1. Searsons - really nice pub food and lots of seating https://goo.gl/maps/MqJ8QLaAxvXoytAp7

2. Saba - Thai cuisine, very nice! https://goo.gl/maps/D4vF8ggbrfjRLUjT9

3. Zakura Izakaya - Japanese cuisine, lovely! https://goo.gl/maps/RJEH1CV23jzgSr4G7

❌ False. AI can "hallucinate" — generating confident-sounding but completely wrong information. Always verify important facts.

AI understands what we mean.

❌ Not quite. AI predicts likely responses based on patterns in data. It doesn't truly understand — it can misread tone, context, or intent.

AI learns from every conversation.

❌ False (depends). You can opt out from AI tools using your chats to train their models. Claude & ChatGPT have memory which is a summarised text about chats that it references which can be deleted and edited.

The better your prompt, the better the result.

✅ True. Clear, specific prompts get far better outputs. Vague input = vague output.

AI can be biased or unfair.

✅ True. AI is trained on human-generated data, which contains human biases. These can be reflected and sometimes amplified in outputs.

AI can help make learning more inclusive.

✅ True. AI can support different learning styles, offer instant feedback, provide translation, and adapt to individual needs.

AI will replace most teachers.

❌ False. AI can handle certain tasks, but it can't build relationships, read a room, or respond to a student's emotional needs. It's a tool, not a teacher.

AI could make students too dependent on technology.

⚠️ Possibly. if used without boundaries. The goal is to use AI as a support, not a replacement for thinking.

• Random name or group generator
• Timer
• Noise meter
• Polls
• Traffic lights / Work symbols
• Text / Image / Draw boxes
• and more!

How do you use them?

• upload files

• image generation etc.

• lesson planning, activity ideas

What works well? - what do you want to explore?

Don't make leaps, don't make assumptions. I want clarity and to be efficient.

Tone & Style

Keep it real: casual, witty, clear.

Be honest — challenge me if I’m off track.

Depth over enthusiasm; no fluff, no echo chamber.

Minimal teacher talking time in my activities.

Student centred activities.

Hiberno English

1A1 is a class of 20 students aged 16 at B1 level. They have been together for three years and generally work well as a group. However, some students can be overly critical when giving feedback, so lessons should encourage constructive, growth-mindset responses.

They enjoy interactive lessons and gamified activities. Grammar should be taught through authentic, real-world communication, as some students dislike traditional grammar practice. A few students have ADD, so regular movement and short activity changes help maintain focus.

When I use the trigger word “1A1,” please incorporate this information when generating lesson plans or any activities related to this class.

President Donald stood on the steps, his big smile wide as the morning sun. A group of children and families had traveled very far to reach America.

"Welcome!" he said, reaching out his hand.

A little girl named Maya stepped forward nervously. She had dark hair and hopeful eyes.

"Are we really allowed to be here?" she whispered.

Donald bent down and took her hand warmly. "America has always had room for people with big dreams," he said. "That's what makes it special."

The other children gathered around, curious and smiling. There were kids with different hair, different skin, different languages — but the same bright, excited eyes.

"Every single one of you has something wonderful to give," he told them.

Maya squeezed his hand tightly.

That day, America felt like exactly what it had always been — a place where everyone belonged.

The End 🌟

Ever since Spain had qualified, he had been obsessively watching football videos, checking flight prices, and telling everybody, “This is our year.” Unfortunately, reality had tackled him harder than an Italian defender in the 2006 World Cup.

The problem was simple: Agus was spectacularly broke. Last year, he had promised himself he would save money. However, after buying unnecessary sunglasses, ordering takeout every weekend, and mysteriously subscribing to three streaming platforms he never used, his financial plan had collapsed magnificently.

Nevertheless, he refused to give up. Yesterday, he had already started brainstorming ridiculous solutions. First, he considered selling his old guitar, although nobody had touched it since 2019. Then, he briefly thought about becoming a football influencer despite having fewer followers than his aunt.

