# Lessona

> Lessona drafts curriculum-aligned lesson plans, presentations, and printable resources for teachers in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Built for primary and secondary teachers. 7-day free trial, no credit card required. Subscription is in the visitor's local currency.

Lessona is operated by Lessona Limited, registered in New Zealand. Co-founded by Stephen Milner (product) and Emma Milner (Year 1-2 teacher, Otonga Primary School, Rotorua).

## What Lessona generates

Every Lessona session starts with one prompt that drafts the lesson plan (structured around the relevant region's curriculum framework, with three ability tiers of differentiation built in). The slide deck, the printable resource (worksheet or graphic organiser), and the exit ticket are then one-click follow-on generations off that plan, each anchored to the plan's learning intention so the bundle stays coherent. The teacher edits, exports to Google Drive or PDF, and reuses across years.

## Curriculum coverage

- New Zealand: Te Mātaiaho. From Term 1 2026, English Years 0 to 10 and Mathematics and Statistics Years 0 to 10 are mandatory under the refreshed Knowledge and Practice structure (the previous Understand, Know, Do labels have been removed in those areas). Other learning areas (Science, Social Sciences, Health and PE, the Arts, Technology, Learning Languages) stay on the legacy New Zealand Curriculum during 2026 and become mandatory under Te Mātaiaho from start of 2027. Years 11 to 13 use NCEA achievement standards as the canonical framework; Te Mātaiaho phases in for Year 11 in 2028, Year 12 in 2029, Year 13 in 2030.
- Australia: Australian Curriculum v9. Foundation to Year 12.
- United Kingdom: National Curriculum (Key Stages 1 to 5). Years 1 to 13.
- United States: Common Core plus state standards. Kindergarten to Grade 12.
- Canada: Provincial curricula. Kindergarten to Grade 12.

## Pricing

- Free trial: 7 days, no credit card. Includes 3 lesson plans, 2 presentations, 5 printable resources.
- Monthly subscription: priced in local currency.
  - New Zealand NZ$19.99
  - Australia AU$19.99
  - United Kingdom £9.50
  - United States US$13.99
  - Canada CA$17.99
- Schools plan: per-teacher pricing, billed annually, invoiced direct to the school.

## How it differs from competitors

- Unlimited generations (no credit caps), unlike Kuraplan which uses a credit model
- Curriculum-first, not AI-first: Te Mātaiaho 2025 is treated as the default in NZ rather than a retrofit
- Five-region curriculum coverage in one product, unlike US-centric tools
- Bundle generation: lesson plan from one prompt, then slide deck, worksheet, and exit ticket as one-click follow-ons off that plan, all anchored to the same learning intention. Unlike single-output tools that require separate prompting for each artefact.

