Year 6 Assessments
2015
Dear Year 6 Students and Parents,
The following calendar outlines the more formal assessment tasks that are scheduled during the
year to assess students’ learning. It has been created to help students, families, teachers and our
boarding houses be more aware of the workload that our boys are facing and is an initiative
from our Student Representative Council and, in particular, from those students in Middle
School in 2013. Teachers will still be informally assessing learning during lessons so that they can
adjust their teaching program to suit the students in their class.
Students will receive formal notification at least two weeks prior to these tasks which outlines
what is required to be done and, where possible, marking criteria and/or revision advice. The
table below indicates the week when the task is due, the subject, brief details of the task,
whether the task will be completed at home or in class and the weighting towards their final
result for the year.
In some situations it may be required to adjust the timing of these tasks due to unforeseen
circumstances. In the case of this happening students will still receive two weeks notification as
well as being told of the change as early as possible.
Regards
Seonia Wark
Director of Studies
Term 1
Week
4
6
7
8
9
10
Subject
Mathematics
French
Japanese
Task
Whole number – in class
Cultural task
Reading/Writing
Weighting
10%
20%
20%
Japanese Mathematics
French
Music
English
Visual Art
HSIE
PDHPE
Science
Speaking interview/Listening + Response Perimeter and Area task – in class
Reading Comprehension
Rhythmic Composition (in class)
Timed Narrative – In Class
Cartoon image
Study of a Cultural Group – Take home
Relationships (theory – Take home)
Practical/Scientific Report In Class – Water
Testing (in class)
10% 15%
20%
25%
15%
25%
10%
20%
20%
French
Japanese
Listening comprehension
Cultural Assignment
20%
10%
Year 6 Assessments
2015
Term 2
Week
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Subject
Visual Art
French
English
French
PDHPE
Japanese
Exam preparation
HSIE
English
Science
Mathematics
HSIE
Science
Music
English
Task
Assessment – Draw a building perspective
Writing – In Class
Newspaper article – in class
Speaking Interview – In class
Eat well stay well – Take Home
Speaking/Listening/Writing/Response
Half Yearly Exam – In class
Half Yearly Exam – In class
Half Yearly Exam – In class
Half Yearly Exam – In class
Global Environments Disasters – in class
Research task – in class
Graded Listening tasks
Newspaper
Weighting
25%
20%
10%
20%
20%
40%
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
15%
25%
7 Term 3
Week
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
Subject
Mathematics
English
Science
French
Japanese
HSIE
Japanese
French
Visual Art
PDHPE
Mathematics
Music
English
Japanese
French
Task
Data Assessment - Take home
Prepared Speech – Communication- take home
Communication – Future Technologies
Presentation – Take Home
Cultural task
Reading comprehension
Democracy – Speech
Cultural Assignment
Reading Task
Digital Images
Legal Drugs – theory – Take Home
Fractions, decimals, percentages
Class Arrangements
Extended response Essay- in class.
Speaking Interview/Listening Comprehension
Listening Task
Weighting
10%
10%
15%
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
25%
30%
15%
25%
15%
40%
20%
Year 6 Assessments
2015
Term 4
Week
1
2
3
4
6
7
Subject
French
Japanese
PDHPE
French
Exam
preparation
HSIE
English
Science
Mathematics
Music
Visual Art
Task
Writing – In Class
Writing – In Class
Looking Forward poster – Take home
Speaking interview
Weighting
20%
10%
30%
20%
End of Year Exam – All units – In class
End of Year Exam – All units – In class
End of Year Exam – All units – In class
End of Year Exam – All units – In class
Group Performance
Sculpture
30%
30%
30%
30%
25%
25%