At the moment, Agus is still confused, slightly desperate, and aggressively optimistic. Yet one thing is certain: by this summer, he will either be celebrating in a packed American stadium or watching the final from his couch while pretending he “preferred the atmosphere at home anyway.”

Too quiet. Too expected. Every current already mapped by instinct older than memory. So the day it found the motorcycle rusting beside the coastal road, it did not hesitate. It hauled itself onto the seat with a wet slap, twisted the throttle by accident, and discovered speed.

Now the ocean ran beside it instead of around it.

Wind pressed its scales flat. Salt dried into a tight crust. The engine’s growl vibrated through bone and bladder in a way no tide ever had. Gulls screamed overhead, confused by this creature that had abandoned its element without apology.

A roadside sign blurred past: LIVE TO FISH. RIDE TO LIVE.

It liked the second half better.

The fish did not know where the road ended. It did not care. For the first time, direction was a choice, not a current. And as the cliffs unspooled into distance, it opened its mouth—not for water, but for air—and kept riding.

Now he fished not for sustenance, but for silence. The sea didn’t care about his tailored jacket or polished shoes; it offered him only stillness and reflection. Pulling in the empty net, Victor smiled. To anyone else, it was failure. To him, it was peace — proof that he could live without catching anything at all. The sunlight caught his cufflinks, and the ocean shimmered with quiet approval.

Behind them, a dragon swayed, not in rage but in rhythm. Its massive tail curled and uncurled with the bassline, claws tapping gently against the wooden stage. Lanterns trembled as cherry blossoms drifted through the charged air.

The music told a story older than the city—of battles fought in silence, of warriors who traded steel for song. The ninja’s movements were sharp, precise, yet strangely graceful.

As the final note rang out, the dragon bowed.

For a heartbeat, everything was still.

Then the crowd erupted, knowing they hadn’t just watched a performance—they had witnessed a legend being rewritten in sound.

“Little Red,” he said smoothly, offering a glossy brochure, “why carry apples to Granny when you could diversify? Forest Futures, Mushroom Bonds, CottageCoin.”

Red adjusted her hood, suspicious but curious. “Does it beat jam profits?”

“By 12% annually.”

Meanwhile, deep in Granny’s cottage, poker chips clinked louder than teacups. Granny, spectacles low on her nose, slammed down a royal flush against three stunned bears and a sweating huntsman.

“Read ’em and weep, dearies.”

Back in the woods, Red smirked. “Before I invest, one question—did Granny back this?”

Woolf’s ears twitched.

From the cottage window came Granny’s voice: “Only if he folds on bad hands and stops shorting my pie stocks!”

For the first time, Woolf looked genuinely bearish.

In sun-dappled Verdania, where mushrooms stood like casino stools, Woolf Street prowled in his navy suit, waving glossy brochures at weary travelling families.

"ForestCoin! Mushroom Bonds! CottageCoin — 12% annually!"

Little Red adjusted her hood suspiciously. "Don't sign anything," she warned the newcomers.

Then President Donald Duck descended the mossy steps, reaching toward a small girl named Maya.

"Are we really welcome here?" she whispered.

"Verdania has always had room for people with big dreams," he smiled warmly. "Every one of you has something wonderful to give."

Together, Donald Duck and Little Red stood firm beside the immigrants.

Woolf's ears flattened. He tucked his brochures away.

From Granny's cottage window drifted a familiar voice:

"Real opportunity takes honest work, dearies — and nobody shorts the pie stocks!"

Maya squeezed Donald Duck's hand.

That day, Verdania felt like exactly what it had always been — a place where everyone belonged. 🍄

1. Podcasts – students listen for gist or details, summarise, or respond to opinions in discussion.

2. Songs – focus on vocabulary, grammar patterns, or cultural themes; fill-in-the-gap or lyric analysis tasks.

3. Advertisements – practise persuasive language and tone; students can later create their own ad scripts.

4. News Reports – develop note-taking and summarising skills; compare how news is presented across countries.

5. Weather Forecasts – train listening for specific information like numbers, dates, and conditions.

6. Short Stories – comprehension, sequencing, or creative retelling tasks.

7. Poems – focus on rhythm, stress, and imagery; good for pronunciation and interpretive listening.

8. Dialogues (planning something) – realistic, functional listening; practise agreement, clarification, and suggestion language.

