Year 8: PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Grade Descriptors (Gymnastics, Ball Game Skills and Aquatic Skills)
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Gymnastics |
Ball Game Skills |
Aquatic Skills |
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| A | Advanced movement skills and sequences with fluency and consistency; strong vaults, somersaults and rings sequences. | Advanced ball management skills and spatial awareness; successfully adapted strategies to the environment and opposing players. Comprehensive understanding of rules. | Outstanding refined strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in less than 1 min.) Can analyse swim strokes performance and identify stroke deficiencies. |
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| B | A range of movement skills and sequences with consistency and control. | Fluent and consistent ball control skills; range of strategies. Clear understanding of rules. | Refined strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in less than 1.30 min.). Can analyse swim strokes performance and identify stroke deficiencies. |
| C | Linked movement skills with some consistency and control | Controlled movement skills and sequences; basic game strategies. Satisfactory understanding of rules. | Workable strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in 2 min.) Can identify some stroke deficiencies when analysing performances. |
| D | Controlled movement skills. | A range of fundamental ball management skills and locomotion in game play; an awareness of rules. | Stroke deficiencies in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (can swim 100 m) Can identify some stroke deficiencies when analysing performances. |
| E | Limited range of fundamental movement skills. | Limited basic skills in ball management (eg kick, catch, throw, hit, control, pass) and locomotion in structured play. | Stroke deficiencies in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (Unable to complete 100 m swim continuously). |
