The annotated work samples support teachers:
 when reporting against the achievement standard
 when explaining differences between one student’s achievements and another’s
 in implementing internal moderation practices.
JUDGING STANDARDS
The annotations include black text which reflect an assessment pointer relevant to the
task and/or coloured text which is the task-specific evidence.
YEAR PRE-PRIMARY: SCIENCE
WORK SAMPLE REFLECTING HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
SUMMARY OF TASK:
Growth of plants
Prior to this task, the children discussed what plants need to survive. In the next lesson, each child was given a bean
seed and equipment to grow his or her own bean plant. The children watered their beans and watched them grow. The
school vegetable garden was also explored.
In this task, each student drew the beanstalk from the story Jack and the Beanstalk and identified the different features
of a bean plant, using labels provided by their teacher. In reviewing their completed drawings, students also described
the things that plants need in order to grow. The teacher scribed these answers.
CONTENT RELEVANT TO THIS TASK
Biological Sciences
Living things have basic needs, including food and water
Science as a Human Endeavour
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
Science Inquiry Skills
Pose and respond to questions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses
Share observations and ideas
KEY WORDS:
Grow, Survive, Plant structure
Student achievement is reported at the end of the semester or year using achievement
descriptors. Achievement descriptors should only be used to describe student achievement
for the purpose of reporting.
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WORK SAMPLE
ANNOTATIONS
Describes ideas about familiar
living things and uses examples
to describe their basic needs.
Labels the drawing of the bean
plant correctly.
Describes ideas about familiar
living things and uses examples
to describe their basic needs.
Drawing of bean plant is
labelled correctly, with bean,
flower, leaf, stem, seed and
roots.
Teacher’s question:
‘What things do plants need to grow?’
Student’s explanation:
‘Plants need water. They need sunshine for them to grow.
They need soil for the seed to grow.’
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Asks and responds to questions
about familiar objects and
events in some detail.
Responds to teacher’s
question, e.g. ‘Plants need
water. They need sunshine for
them to grow.’
Shares and reflects on
observations to represent
ideas.
Reflects on basic needs of bean
sprout, e.g. ‘They need soil for
the seed to grow.’
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WORK SAMPLE
ANNOTATIONS
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