Written response: Puberty and me
Summary of task
Students were involved in a five-week unit of work about puberty and relationships. This involved a focus on personal qualities, rights, responsibilities, and stereotypes and how they are reflected in the media. Students learnt about the importance of making good choices. Some lessons were spent practising effective communication skills to express emotions and ideas and to develop confidence to talk to people in their network if they have questions or concerns. Students also investigated physical, social and emotional changes associated with puberty as well as how to take care of their own body during this time.
Students were asked to:
- summarise key physical and emotional changes experienced during puberty
- suggest strategies or attitudes that might help young people feel positive about themselves during puberty
- make a chatterbox that included facts about puberty, how to gather more information and who they could talk to
- select stereotypical media images and comment on how each image might influence how young people see and feel about themselves and their identity
- choose one of the sample problems and provide a solution
- reply to a letter from a young person who is concerned about some aspect of their body.
Students received these tasks over the course of the unit. They were given extra class time and homework time.
These assessment tasks relate to the focus areas: relationships and sexuality, mental health and wellbeing, and safety.
Achievement standard
Annotations overview
In this work sample, the student investigated and communicated a number of physical and emotional changes experienced during puberty. Through examining visual representations of young people, the student identified factors that influence their own identities and the identities of young people. The sample demonstrates that the student has some understanding of factors that influence interactions between young people and the different identities and behaviours they experience. Through developing a chatter box, the student has also arrived at decisions designed to enhance their own and the wellbeing of others their age.
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Identifies emotional changes associated with puberty -
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Outlines some physical changes associated with puberty
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Identifies factors that contribute to their wellbeing -
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Details practical suggestions to help others
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Outlines practical solutions to questions about puberty -
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Describes problems, questions and solutions about puberty
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Makes clear how each image can be interpreted and how it might influence attitudes during puberty
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Connects multiple options to a scenario -
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Puts forward a practical solution to an identified problem through a decision-making process
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Makes a relevant suggestion to solve the problem -
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Identifies a practical strategy to think more positively
