Evaluate

VELS Info:
The teacher supports students to continuously refine and improve their work using assessment criteria in preparation for a performance of understanding. They integrate evidence from each phase, formally recording students’ progress against learning goals. The teacher provides feedback and assists students to evaluate their progress and achievements. They support students to reflect on their learning processes and the impact of effort on achievement. The teacher guides students to identify future learning goals.

Capabilities:
  • Assesses performance against standards
  • Facilitates student self assessment

Level 4:
The teacher moderates both within and across classes to ensure consistent judgements. They support students to reflect on their learning outcomes and evaluate strategies used. The teacher conferences with individual students using student reflection and teacher judgement to discuss progress against curriculum standards. The teacher refers to the conference and curriculum standards when facilitating an individual student’s identification of future learning goals and strategies.

VELS Progression Points for this section:
Interdisciplinary Learning - Information and Communications Technology -
ICT for visualising thinking - Progression Point 3.5 -
use of unfamiliar software such as databases, and a range of manipulation techniques, to represent and explore processes
Physical, Personal and Social learning - Interpersonal Development -
Working in teams - Progression Point 3.50 -
skills in developing a shared understanding of tasks and team plans
readiness to give and accept constructive feedback about performance
Discipline-based Learning - The Humanities - Geography -
Geographic knowledge and understanding - Progression Point 3.25 -
identification of natural processes; for example, rainfall and flood, earth movements and earthquakes, drought and bushfire
Discipline-based Learning - English -
Reading - Progression Point 3.75 -
analysis and discussion of a range of perspectives presented in different texts on the same topic
Interdisciplinary Learning - Communication -

Listening, viewing and responding - Progression Point 3.50 -
understanding of the non-verbal strategies that presenters use to engage with audiences; for example, physical positioning, eye contact and gestures


Activities: Primary Pad
GoogleDocs
Presentation of Media Response

Web tool: Kids VidsScripting, making, editing and publishing videos.
This could be used to demonstrate the students learning overall, through the creation of a weather report or documentary prior to, during or after a natural disaster occurs.
Create an awareness video (educational) to demonstrate what they've learnt, this will be aimed at teaching others how to prepare for a disaster.