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.