From Genetic Disorders UK, these resources look at how eleven year old Ashley lives with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a genetic disorder which affects facial features. The film and activities in this collection are linked to the following curriculum areas: * Key Stage Two science: understanding personal development,...

This set of booklets from the National Strategies complements the Assessing Pupils Progress assessment packages: teacher's pack. Each booklet has examples of students' work based on each of the lesson plans given in the APP packages. The booklets cover the four strands of Number, Algebra, Data Handling and Shape,...

As part of the Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) strategy, these packages from the National Strategies were designed to provide assessment activities to use as classroom lessons. Each lesson has indicated levels, key indicators for the topic area and, for Using and applying mathematics, resources and a lesson plan...

These assessment materials from the National Strategies are based on the Assessing Pupils' Performance (APP) assessment criteria and organised in National Curriculum levels. There is a set of materials for each of levels four to eight. The focused assessment materials include for each assessment criterion: *...

Part of the Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) collection, these resources present the criteria for assessing progress in students’ understanding of science at Key Stage Three.

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These guidelines/criteria are to help teachers assess progress in students’ work across five strands of...

APP Standards Files exemplify student work at different levels. Each Standards File includes:

*examples of evidence generated from students’ work in science, which have been assessed to exemplify the APP approach and show national standards

*commentary on the evidence for each AF, which leads to a...

Guidance for teachers on the thinking behind the use of Assessing Pupils Progress (APP) in secondary science at Key Stage Three. This handbook stresses the 'periodic' nature of the assessment possible using APP, as opposed to day-to-day and transitional assessments.

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This booklet...

The Bowland Maths assessment guide details the role of the assessment tasks in the classroom in helping students become aware of the key processes in mathematics and their importance in problem solving, helping students to take greater responsibility for their own learning and encouraging students to assess and...

This collection of materials from the National Strategies brings together those elements which are primarily concerned with supporting teachers in the development of assessment techniques and understanding of the evidence students should provide, whether it is an objective or a level.

APP assessment...

As the Key Stage Three Strategy evolved into the National Secondary Strategy, it produced guidance on a range of whole-school development issues which were all intended to help to raise standards of achievement. Assessment for Learning was an integral part of this drive, generic materials and training preceded the...

As part of the National Strategies approach to Assessment for Learning (AfL) these units were developed to support the whole school approach implementation in mathematics departments. Each unit was intended to be used as a departmental development tool, starting with a self review section, a number of classroom...

The Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) existed to provide objective information about national standards of children’s performance at all levels of ability. Its terms of reference included making the findings available to those concerned with resource allocations within government departments, Local Education...

This collection of materials is produced by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM).
The collection contains three sub collections: Resources for the Primary Mathematics Classroom, Resources for the Secondary Mathematics Classroom and articles from the ATM Journal "Mathematics Teaching".

The...

This resource features five inspiring people who developed Bridget, a six-wheeled ExoMars rover. 

Bridget is a prototype of the vehicle that will be the largest and most sophisticated vehicle ever to visit Mars.

This activity requires students to use computer software to try to save a space borne tourist attraction, AstroZoo, which has various exotic space creatures, but has fallen on hard times. The zoo was once a great success, but bad management has seen oxygen reserves exhausted, creature enclosures overpopulated,...