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Accredited in August 2017 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2018
Stage 2 | Subject outline | School assessment | Assessment Type 2: Connections
Assessment Type 2: Connections (30%)
For a 10-credit subject, students undertake at least one connections task. For a 20-credit subject, students undertake at least one connections task.
Students undertake activities that encourage them to make connections between the program focus and their development of a capability.
They work collaboratively to explore the program focus and their selected capability or capabilities, and apply their knowledge, concepts, and skills for a specific purpose.
Students undertake a task or activity to be achieved through collaboration. They identify their individual role and responsibility in the task/project, and communicate their contribution. They evaluate their learning as a result of their collaboration, and consider self‑assessment, feedback from others, and their development of a relevant capability.
Collaboration can be undertaken in a variety of ways; for example with a member of the community, a family member, a teacher or trainer, other students, local councils and organisations, an expert practitioner, fellow employees, and club members either face to face or through blogs and other digital communications.
Students may provide evidence of their learning in a range of forms including but not limited to reports, photo stories, oral presentations, skills demonstrations, and reviews. Multimodal evidence is encouraged.
Evidence for each student’s connections task must be assessed individually and must demonstrate the student’s individual role in and contribution to the task.
For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning primarily in relation to the following assessment design criteria:
- application and understanding
- inquiry, analysis, and evaluation
- collaboration and communication.
Examples of activities for the connections task
Program focus | Example of link to capability or capabilities | Example of connections task |
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Art |
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability Critical and creative thinking |
Engagement with guest speaker artist
Outside art display negotiated with local government organisation |
Community service |
Ethical understanding Personal and social capability
Literacy
Intercultural understanding Personal and social capability |
Free lawn-mowing service for local residents
Help primary school students to learn to read
Organise a migrant and refugee welcome event |
Physical education |
Numeracy Personal and social capability |
Manage a sports day for a local primary school |
Raising community awareness |
Ethical understanding Personal and social capability |
Organise White Ribbon Day for school |
Religion/social justice |
Ethical understanding Intercultural understanding Personal and social capability |
Organise community service/immersion activity |
Science | Critical and creative thinking | Plan, organise, and attend a field trip to examine animal species and habitats |
Sport coaching |
Critical and creative thinking Ethical understanding |
Manage an after-school sports team |
Student leadership and mentoring |
Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability
ICT capability
Numeracy |
Mentor primary school students
Set up a student blog/forum to gather student feedback
Tutor Year 8 students who have low NAPLAN scores in mathematics |
Trade mathematics/ financial literacy | Numeracy | Shadow professional experts at their work (e.g. builders) |
Wellbeing |
Literacy Personal and social capability |
Develop a wellbeing program for Year 10 students |