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Standards
Standards are integral to the alignment of curriculum, assessment and reporting. For teachers, parents and students, they provide a shared language for describing the quality of student achievement.
The Standards are achievement standards linked to the Essential Learnings. Using a 5-point scale, the Standards describe how well a student has demonstrated their learning based on a collection of evidence. They can also be used to report student progress and achievement.
The Standards are the same for all key learning areas:
Assessable elements and descriptors (AEDs)
The assessable elements and descriptors of quality ( AED s) are used to link to the Essential Learnings and Standards, and help teachers make judgments about student achievements.
Sample assessments
Year 1: Getting on together
Children reflect on ways to interact fairly and respectfully through roleplay and discussion.Year 2: Personal hygiene plan
Students create and explain a collage of a personal hygiene plan.Year 2: Throwing and catching
Students demonstrate and reflect on the basic principles of throwing and catching in simple combinations.Year 2: Travelling and balancing
Students explore ways of travelling and balancing by varying their bases of support and use of space.Year 3: Active and healthy lifestyle plan
Students develop a poster to present and explain an active and healthy lifestyle plan.Year 3: Bouncing balls
Students participate in and reflect on ball-control drills to develop locomotor and manipulation skills for future physical activity and wellbeing.Year 3: The great tuckshop challenge
Students identify healthy foods using “Smart Choices” and plan a healthy lunch.Year 3: Transport safety test
Students analyse a transport scene to identify risks and suggest alternative behaviours.Years 4 & 5: Buddy games
Students design or adapt a minor game for Year three level, explaining how to play it and reflecting on how well it was played.Years 6 & 7: Team handball
Students develop and apply strategies to improve a handball skill and increase their level of participation.Year 6: The world game
Students will set personal skill development and activity goals in a team game, choosing and applying strategies to reach these goals.Year 9: Farm to feast 1 investigation
Students investigate factors that influence what happens to food from the farm to the consumer.Year 9: Farm to feast 2 action plan
Students formulate a plan of action to enable consumers to make healthy food choices.Year 9: Farm to feast 3 media report
Students present a media report discussing health promotion action to ensure positive health outcomes on food choices and eating behaviours.Year 9: Health advertisement critique
Students analyse a health advertisement and write a critique about it's effectiveness.Year 9: Team games — Touch
Students participate in Touch, applying and reflecting on specialised movement skills, tactics and teamwork.Year 9: Volleyball
Students play and reflect on volleyball, applying specialised movements, tactics and teamwork.