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Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Areas for Assessment

Self and relationships
Individual and community health
Movement skill and performance
Lifelong physical activity or task

Grade A

A student at this grade typically:

  • shows extensive knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to Stage 5 content.
  • evaluates actions that enhance well-being and evaluates plans that promote their capacity to respond positively to challenges.
  • evaluates factors and behaviours that contribute to positive, safe and inclusive relationships.
  • evaluates the influences on and consequences of health decision-making and displays an extensive understanding of the links between them.
  • evaluates strategies and accesses and appraises information, products and services to promote health and safety.
  • evaluates influences and barriers to engaging in physical activity or task and applies effective strategies to enhance participation and enjoyment.
  • demonstrates highly developed movement skills in a range of contexts and the capacity to transfer skills to a variety of challenging movement situations.
  • displays an extensive understanding of the elements and features of composition when creatively composing, performing and appraising movement.

Grade B

A student at this grade typically:

  • shows thorough knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to Stage 5 content.
  • analyses actions that enhance well-being and formulates plans that promote their capacity to respond positively to challenges.
  • analyses factors and behaviours that contribute to positive, safe and inclusive relationships.
  • analyses the influences on and consequences of health decision-making and displays a thorough understanding of the links between them.
  • analyses strategies and accesses and prioritises information, products and services to promote health and safety.
  • analyses influences and barriers to engaging in physical activity or task and applies strategies to enhance participation and enjoyment.
  • demonstrates proficient movement skills in a range of contexts and the capacity to transfer skills to a variety of challenging movement situations.
  • displays a thorough understanding of the elements and features of composition when composing, performing and appraising movement.

Grade C

A student at this grade typically:

  • shows sound knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to Stage 5 content.
  • explains actions that enhance well-being and formulates plans that promote their capacity to respond positively to challenges.
  • explains factors and behaviours that contribute to positive, safe and inclusive relationships.
  • explains the influences on and consequences of health decision-making and displays a sound understanding of the links between them.
  • explains appropriate strategies and accesses information, products and services to promote health and safety.
  • explains influences and barriers to engaging in physical activity or task and applies strategies to enhance participation and enjoyment.
  • demonstrates sound movement skills in a range of contexts and the capacity to transfer skills to a variety of movement situations.
  • displays a sound understanding of the elements and features of composition when composing, performing and appraising movement.

Grade D

A student at this grade typically:

  • shows basic knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to Stage 5 content.
  • describes actions that enhance well-being and their capacity to respond positively to challenges.
  • describes factors and behaviours that contribute to positive, safe and inclusive relationships.
  • describes the influences on and consequences of health decision-making and displays a basic understanding of the links between them.
  • describes appropriate strategies and accesses information, products and services to promote health and safety.
  • describes influences and barriers to engaging in physical activity or task and identifies strategies to enhance participation and enjoyment.
  • demonstrates movement skills and concepts to improve performance in a choice of movement situations.
  • displays a basic understanding of the elements and features of composition when composing, performing and appraising movement.

Grade E

A student at this grade typically:

  • shows elementary knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to Stage 5 content.
  • identifies actions that enhance well-being and their capacity to respond positively to challenges.
  • identifies some factors and behaviours that contribute to positive, safe and inclusive relationships.
  • recognises some of the various influences on health decision-making and predicts some consequences.
  • identifies some appropriate strategies, information, products and services to promote health and safety.
  • identifies some influences and barriers to engaging in physical activity or task and selects strategies to enhance participation and enjoyment.
  • demonstrates some movement skills and concepts to improve performance in predictable movement situations.
  • identifies some elements and features of composition when composing, performing and appraising movement.

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