Mater Dei Catholic

College
ASSESSMENT TASK

Date
Issued:

Subjec
t

EEC HSC Course

Task

Play & The Developing Child

Term 4, Week
2

Assessment
Weighting:

Draft
Due:

Term 4, Week
8

(4 days
prior)

Date
Due:

Term 4,
Monday Week
9

30% of Course Assessment

Outcomes Being Assessed:

1.3 Examines the nature of different periods in childhood infant, toddler, preschool and the
early school years
1.4 Analyses the ways in which family, community and culture influence the growth and
development of young children
2.2 Critically examines factors that influence the social world of young children
4.2 Interacts appropriately with children and adults from a wide range of cultural backgrounds
6.2 Critically examines all issues including beliefs and values that may influence interactions
with others
V2.1 Appreciates the importance of facilitating responsible and supportive interactions with
young children

Context for the Task:

The focus of this module is on understanding the nature and importance of play to child
growth, development and learning.

Outline of Task:
setting.

Play observation in a group, preschool or day care

Part 1 (Maximum 500 words)

15 marks
In class time, for at least one lesson, you are required to observe children playing together.
With reference to current research, you are asked to answer the following questions regarding
play and the social development of young children.
Teacher

KLA Leader

Assistant Principal
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Date

1. Describe an example of each of the following.

Creative play

Physical play

Investigative play
2. Evaluate whether each of the above was a result of structured play or spontaneous
play.
3. Analyse how a familys beliefs and values can influence the way children play. Provide
examples.

Careful, accurate and appropriate referencing should be included.

Part 2
10 marks
Investigate one example of how a community organisation in Wagga Wagga facilitates
opportunities for young children to play or interact.
4. Create a short advertisement (30-60 seconds) highlighting the above community
event/activity. Be sure to include the purpose or benefit of the activity, the age range
the activity is planned for, the cost, venue, time etc.
Students are encouraged to select technology which will best enable them to
create a highly engaging, creative and informative advertisement, aimed at
parents.

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Marking Guidelines see rubric attached.

Teacher Comment
Areas you have done well -

Areas you could improve upon -

Task Scaffold

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Students are encouraged to use the following scaffold to plan and organise their
assessment.

Describe an example of each of the following: creative, physical and

investigative play.

Key verb (Describe): Provide characteristics and features.

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Evaluate whether each of the above was a result of structured play or

spontaneous play.

Key Verb (Evaluate): Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of.

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Analyse how a familys beliefs and values can influence the way
children play. Provide examples.

Key Verb (Analyse) Identify components and the relationships between them;
draw out and relate implications.

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Create a short advertisement

Key verb: (Create/synthesise) Put together various elements to create a

whole (video).

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Mater Dei Catholic College

Student Draft Reflection

Name
Date
Submit this with your task to be reviewed.
1. What part or parts
of this draft are you
satisfied with?

2. What part of this

draft do you think
needs more work,
or you are
especially
concerned about?
3. 3 ideas or questions
I have are:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

4. Other queries,
specific questions.

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Mater Dei Catholic College Submission of

Drafts
The submission of draft work is encouraged at Mater Dei Catholic College. Drafts allow
feedback to occur and encourage student reflection. Drafts enable students to:
1. Strive for excellence.
2. Respond and act on questioning by a review.
3. Appreciate the value of a readers viewpoint/critique of their work.
4. Assess whether or not their work satisfies the intent/criteria of the task.
Guidelines for Students
1. Complete and hand in the self-reflection proforma with your draft.
2. Expect a teacher to question and prompt you as to what or how you could refine
or improve your work, (not give you the answer).
3. Two drafts of any one task would be considered the normal limit.
4. Drafts are to be submitted to your usual classroom teacher.
5. Any final draft should be submitted at least four days prior to the submission
date. A review process needs to include time for the reader to comment and
adequate time for a response to the feedback.
Guidelines for Staf
1. Ideally a reply to a draft will be given within 48 hours.
2. Access to the task and the marking criteria is necessary.
3. Reading and critiquing drafts is done by the students classroom teacher
4. Responding to drafts by questioning will be the basis of feedback. The questions
should be thinking questions.
5. Limit your comments 3 or 4 most important aspects.
6. Alert students to missing components.
7. Teachers are not expected to:
Spend time proof reading and correcting simple punctuation/grammatical
mistakes.
Rewrite sentences, phrases, provide scaffold sequence of to do steps.
Grade or indicate any sort of judgment on quality/band/mark.

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