Low-prep - high impactIdeas for a creative teacher's tool kit

Presenter: Gareth Davies

• Title: Low-prep - high impactIdeas for a creative teacher's tool kit

• Date: Friday 6 November 2026 

• Time: 16:00 17:15

• Presenter: Gareth Davies

As busy teachers, we all need a toolkit of low-prep ideas that we can reach for at a moment’s notice. Activities that require little preparation, minimal photocopying and few resources, but that can energise our students and ourselves and bring variety to our lessons.

In this practical and interactive session, Gareth will share and demonstrate some of his favourite low-prep, high-impact activities that I use regularly in his own teaching. We’ll explore ideas that can be easily adapted to different levels, contexts and class sizes, giving you plenty of practical activities to try out straight away.

Come along, pick up some new ideas and add a few more useful tools to your teaching toolkit!

About Gareth Davies

Gareth Davies is a teacher, teacher trainer, storyteller, and author based in South Wales. 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Gareth’s involvement in ELT, teaching in Czechia, Portugal, Spain, Japan and the UK. Gareth started teacher training in 2001 and has worked with OUP, CUP and Black Cat amongst others, delivering professional development talks all over the world. Currently, Gareth teaches teens and adults at in Cardiff . Gareth is a spellbinding storyteller, working with schools, community groups and mental health charities.