About
I am an Advanced skills Science teacher in a truely comprehensive Bradford school. I am passionate about teaching and learning and believe that understanding how children learn is key to maximising the progress they make.
I thought I would create a blog to share with you some of the effective strategies. Some that I have created, some that I have found and trialled and found them to be effective.
I believe that we never stop learning and that we can learn a lot from others. I hope that you will find what I have learnt useful and that I can learn from you. Ultimately helping our students to learn how to learn.
It’s all about the kids.
Love Hayley
learningmatters 
Brilliant blog and learning so much from what you have written. Thank you
Thanks Tobi! 🙂
Hi! I am an 8th science teacher outside of Boston, MA (across the pond!). I am not familiar with APP. Would you be willing to explain it to me please? Thanks!
Hi,
APP is a assessment strategy that was brought out at KS3 (Years 11-13) to assess students on different skills areas. In Science there were 5 Foci that were assessed. These were; AF1: Using Models AF2: Applications of Science AF3: Commincating in Science, AF4:Planning and AF5: Analysis and Evaluation.
The APP skills are divided into success criteria at different levels that we/and the students can use to assess progress. Was brought out by the National Strategies for UK