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This task assess the ability to give a short speech that teaches the audience something new. Scoring guides are provided.

Students prepare a talk for a group or the class about a book. The assessment focus is on both content and delivery. ARB scoring guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students prepare a 2 to 3 minute speech, to inform, persuade, or entertain. Topics suitable for primary students are provided. Assessment guides B and C are suitable for this task.

Students deliver an impromptu speech from a range of topics. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

This resource is for the assessment of team debating. Topics on the themes of school and teenage life are provided. Oral Language Assessment Guides E and F are suitable for this task.

This task assesses students' ability to give a book review to a small group.

This resource is for the assessment of team debating at intermediate school. A selection of topics are provided. Oral Language Assessment Guides - Speaking E and G are suitable for this task.

Students present an instructive speech to the class or small group. Some topics are provided as examples and scoring guides for teachers are attached.

Students calculate the capacity, in millilitres, of three containers whose measurements are given in centimetres.

Students compare the area of two different triangles.

Students interpret a scatterplot and identify statements about both details and overall information.

Students use their knowledge of the angle between a tangent and radius property and the sum of the angles in a quadrilateral to work out unknown angles in a diagram and explain their workings.

Using Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry ratios, students calculate distances between people standing in a paddock.

This task requires a hyacinth bulb to be set up in a glass container. As it develops and grows students make observations.

Students classify a range of animals as mammals, birds, or fish.

Students draw in the correct number of blocks needed to balance some scales and write equations for scales that show balance.

Task: Create, use and identify ‘rules’ based on observable and/or measurable physical properties of common plastics. Assessment focus: classifying & identifying.

Students use tables, graphs, and equations to find the break-even point for two companies who charge for postage according to different rules.

Students predict the probability about the product of two dice and test their prediction by conducting an experiment that estimates the probability.

This practical task assesses students' ability to record and graph data, and draw conclusions, as they conduct an experiment on the rate at which an ice cube melts in different temperatures.

In this practical task students need to weigh books, take measurements of length, convert these as required, and calculate volume and dimensions for a cover.

Task: Identify the features of three animals, name their classification group, and answer two questions comparing features of the groups. Assessment focus: classification of animals.

Students choose a proverb from a list, then prepare and make a short speech explaining the proverb's message. The assessment focus is on explaining an idea, using an example and personal opinion. ARB scoring guides B and C are suitable for this task.

The task is to prepare and deliver a short speech on a proverb selected from a list. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students retell a myth or legend to another student. Suggestions for the speech content and scoring guides are included.