Assembly or PSHE lesson on how to use a smart phone in a smart way. Useful for Year assemblies and parental information.

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.

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

Slide show offers students a challenge to do something about being fed up. Adaptable and contains 10 options.

Resource explores the sometimes pointless warnings we get on labels and signs and asks students to decide if they have a point or not.

Can be adapted to other year/class groups that do not know each other. Works brilliantly as a ' cocktail party' introduction to the class. I use the library as a venue for this lesson.

Seven dilemmas for discussion. Group activities. Sharpens speaking and reasoning. Adaptable. Use as a carousel activity so al groups have a chance to discuss dilemmas and feedback as a whole at the end.

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 essential knowledge for young people that might help them become good citizens. The bare bones of a wider lesson are here for any add-ons and tweaks. This is UK centric but can obviously be adapted to suit…

slides give some ideas on how teachers can use students' mobile phones to their advantage. Make sure they have credit on their phones and you have permission from your head !

Lesson asks this question and wonders if humanity deserves a second chance after our present record. Worksheet included. Can easily be adapted to different levels, cultures etc. Feedback please !

If you're in a school where this is an issue, it might be as well to show this slant on the liberal use of orange.