Students may be provided with an agricultural or horticultural production system, or could select this themselves (with assessor approval).Īssessment that involves a practical component must follow relevant safety protocols. Students should not be limited to a method or decision about how to present their work – this decision can be made in consultation with the assessor.Īt the start of the assessment event, assessors need to provide students with resources and information for use in the Assessment Activity, or the student may find their own resources as part of the learning programme (or a combination of both approaches may be used).

helping students develop good practice that is not a requirement of the Assessment Activity, such as referencing and attribution of third-party content, and presentation of work.providing advice when students select supporting evidence.Student work that has received sustained or detailed feedback is not suitable for submission towards this Standard. They can suggest sections of student work that would benefit from further development, or skills a student may need to revisit across the work. The evidence that shows understanding of the Māori concept is necessary to pass the Standard but is not differentiated at the achieved, merit, and excellence grades.Īssessor involvement during the assessment event is limited to: Assessors should ensure student evidence at any achievement level includes an appropriate Māori concept in the context of understanding of a life process and how it is managed in a primary production system.

Life processes in plants