How to have lessons about which all of the following are true: ALL the kids in ALL your classes turn up early EVERY LESSON, even when they are at the end of break.ALL the kids tell their parents that your lesson is the best lesson, regardless of what subject you teach. At the end of EVERY lesson NONE of the kids pack up early or want to go and many ask if they can stay on EVEN when it's the END of the day and many say "What happened to that lesson? Why do the lessons you enjoy go so quickly " Introduction I was a teacher for 34 years. During my career I was, at various times: An NQT in a school far from home where the accent was different to my own. A young Teacher of History and Archaeology. A Drama Teacher. A Head of a Drama Department. A Head of a large year group with 12 forms. A House Leader with 17 mentors. A Trip Leader of 30] residential holidays, mostly to Spain and Italy, but including Borneo, Alaska and the Amazon. A Teacher of "Enterprise" at KS3. A Teacher of "Employability Skills and "Business Enterprise" at KS4. A Manager of an Inclusion Unit. A Behaviour Specialist sent to support in a school in Special Measures and desperate trouble. A County AST specialising in Gifted and Talented Education, Cross-phase. A Lead Practitioner in Transition.And lately I have been working as an Education Consultant for a successful MAT. When I left I received hundreds of cards and messages of goodwill, respect and affection. For all of the above, I feel qualified to write this short guide. Much of what it contains goes against current training and may be at odds with the policy of the school in which you find yourself. You will find no names on whiteboards, no ticks and crosses and no detention policy here. You must decide how much of the advice you want to take, or are able to take. Each idea alone will help, all together they will make a huge difference, especially if you are in a school where behaviour is poor and "support" from above, ineffective or just not available. There is no body of research behind this. You will find no references to published practitioners. This is what I did, and it worked.