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Keeping Safe In the Keeping Safe task, students will list the possible risks and dangers there could be to people on a day trip to the beach and a weekend camping in the bush. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are two pictures. This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Knuckle Bones The Knuckle Bones task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment by playing knuckle bones. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are five knuckle bones, a prompt card, and a video showing the moves. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Ladder Activities The Ladder Activities task allows students to demonstrate their body control skills. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are a video recording on laptop computer, a fabric and plastic ladder, and four bibs. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Ladder Activity A The Ladder Activity A task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in open space. The resource required for this task is a 3.5m long rope ladder with rigid rungs. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Ladder Activity B The Ladder Activity B task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in open space. The resource required for this task is a 3.5m long rope ladder with rigid rungs. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Ladder Ins and Outs The Ladder Ins and Outs task allows students to demonstrate their jumping skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resource required for this task is a ladder. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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Landing The Landing task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills and their physical co-ordination. Students will complete this task in open space. There are resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Large Ball Kick The Large Ball Kick task allows students to demonstrate their kicking skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a large ball, two cones, and four bibs. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Leap The Leap task allows students to demonstrate their jumping skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resource required for this task is a floor plan. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Listen to Your Heart! The Listen to Your Heart! task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of body systems and how the heart works. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a heart diagram. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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