Tired of students coming back from holiday having done nothing except play computer games? Send/Give this to them and their parents. Adapt as necessary. Fully parent approved.

Some feedback on this idea, please ? All you need are supermarket receipts from trolleys. People leave them all the time. When you're out shopping grab 'em. This lesson has numerous possibilities and can work on ALL levels.

20 'What if ...' questions leading to three powerful questions. Can be used slide by slide each tutor time or all at once. Adaptable and designed to generate thinking on a different level.

Lesson poses 50 things teenagers should experience/learn before becoming 20. Students discuss and perhaps add some of their own. Plenty of scope for adaptation. Let me know if you find this useful. See part 2 as well.

Geography lesson on Economic Studies investigates who is involved in putting a hamburger in front of the consumer. Includes homework and appetising images.

Not a snappy title but lesson asking students to reflect on how hard/easy it is to be a parent. worksheet included.

Slides encourage students to establish routines and give some useful advice on being in Year 7. Adaptable to any school.

Writing to advise lesson which give students a chance to self differentiate. All necessary material included. Adaptable to all KS3 year groups and, hopefully, a wider field than UK !

Lesson examines whether students have made the correct choices so far. Easily adapted. Examines routines and worries that students may have.

Lesson asks this question and challenges students to define the word. Mind stretching.

Lesson takes students through the decision making process using a classic dilemma. Individual/pair and class work. Plenty of discussion will occur....

Lesson examines the purpose of toys and offers a number of different tasks designed to get students to reflect on why we have toys. Adaptable and certainly relevant for the coming festival on Dec. 25 (UK). worksheet could be added.

Students revisit popular lesson and comment on the need to think carefully before writing. Adaptable to lots of themes, but also useful for Tutor Time or Assemblies.

Students work through another dilemma involving a wallet full of money which has been left on a bus. See Dilemmas..what would you do. More to come....

Lesson focussed on the problems of keeping medicine cool in Africa and the solutions available. Students construct a solar oven using Pringle's can. celebrates the ingenuity of a Sixth form inventor.

I wrote this myself after spending lunch time duty watching crowds of students enjoying fights. Grim though it was, the poem asks a few questions. Students can then write their own version of a poem/story connected with bullying/fighting/crowd behaviour. Link with the brilliant film on youtube - Pictures now added !

How to weigh an elephant with bathroom scales Problem solving lesson with focus on creative solutions to a weighty issue. Solution included.

Lesson asks the above question and poses several more. Asks if FAMOUS is different from CELEBRITY. Good for English lessons/PSHE/CITIZENSHIP.

Discussion lesson on the nature of LUCK.

All you need are the contents of your handbag/pockets/ and perhaps one 'odd' object. tickets/receipts are also useful. Stick them all on a photocopier and press A3. Students can work in pairs to solve the mystery.