinks, the guilt when you do take an evening off.

But what if teachers could borrow a few tricks from ...

1 in 5 young people in the UK are now experiencing a probable mental health condition.
88% of teachers say they’ve seen a rise in student mental health challenges.
And more than half of us don’t feel confident supporting those students when they need it most.

If that feels familiar, you’re not alon...

Teenagers get a bad reputation. They’re often described as rude, ungrateful, or disrespectful (especially online). But that hasn’t been my experience at all.

In fact, it’s been quite the opposite!

On my student-facing platform, Miss Estruch Biology, my teenage audience (mostly 16–24-year-olds) are...

Tired of admin overload? You’re not alone. Emails, reports, revision plans, and paperwork can easily eat into your evenings. But in this blog, I’m diving into how ChatGPT can help you streamline time-consuming admin—so you can get back to what you do best: teaching.

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Let’s be honest—revision lessons can feel flat.
Silent students, repetitive tasks, and worst of all, trying to show progress when your lesson is being observed? Nightmare.

I used to dread it too—until I challenged myself to completely rethink what a revision lesson could look like. And guess what? ...