AS 92008 Annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars consist of student evidence, with commentary, to explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of hauora in a health-related context through the application of a model of health.

This involves describing (with supporting evidence) how hauora is affected by an activity, according to the parts of the model, and describing how the different parts of the model interconnect. 

The student has applied the Te Whare Tapa Whā model of health to describe how a chosen individual’s hauora is affected by different aspects of an activity.

The requirement for supporting evidence has been met, with examples from the activity connecting effects on hauora to the relevant dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā.

The evidence uses examples to describe how the affected aspects of the individual’s wellbeing interconnect, using the model.

For Merit, the student could explain (with examples) why hauora is impacted by the activity, and why effects on different aspects of wellbeing interconnect. For example, the impact of customary practices embedded in the activity on spiritual wellbeing and the flow on effects to mental and emotional wellbeing could have been explained.

For Merit, the student needs to explain hauora in a health-related context through the application of a model of health.

This involves explaining (with supporting evidence) why hauora is affected by an activity, according to the parts of the model, and explaining why the different parts of the model interconnect. 

The student has applied the Te Whare Tapa Whā model of health to explain why aspects of an individual’s wellbeing were affected when engaged in the preparation of hangi. 

The evidence explains, with examples, why the affected aspects of the individual’s wellbeing connect and influence each other.

The requirement for supporting evidence has been met, with examples from the activity that connect the effect on hauora to the relevant dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā. Examples are provided to support reasons why impacts on one dimension affect other dimensions.

For Excellence, a conclusion needs to be drawn about how wellbeing is affected by an activity in the short and long-term, with reference to a model of health and supported by evidence. For example, a realistic conclusion about the activity’s long-term effects on hauora that considers the individual’s situation, along with other known information.