# Fresh learner checks · keep the staff key separate

Use **only** the check for the optional subject offered. The Day 15 and Day 20 checks are new situations, not answers to daily worked examples. A learner may write, annotate, choose cards and dictate the reason. A scribe records the learner’s words. For HPE, Digital Technologies and The Arts, these paper checks cover understanding; staff must separately observe actual movement, running code or making/performance when claiming those processes.

## Day 15 · Check A

### Science A · A school path after rain
1. A rough stone cracks while staying in the same spot. Name the process shown by the cracking and give the observation supporting your answer.
2. A shower carries the small pieces to the bottom of a path; later they collect in a shallow dip. Name the movement and the settling separately.
3. Which extra observation would help test whether pieces moved: a before/after location sketch, or someone’s guess? Explain.

### HASS A · A bench notice
Source 1 is a dated school-council note: “Four requests asked for a quiet bench.” Source 2 is an unsigned poster: “Nobody wants a bench.”
1. Which source more directly records requests at the meeting? Give one reason about origin or purpose.
2. Name one question you would ask before deciding to add a bench.
3. Choose one criterion from access, colour or popularity and explain how it could guide a fair decision.

### HPE A · The shared-target game
A game requires every player to throw overarm from one fixed line. A player wants to roll from a nearer point.
1. Write a rule change that keeps a shared challenge and makes participation possible.
2. How would the group *test* whether the change helped, rather than only saying it is fair?
3. A learner says a faster heartbeat always means the same effort for everyone. What is a more careful response?

### Technologies A · Bag strap for a small library kit
The user needs to carry two light books 10 metres. Available materials: a soft fabric strip, a thin paper strip and tape.
1. Give one user need and one measurable test criterion.
2. Choose a material and explain a property that matters.
3. A paper-only drawing looks neat. What actual action would show whether the strap meets the criterion?

### Arts A · Read an unfamiliar work
An original two-frame paper sequence shows a closed equipment cupboard, then an open cupboard with every item labelled. A classmate adds a loud pencil tap while presenting it.
1. What expectation might the first frame create, and how does the second change it?
2. Name one media choice and one possible audience reading. Other sensible readings are welcome.
3. If a learner merely sketches a dance or writes a drama script, what extra action would evidence performance?

## Day 20 · Check B

### Science B · Torch and dots
1. A torch shines onto a mirror, which directs the light to a card outside the original beam. Draw or describe the incoming and outgoing path. Did the mirror create light?
2. A pencil looks displaced through a clear water cup. What was observed, and what explanation can be tested?
3. A learner draws widely spaced dots to represent a gas. Give one useful idea and one limit of this model.

### HASS B · A shared-space proposal
A dated class note says 8 learners asked for a wider path. An undated advertisement says “everyone prefers a new mural.” A proposed school rule would close the narrow path for one week.
1. Evaluate one strength and one weakness of the two sources for deciding about the path.
2. Who should check a school path rule before it changes? Name an appropriate school role, not a real person.
3. Propose one safe next action and one criterion for judging it. Does an ordinary class poll prove how a federal election works?

### HPE B · A message and a game
1. A pretend gaming message asks for a home address to receive a prize. Give two safe actions and say whom you could tell.
2. A relay removes players who move slowly. Change a rule so people can remain involved, and say how you would test it.
3. Does writing the rule alone prove that anyone participated in the game? Explain.

### Technologies B · A fictional reading app
A made-up app asks for full name, home address, favourite book type and a new passphrase just to suggest a genre. Separately, a learner draws blocks for a counter but does not run them.
1. Which data does this simple suggestion need, and which requests are unnecessary? Do not write a real passphrase.
2. What should someone check before accepting an app’s data request?
3. What evidence would show that the counter was *implemented* as a visual program, rather than only planned?

### Arts B · Sound and display
A learner notates four beats as `tap, rest, tap, tap`, performs `tap, tap, rest, tap`, and mounts a small two-texture artwork with no title.
1. Identify one difference between the notation and the sound heard. What could the learner do next?
2. How might placement or space change what a viewer notices in the artwork? Give a possible interpretation, not a single “correct” meaning.
3. What could staff observe to support a claim that the learner presented visual art? Can a written description alone prove a music performance?