Year 8 Assessment Schedule

Year 8 Assessment Calendar 2019 

Term 1, 2019 

WEEK DUE                                                           

Week 1                                

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4                                                            

Week 5

Week 6                                                            

Music                                                                              

Drum Test 

HSIE – History                                                                              

Source Analysis Research Task                                                                              

Science                                                                             

Working Scientifically

Heart Rate and Exercise Scaffold

Scaffolded Scientific Report 

Week 7                                                            

Mathematics                                                                              

Assignment

Week 8                                                            

PDHPE                                                                             

Writing Task 

Tech Mandatory - Agriculture

Vegetable Garden practical mark

Tech Mandatory - Food

Practical Assessment Week

Tech Mandatory - Industrial Arts

Safe Work Practices and Safe Operating Procedures 

Week 9

Tech Mandatory - Textiles

Practical Assessment Week 

Week 10                                                            

English                                                                                

Speech 

Week 11                                                            

Music                                                                                

Written Test 

Ongoing Weeks 1 – 10                                                    

PDHPE

Practical Assessment – Ball Sports

Term 2, 2019 

WEEK DUE                                                            

Week 1                                                            

Science                                                                             

Working Scientifically - Presentation                                

Week 2                                                           

Tech Mandatory - Food

Healthy Eating Segment 

Week 3

HSIE - History                                                                             

Site Study/Research/Extended Response

Week 4                                                            

PDHPE                                                                                   

815 Community Links Drug Campaign                                                        

Week 5                                                             

Music                                                                               

Keyboard Test 

Tech Mandatory - Ind Arts

Practical and Portfolio

Tech Mandatory - Textiles

Bag and Portfolio

Tech Mandatory - Food

Assessment of Practical Skills

Tech Mandatory - Agriculture

Report 

Week 6                                                             

Mathematics                                                                              

Mid Course Exams                                                                               

Science                                                                               

Knowledge Test 

Week 7                                                             

Visual Arts                                                                               

Portfolio and Reflection 

Week 8                                                             

English                                                                               

Drama Task 

Week 9                                                             

Music                                                                              

Guitar Test 

Week 10

 Ongoing Weeks 1 – 10

Term 3, 2019 

WEEK DUE                                                               

Week 1                                                           

Science                                                                             

Working Scientifically - Research                                

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4                                                             

Week 5

Week 6                                                            

Mathematics                                                                              

In Class Test                                                                              

Music                                                                              

Guitar Test - Perform Guitar Riffs 

Week 7                                                            

PDHPE                                                                              

Portfolio - Where's Your Headspace 

Tech Mandatory - Food

Practical Assessment Week

Tech Mandatory - Agriculture

Annual Care Brochure

Tech Mandatory - Industrial Arts (Engineered Systems)

Industry Expert Presentation

Tech Mandatory - Textiles

Practical Assessment Week 

Week 8                                                            

English                                                                              

Social Media Visual Text and Reflection

HSIE - Geography                                                                              

ICT Research 

Week 9                                                            

Week 10                                                          

Music                                                                              

Listening Test 

Week 11

Ongoing Weeks 1 – 10

Term 4, 2019 

WEEK DUE                                                             

Week 1                                                            

Science                                                                              

Working Scientifically - Scientific Article                                

Week 2

Week 3  

Tech Mandatory - Food  

Healthy Eating Video Segment                                                        

Week 4                                                            

PDHPE                                                                              

Practical Assessment - Road Safety & First Aid                                                                             

HSIE - Geography                                                                             

Examination

Tech Mandatory - Agriculture

Design Task

Tech Mandatory - Industrial Arts (Engineered Systems)

Documentation of folio and steps of production

Tech Mandatory  - Textiles

Documentation of folio and steps of production

Tech Mandatory - Food

Practical Assessment Week 

Visual Arts                                                                              

Portfolio and Reflection                                                     

Week 5                                                            

Music                                                                              

Rock Band Assessment

Week 6                                                            

English                                                                              

End of Course Examination                                                                              

Mathematics                                                                              

End of Course Examination                                                                             

Science                                                                              

End of Course Examination

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Ongoing Weeks 1 – 10