Year 9: PHYSICAL EDUCATION (S1)
Grade Descriptors (Ball game skills, Aquatic skills, Gymnastics and Athletics)
| Aquatics | Ball Games | Gymnastics | Athletics | |
| A | Outstanding refined strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in less than 1 min.) Can analyse swim strokes performance and identify stroke deficiencies. | Advanced ball management skills and spatial awareness; successfully adapted strategies to the environment and opposing players. Comprehensive understanding of rules. | Advanced movement skills and sequences with fluency and consistency; strong vaults, somersaults and rings sequences. | Advanced movement skills and sequences with fluency and consistency. Comprehensive understanding of rules. More than 220 points on the Athletics Performance Table. |
| B | Refined strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in less than 1.30 min.). Can analyse swim strokes performance and identify stroke deficiencies. | Fluent and consistent ball control skills; range of strategies. Clear understanding of rules. | A range of movement skills and sequences with consistency and control. | Movement skills and sequences with control and consistency. Clear understanding of the rules. More than 200 points on the Athletics Performance Table. |
| C | Workable strokes in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (100 m in 2 min.) Can identify some stroke deficiencies when analysing performances. | Controlled movement skills and sequences; basic game strategies. Satisfactory understanding of rules. | Linked movement skills with some consistency and control | Movement skills with control. Basic skills. Satisfactory understanding of the rules. More than 180 points on the Athletics Performance Table. |
| D | Stroke deficiencies in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (can swim 100 m) Can identify some stroke deficiencies when analysing performances | A range of fundamental ball management skills and locomotion in game play; an awareness of rules. | Controlled movement skills. | A range of fundamental movement skills, (running, jumping, hopping, throwing); awareness of the rules. More than 160 points on the Athletics Performance Table. |
| E | Stroke deficiencies in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke (Unable to complete 100 m swim continuously). | Limited basic skills in ball management (eg kick, catch, throw, hit, control, pass) and locomotion in structured play. | Limited range of fundamental movement skills. | Demonstrates fundamental movement skills, (running, jumping, hopping and throwing). Some understanding of the rules. More than 130 points on the Athletics Performance Table. |
