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How to write multiple choice questions with useful distractors
Use one Year 5 question about temperatures crossing zero to write wrong answers that give you something useful to ask next.
Teaching elapsed time with a clock and a timeline
Use one worked example to connect clock times with a duration, then change the finish time to check pupils’ reasoning.
Is your quiz giving away its own answers?
A pupil can find the right answer in another question. This short science quiz shows how that happens, and what to change before you share it.
Sentence combining: how a small edit changes meaning
Try these sentence pairs with your class. Compare how a joining word changes the cause, timing or contrast, then ask pupils to explain their choice.
Bring one reviewed resource to a department conversation
A worksheet can have a preferred answer and still leave room for judgement. Bring one question about pupils’ reasoning to a colleague.
What a second preparation task tells you about an AI tool
A useful first draft can make you want to try AI again. A different preparation task helps you work out what you would keep, change or ask for next.
Share the teaching resource, leave pupil information out
Give a colleague the task and the context to use it. Keep pupil work and personal notes in your school's agreed system.
From one resource to a short teaching sequence
With one maths reasoning card, you can move from a pupil’s first prediction to a discussion that helps you choose what to ask next.
Add vocabulary support without supplying every answer
Use a photosynthesis worksheet to explore what vocabulary support gives pupils, and what you still want them to explain.
When a printable and an interactive activity belong together
Let pupils try an idea on screen, then use a few questions on paper to talk through what happened.
Make worksheet instructions clearer without changing the goal
Try splitting a worksheet instruction into shorter steps. Compare the Space Race example and keep the same choices, criteria and reasoning.
A useful teaching brief without pupil data
Give AI useful teaching context without pupil records. Use a five-part brief, a fictional fractions example and checks for the resulting material.
Personalised Learning With AI Without Lowering Expectations
AI can help teachers vary access, pace, explanation, practice and support. Keep the learning goal clear, and check what pupils can explain or do with appropriate support.
What Belongs in a School AI Acceptable Use Policy?
A decision brief for school leaders choosing which durable AI rules belong in policy and which changing details need a maintained home.
Keep, Revise or Reject? How to Review AI-Generated Lesson Materials
An AI tool can produce a polished lesson plan, worksheet or quiz quickly. This seven-part check helps teachers decide what to keep, what to fix and what should never reach pupils.
10 Questions to Ask an AI Provider Before Starting a Pilot
The demonstration is polished. Before your committee agrees to a pilot, use these questions to test the provider's answers, evidence and readiness for a real school setting.
Who should own AI governance in your school?
Schools need a clear answer to who approves each use of AI. This guide explains how to assign accountability, involve specialist leads and review decisions over time.
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