These ten original source cards are fresh relative to the 50 practice activities and can be used after Day 15/20 or at a locally chosen point. They and the teacher-targeted worked keys are publicly accessible, so they are not secure exams. If prior access matters, an educator must create a genuinely new local parallel prompt. A 12-minute check is a narrow observation, not a Year 10 achievement-standard decision, diagnosis, performance certification or classroom outcome. All data and settings below are invented. Adult reading, Braille, tactile tokens, speech/sign/AAC, typing and a directed scribe can support access; log the exact support and any content hint separately. Never publish identifiable learner evidence. All checks have the same rhythm: 0–2 orient, 2–4 exact source, 4–10 independent first response with one of the provided routes, 10–12 collect before discussing the public key.
Science checks
Science Check A · Paper-route counter source
An invented station map lists three paired route cards. Route A has 3, 4, 5 drawn direction changes; Route B has 2, 3, missing. The B card for the third route ends in an unlabelled arrow. No trip or person was observed. A fictional poster says “B reduces every journey by one turn.” Do: identify the counted unit and complete comparison set, represent the two complete pairs, explain why the poster's “every journey” overreaches, and propose one reproducible paper recheck. Routes: table; raised route tokens; oral/AAC source-to-claim account. No road-safety conclusion.
Science Check B · Drawing-score anomaly
A fictional optics club assigns arbitrary paper “contrast scores” 5, 6, 5, 14 to four drawn panels. Card 4 says “outline width changed before scoring”; no real vision or device test occurred. A note claims “14 proves the new panel is accessible.” Do: represent all four values, describe the anomaly without deleting it, give a method recheck holding width constant, and state why accessibility remains untested. Routes: number line; text table; tactile/voice reviewer memo.
HASS checks
HASS Check A · Fictional shelter siting
An invented town sketch proposes Shelter P near a drawn path (construction 6 credits) with route width unknown, and Shelter Q farther away (4 credits) with route width unknown. No real place, cost, shade, permit or access condition has been inspected. Do: write a geographical inquiry question, compare P/Q against environmental, social and cost criteria without filling unknowns, and offer a conditional next-data request rather than an approval. Routes: criteria grid; conditional memo; tactile map briefing.
HASS Check B · Fictional forum process
A made-up local forum gets 9 supportive, 5 uncertain, 4 opposed paper responses to a proposed Saturday session; how people were invited is not given. A notice says “The community unanimously chose Saturday.” Do: correct the tally claim, assess one participation-method weakness and design a fairer invitation/feedback step. State why the responses are not an actual community mandate. Routes: category tokens; notice edit; AAC facilitation note.
HPE checks
HPE Check A · Opt-in makers' club
An invented makers' club advertises “Bring a partner and speak at the front, or you cannot join.” A fictional member asks for a way to work alone first and show an idea without speaking publicly. Do: propose two equally valued participation routes, rehearse or script a respectful response, and name one way to evaluate inclusion without requiring a personal disclosure. Routes: invitation rewrite; role cards; quiet oral/AAC script.
HPE Check B · Shared-space pause
In a fictional supervised paper activity, the intended tabletop route is blocked by stacked boxes. A learner suggests moving the boxes immediately; another suggests stopping and asking staff about an approved alternative. No actual hazard is present. Do: plan and rehearse a school-policy-aligned decision on paper, explain why no one is required to clear the obstruction, and state what would need local staff direction. Routes: sequence cards; brief staff message; directed figure simulation. This is not an emergency procedure or medical advice.
Technologies checks
Technologies Check A · Folded ticket pocket
A fictional reading circle needs a one-sheet paper pocket to hold three paper tickets without hiding their printed labels. Prototype idea X holds all three but hides one label; idea Y holds two and leaves all visible. No actual build is supplied. Do: write a brief/criteria, judge X/Y against both stated requirements, and propose a paper change plus a fair three-ticket test. Routes: criteria board; design memo; tactile model director. Do not claim a finished product.
Technologies Check B · Offline return rule
For an invented library-return note, the requirement is OK only when code readable AND date confirmed. A faulty algorithm says OK when either condition is true. A third field may be unknown. Do: give the four known yes/no expected cases, one discrepancy for the faulty rule, a corrected pseudocode/flowchart and an unknown code + confirmed date output that requests data rather than silently treating unknown as NO. Routes: truth table; card gate; offline rule lab with a written prediction. No personal borrowing record is used.
Arts checks
Arts Check A · Media frame order
Three original frames for a fictional community print story are an empty bench, a folded paper note, and a person-shaped silhouette leaving the frame. No actual individual or event exists. Do: make two different three-frame orders with complete text/audio descriptions, explain how the order could change an audience's inference, and name what the frames cannot establish. Routes: draw/caption; reorder word cards; spoken/AAC storyboard with transcript. A paper storyboard is design evidence; call it a produced artwork only if one is made.
Arts Check B · Four-mark response composition
Create an original four-beat or four-mark response to the abstract prompt “open, wait, turn, settle”. Choose Music (notated sound/rest and a changed dynamic) or Visual Arts (four labelled marks/shapes with a changed weight/position). Do: make two versions, explain one deliberate change and intended expressive effect, and give a full text/tactile account. Routes: quiet notated beat score; paper visual artwork; directed tactile composition. Actual performance or finished artwork is only claimed if done; no cultural motif or borrowed tune is required.
Local observation strip
Date | local learner code | area/check | first response | exact source detail | limit | actual making/performance observed? | access route | content hint | next move. Store only in school-approved private systems. A paper plan is not a conducted experiment, real product test or performed art. A published key is not evidence that an individual learner saw it, but it prevents a secure/unseen claim.
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