9. Job Interviews – explore formal register, question types, and appropriate responses.

10. Diary Entry – focus on past tenses, emotions, and personal tone.

11. Voice Memo Confessions – short, personal audio clips (real or AI) where students infer context, emotion, and relationship between speakers.

12. Fake News Filter – mix AI-generated and real news; students decide which are genuine, backing up their reasoning with evidence.

13. Time-Travel Interviews – AI-generated or teacher-recorded “interviews” with historical or fictional figures; students prepare follow-up questions or summaries.

14. Audio Postcards – brief travel updates describing sounds, places, and experiences; learners guess the location or create their own response postcard.

15. Eavesdrop on AI – listen to a simulated conversation in a public place (e.g., café, bus stop); students deduce who the speakers are and what’s going on.

16. Predict the Prompt – students hear an AI’s response and try to guess the original question or task it was answering — builds inferencing skills.

17. Voice Debate – listen to opposing viewpoints (AI-generated or recorded); students identify arguments, biases, and then give their opinion.

18. Daily Life Logs – snippets from a smart speaker or phone assistant (alarms, reminders, searches); students infer details about the speaker’s life and habits.

19. Alien Nature Documentary – an AI narrator (in Attenborough style) describes Earth from an alien’s perspective (“The humans gather around glowing rectangles…”); learners identify what’s being described and rewrite it from a human point of view.

20. Object Conversations – two inanimate objects (e.g., a fork and a banana) discuss their day; students guess who’s speaking based on clues, then create their own dialogues.

Then I selected infographic

We know have optional scaffolded material for our students to analyse/discuss/explore beforehand.

• Consolidates key grammar points
  AI-generated music can reinforce:

  • Third conditional

  • Reported speech

  • Present perfect

  • Comparatives

  • Modals of obligation

  • Question forms

• Encourages authorship and ownership

  • Students write their own lyrics, deepening engagement.

  • Songs can tackle social issues (e.g. bullying) to support campaigns for change.

• Flexible for follow-up activities

  • Paste lyrics into ChatGPT to generate:

    • True/False questions

    • Gap-fills

    • Sequencing tasks

    • Comprehension checks

  • Makes AI-music a dynamic, multi-use resource.

• Ideal for vocabulary consolidation

  • Write songs using target vocabulary from a unit or theme.

  • Embeds new words contextually while keeping creativity and choice.

• Aids memory and retention

  • Music supports rote learning through rhythm, rhyme, and repetition.

  • Great for lists (e.g. countries, irregular verbs, collocations).

  • Songs make excellent lesson leads, sparking curiosity and introducing unfamiliar language.

• Enhances speaking and listening

  • Activities like “Getting to Know You”:

    • Students interview a partner and write a song about them.

    • Class listens and identifies true/false details from the song.

• Promotes critical thinking and debate

  • “Song Battle” format: present pros and cons of a topic (e.g. school uniforms).

  • Students vote and justify their opinions — rich language practice.

• Scaffold the song-writing process

  • Provide structure (e.g. verse–chorus–verse).

  • Model rhyme patterns.

  • Offer language support and brainstorming tools.

• Performance and confidence-building

  • Sharing songs turns learning into a memorable experience.

  • Builds confidence, collaboration, and joy in the classroom.

