Core Skills Analysis
English
Arrie used oral language to explain different aspects of her iPad artwork and communicate her ideas enthusiastically. She also practised giving clear instructions during her courtyard game, explaining where the support worker should stand and how the hiding-and-finding activity worked. Arrie communicated her preferences about travel arrangements and said goodbye appropriately, showing developing skills in expressing needs, sequencing events and adjusting communication for different audiences.
The Arts
Arrie spent approximately an hour creating drawings on her iPad and describing features of her artwork. Through this digital art activity, she made creative choices about images and details while developing visual communication and confidence in discussing her work. Her imaginative courtyard game extended this creativity into dramatic play, where she invented roles, rules and a playful storyline.
Mathematics
Arrie applied practical problem-solving while designing and directing the courtyard game. She considered positions, movement and hiding places when telling the support worker where to stand and organising the sequence of locking, hiding and finding. Although no formal calculations were recorded, the activity involved spatial reasoning, planning and understanding order.
Health and Wellbeing
Arrie demonstrated growing self-awareness by asking for space while drawing and later independently preparing to leave the house. During a misunderstanding, she became slightly dysregulated and threw a few items, but reassurance from her friend helped her regulate and continue with the planned outing. Arrie also communicated a preferred travel arrangement and participated in a safe, positive interaction with her friend.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Arrie practised participating in her community by preparing for and travelling to Palm Terrace in Forrestdale. She noticed that the destination was busy and completed the transition by saying goodbye to the support worker through the car windows. The experience helped her practise planning, movement between settings and respectful participation in a community outing.
Tips
Tips: Invite Arrie to create a short digital storyboard showing the morning from drawing time to the community outing, adding captions that explain each transition. Use her courtyard game to map positions and pathways on paper, then discuss simple safety rules for hiding and finding games. Practise a calm-transition routine using choices such as a visual checklist, a short warning before leaving and a planned phrase for requesting space. After an outing, encourage Arrie to reflect on what helped her feel comfortable and what communication worked well with her friend.
Book Recommendations
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds: A child discovers confidence and creativity through making and sharing artwork.
- The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires: A relatable story about creativity, persistence, frustration and regulating emotions.
- The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld: A gentle book about emotions, support and responding when someone needs space.
Learning Standards
- English – AC9E6LY01: Arrie used spoken interaction skills to explain artwork, give game instructions, communicate preferences and say goodbye.
- English – AC9E6LA05: Her explanations and imaginative game showed how language can communicate ideas and influence another person’s actions.
- Mathematics – AC9M6N05: The courtyard game involved practical planning and problem-solving, although the recorded activity did not include formal number operations.
- HASS – WAHASS91: Arrie participated in a community setting and navigated connections between home, transport, friendship and Palm Terrace, though no environmental analysis was recorded.
- WACAO alignment note: The listed standards are Year 6 reference points and should be adapted to Arrie’s assessed year level. The session also provided meaningful wellbeing and creative-arts learning, which are not fully represented by the supplied standards list.
Try This Next
- Create a six-panel storyboard of Arrie’s morning, with one sentence describing each transition.
- Draw a courtyard map and label the standing, hiding and finding locations.
- Write three respectful phrases for requesting space, asking for help and changing a plan.
- Make a feelings-and-strategies matching worksheet using situations from the session.