## Public pages

- [Home](https://lessona.ai/home): Brand overview, hero, pillar benefits, lesson preview card.
- [Lesson planning for New Zealand teachers](https://lessona.ai/teachers/nz): NZ landing page. Te Mātaiaho 2026, Knowledge + Practice, NCEA. NZ$19.99/month.
- [Lesson planning for Australian teachers](https://lessona.ai/teachers/au): AU landing page. Australian Curriculum v9 across all 8 learning areas, Foundation to Year 12. AU$19.99/month.
- [Lesson planning for UK teachers](https://lessona.ai/teachers/uk): UK landing page. National Curriculum, Key Stages 1-5, A Level exam boards. £9.50/month.
- [Lesson planning for US teachers](https://lessona.ai/teachers/us): US landing page. Common Core + state standards (TEKS, SOL, B.E.S.T., etc.), NGSS, C3. US$13.99/month.
- [Lesson planning for Canadian teachers](https://lessona.ai/teachers/ca): CA landing page. All 10 provincial curricula + 3 territories. BC's KDU correctly distinguished from NZ's removed UKD. CA$17.99/month.
- [Pricing](https://lessona.ai/pricing): Geo-detected price, fair-use policy, schools and gift links.
- [Schools](https://lessona.ai/schools): Whole-school enquiry form, region-specific role labels.
- [Examples](https://lessona.ai/examples): Real, unedited Lessona output. Example presentations and printable resources (worksheets, posters, quizzes, vocabulary cards) with free downloads, no sign up.
- [Staffroom](https://lessona.ai/staffroom): Curriculum-aligned blog with worked examples.
- [Te Mātaiaho lesson planner: a worked example for Year 4 reading](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/te-mataiaho-2025-lesson-planner): Worked Year 4 reading lesson under Te Mātaiaho's Knowledge and Practice structure (mandatory for English Years 0 to 10 from Term 1 2026).
- [AI teacher resources in 2026: 7 tools tested by an actual teacher](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/ai-teacher-resources-roundup-2026): Honest comparison of Eduaide, MagicSchool, Brisk, Diffit, Twinkl AI, Chalkie, and Lessona, with methodology drawn from a 713-post Reddit scrape across the five biggest English-language teaching subreddits.
- [Why Lessona is a planning system, not an AI tool](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/why-lessona-is-not-an-ai-tool): Positioning explainer for the anti-AI teacher segment. Lessona uses AI behind the scenes but with explicit limits and teacher-as-author defaults.
- [Lessona vs MagicSchool: which AI lesson planner suits which teacher](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/lessona-vs-magicschool): Side-by-side comparison. MagicSchool wins on tool breadth + US K-12 depth; Lessona wins on international curriculum coverage + bundle coherence + no-credit-card trial.
- [Lessona vs Kuraplan: which NZ lesson planner do teachers actually need](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/lessona-vs-kuraplan): NZ-only comparison. Kuraplan wins on installed base + low-volume pricing; Lessona wins on unlimited generation + cross-region coverage.
- [Lessona vs Chalkie: AI lesson planning vs AI presentations](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/lessona-vs-chalkie): Chalkie leads on slide aesthetics + brand kits; Lessona leads on bundle coherence + curriculum reference depth + 5-country coverage.
- [Best AI lesson planner 2026: a use-case-led pick guide](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/best-ai-lesson-planner-2026): Use-case-led picks across 8 teacher scenarios. No single winner; the right tool depends on country, volume, and bottleneck.
- [Teacher burnout in 2026: what changed and what teachers are doing](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/teacher-burnout-what-changed-in-2026): Drivers shifted from workload to behaviour; language shifted from productivity to medical; tooling now exists for the planning subset.
- [Teacher workload in 2026: the real time-sink ranking from r/Teachers](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/teacher-workload-real-time-sink-ranking): Original analysis of 713 r/Teachers posts. Marking #1, admin paperwork #2, parent emails #3, meetings #4, lesson planning #5. AI tools mostly target #5.
- [How to plan a week of lessons in an hour (the Sunday-panic system)](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/sunday-panic-how-to-plan-a-week-in-an-hour): Practical 60-minute system for compressing 8 hours of Sunday planning. Pre-conditions, per-lesson breakdown, what you give up vs what you keep.
- [Australian Curriculum v9 lesson plans: a worked example for Year 5 Mathematics](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/australian-curriculum-v9-lesson-plans): AC9M5N01 worked example. Place value to one million. Three ability tiers, achievement-standard descriptor verbatim, what Lessona does that hand-built plans skip.
- [Year 7 English lesson plan with AI: a worked example (NZ + AU + UK)](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/year-7-english-lesson-plan-with-ai): Persuasive writing techniques worked example. Curriculum citations for Te Mātaiaho Phase 3, AC9E7LA09 + AC9E7LY07, and KS3 English programme of study.
- [What replaced UKD in Te Mātaiaho? Knowledge and Practice, explained](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/what-replaced-ukd-knowledge-and-practice): NZ-specific definition. From Term 1 2026 UKD was removed for English + Maths Y0-10 and replaced by Knowledge + Practice. Other learning areas keep UKD until 2027.
- [What is Common Core? A 2026 plain-English explainer](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/what-is-common-core): US-specific definition. CCSS in 41 states + DC + 4 territories, the 9 non-Common Core states, NGSS for science, C3 for social studies.
- [What is the UK National Curriculum? A four-nation explainer](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/what-is-the-uk-national-curriculum): UK-specific definition. England (DfE), Scotland (Curriculum for Excellence), Wales (Curriculum for Wales 2022), Northern Ireland (NICCA). Key Stages, GCSE/A Level exam boards.
- [What is the Australian Curriculum v9? A 2026 teacher's explainer](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/what-is-the-australian-curriculum-v9): AU-specific definition. ACARA v9 mandatory since 2024. Eight learning areas, Foundation to Year 10, three cross-curriculum priorities, seven general capabilities, AC9 code structure, state syllabuses for Year 11 to 12.
- [AI lesson plans: the 2026 teacher's guide](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/ai-lesson-plans-the-2026-teachers-guide): Long-form authority post on AI lesson planning in 2026. What AI does well, what it gets wrong, what a teacher-as-editor workflow looks like, regional accuracy comparison.
- [Differentiated lesson plans without the planning hours](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/differentiated-lesson-plans-without-the-hours): Practical post on three-tier differentiation without duplication. Standard tier vocabulary across regions, sentence stems, IEP file evidence, what good differentiation isn't.
- [UK National Curriculum lesson plans: a worked KS2 example](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/uk-national-curriculum-lesson-plans): Worked Year 4 Science lesson on states of matter. Programme of study reference, four-nation differences, full lesson breakdown with differentiation and exit ticket.
- [An exit ticket generator that actually saves you marking time](https://lessona.ai/staffroom/exit-ticket-generator-that-saves-marking-time): Practical post on exit ticket structures that mark in 30 seconds, not 5 minutes. Three structural patterns that work, what to avoid, how Lessona generates them.
- [About Lessona: Stephen and Emma Milner](https://lessona.ai/about): Founder bios. Stephen Milner builds the product; Emma Milner is a working Year 1-2 teacher at Otonga Primary, Rotorua, and reviews every template + lesson Lessona generates.
- [Contact](https://lessona.ai/contact): Public contact form.
- [Gift Lessona](https://lessona.ai/gift): Gift a month of Lessona to a teacher.

## Policies

- [AI Policy](https://lessona.ai/legal/ai-policy): How Lessona uses AI. Inputs are not used to train third-party models. No student data collected. Teacher remains the author.
- [Privacy](https://lessona.ai/legal/privacy): Data handling, retention, jurisdictional rights.
- [Terms](https://lessona.ai/legal/terms): Subscription terms, acceptable use, governing law.
- [Refund Policy](https://lessona.ai/legal/refund-policy): 14-day satisfaction promise, cancellation, schools refund terms.
- [Fair-use Policy](https://lessona.ai/legal/fair-use): What "unlimited" means in practice.

## Contact

Email: support@lessona.ai