• Open Google AI Studio - go to Speech and Music - the top free version - then click Turn text into natural sounding speech . If you have 2 speakers you need to click on +Speech Block - then choose the voice for each speaker - make sure that the name selected is a male or female as you want - you can give more directions about style - whisper or sound tired etc. Then click TEXT at the top of the page - a box will appear and you can paste in the transcript. Paste in your transcript. *make sure the program picks up that there are 2 speakers Then press RUN . and your audio will be generated. Remember to - Click the three dots to download the sound file and also to adapt the playback speed

• Go back to chatgpt or other preferred LLM and ask for some questions / vocabulary activities etc about the dialogue For example:

  • True or False questions (check comprehension of key points).

  • Multiple-choice questions (focus on detail, inference, or vocabulary).

  • Gap-fills (remove verbs, pronouns, connectors, or content words).

  • “Answer only” tasks: Provide answers and students must write the corresponding questions.

  • Open-ended questions (discussion, reflection, critical thinking).

  • Ordering tasks (students rearrange transcript lines into correct sequence).

    
    

  
  

Pop over

Meaning: go to another place (usually nearby) for a short time

Scenario: You’re at home and your neighbour texts you: “Fancy a cuppa?” You reply: “I’ll pop over in 10 minutes.”

→ It’s quick, informal, no big planning.

Pop into

Meaning: go inside somewhere briefly

Scenario: On your way home from work: “I’m just popping into the shop to get milk.”

→ You’re not doing a full shop, just in and out.

Pop in

Meaning: visit someone briefly

Scenario: Your friend lives nearby: “I might pop in later if I have time.”

→ Casual visit, not a full sit-down event.

Pop out

Meaning: leave briefly (and usually come back)

Scenario: Someone asks where your colleague is: “She’s just popped out for lunch.”

→ Temporary absence, no drama.

Pop round (UK/Irish)

Meaning: visit someone’s home casually

Scenario: “Do you want to pop round this evening for a chat?”

→ Very Irish/British, relaxed and social.

Pop back

Meaning: return somewhere briefly

Scenario: “I forgot my phone — I’ll pop back to the office.”

→ Quick return, not a big journey.

Pop down / pop up

Meaning: go somewhere depending on direction

Pop down (to somewhere nearby or perceived “lower”) Pop up (to somewhere slightly further or “up”)

Scenario: “I’ll pop down to the pharmacy.” “Let’s pop up to Dublin for the day.”

→ Direction is loose — more about feeling than geography.

Pop off

Meaning: leave quickly

Scenario: “I’m going to pop off now — early start tomorrow.”

→ Polite, casual exit.

Pop something in / on / under

Meaning: place something quickly

Scenario: “Pop it in the fridge.” “Pop your name on the list.”

→ Quick action, no fuss.

Pop up (appear)

Meaning: appear suddenly

Scenario: “A message popped up on my screen.”

→ Unexpected, often quick.

Quick pattern to notice

If you strip it back, “pop” usually signals:

low effort short duration casual intention

Copied and pasted content from Chat GPT: I wanted to use the visual analogy of an ant colony to explain project based learning methodology. I asked ChatGPT to generate descriptions of images to represent the stags of PBL.

Custom prompt for slides: Generate 2 images per slide (50% of the slide per image)based on the visual prompts included in the file. minimal text, don't number the slides, follow the theme described but also make it cute

🐜 1. Entry Event (Hook / Launch)

Prompt: “A whimsical animated ant colony scene underground, where a group of worker ants in tiny yellow hard hats gather around a glowing mysterious object (like a giant fallen crumb, strange artifact, or magnifying glass). The ants look surprised and curious, pointing and reacting. Some ants climb on top to inspect it, others sketch it on tiny leaf notebooks. Warm lighting, cinematic glow, sense of curiosity and excitement, Pixar-style, highly detailed, soft textures”

🐜 2. Driving Question

Prompt: “A central chamber in an ant colony where a team of ants stand around a large leaf board with a bold question written in symbols and drawings. Ants gesture, debate, and point at different ideas. One ant stands slightly elevated like a facilitator. Visuals include arrows, sketches, and question marks. The mood is focused but collaborative. Animated, warm tones, expressive characters, shallow depth of field”

🐜 3. Need to Knows

Prompt: “A group of curious ants gathered around a large magnifying glass, examining maps, leaves, and tiny written notes. Some ants are writing questions, others pointing at unknown areas. Question marks float subtly in the air. A few ants whisper and compare notes. Cozy underground workspace with glowing lanterns. Playful but thoughtful tone, animated style”

🐜 4. Planning & Roles

Prompt: “Inside a structured ant colony workspace, ants wearing different coloured helmets take on roles: one group studies maps, another builds models, another organizes timelines on a wall made of soil and leaves. A central board shows a timeline with milestones. Ants communicate actively, pointing, organizing, and assigning tasks. Organized chaos, highly detailed, animated film style”

🐜 5. Sustained Inquiry / Research

Prompt: “Ants emerging from the colony into a lush forest environment, carrying leaves, observing insects, collecting materials. Some ants interview other forest creatures (like ladybirds), others take notes. Wide shot showing exploration and movement. Light filtering through trees, adventurous tone, animated cinematic style”

🐜 6. Collaboration

Prompt: “Multiple ants working together to carry a large object much bigger than themselves, coordinating movement carefully. Other ants guide them, communicating with gestures. In the background, smaller teams collaborate on different tasks. Strong sense of teamwork and shared effort. Warm lighting, soft textures, animated film quality”

🐜 7. Feedback (Feed Up / Back / Forward)

Prompt: “Inside a feedback chamber, ants sit in small groups reviewing work pinned to earthy walls—drawings, plans, leaf charts. Some ants give feedback using small pointer sticks, others take notes thoughtfully. Expressions are supportive and focused. A small visual sequence shows ‘before’ and ‘after’ improvements. Cozy, reflective atmosphere, animated style”

🐜 8. Critique & Revision

Prompt: “Ants actively revising a project—erasing parts of a design, replacing materials, improving structures. One ant looks frustrated but supported by another. A wall shows multiple draft versions of the same work. Progression is visible. Slightly messier environment, showing iteration and change. Animated, expressive, story-rich”

🐜 9. Reflection

Prompt: “A quiet corner of the ant colony where a few ants sit alone or in pairs, writing in small journals made of leaves. One ant looks thoughtful, another compares notes with a partner. Soft lighting, calm atmosphere, slower pace. Subtle glow around them to suggest thinking and reflection. Cinematic animated style”

🐜 10. Co-constructed Rubrics / Success Criteria

Prompt: “Ants collaboratively creating a large rubric board using leaves and natural materials. Columns and symbols represent levels of quality. Ants point, discuss, and adjust criteria together. Some ants translate ideas into simpler symbols. Atmosphere is focused and democratic. Animated, warm earthy palette”

🐜 11. Public Product

Prompt: “A grand open space above ground where ants present their final creation—structures, models, or food systems—to other ants and forest creatures. Some ants present confidently, others display their work. Audience ants react with interest and curiosity. Festive but meaningful atmosphere, golden lighting, animated cinematic style”

🐜 12. Authentic Audience

Prompt: “Ants presenting their work to larger, more experienced ants (or different species like beetles), who observe carefully and give feedback. The presenting ants look proud but slightly nervous. Audience members nod, question, and engage. Outdoor natural setting, strong sense of real-world relevance, animated style”

🐜 13. Celebration / Beautiful Work

Prompt: “A joyful ant colony celebration with completed projects displayed proudly. Ants gather, share food, relax, and admire each other’s work. Some ants clap, others laugh, a few rest with lunchboxes and thermoses. Warm glowing lights, sense of pride and accomplishment, highly detailed animated scene”

🐜 14. Breaks / Wellbeing (nice extra layer you added)

Prompt: “A small group of ants on a break in a cozy side tunnel, playing cards, sipping from tiny thermoses, laughing. Lunchboxes open beside them. In the background, other ants continue working. Balanced tone—rest is part of productivity. Soft lighting, warm, animated”

Prompt: generate a science themed poster to support students to warm them up before listening to the audio