SACE Stage 2 Integrated Learning cheat sheet

Weighting: 40% of the Stage 2 Integrated Learning grade; school assessed and subject to SACE moderation.

Purpose: evidence that the student has developed and applied practical skills and knowledge within the chosen focus area.

Typical evidence set: a practical product or performance plus a reflective analysis that explains decisions, processes, and learning.

The five capabilities are communication, citizenship, personal development, work, and learning; each task identifies the capability or capabilities developed.

Performance standards use grades A+ to E-; judgments compare evidence with descriptors, not with other students.

Decision rule: when a practical outcome cannot be stored, supplementary evidence such as dated photographs, video, or a verification statement supports moderation.

Decision rule: if the task involves collaboration, the student's individual contribution must be identifiable in the evidence.

Word count or equivalent: the task sheet states the required length; multimodal or product evidence is matched to the stated equivalence.

Authentication: all sources, tools, and outside assistance are recorded in an acknowledgment.

Weighting: 30% of the Stage 2 Integrated Learning grade; school assessed.

Focus: analysis of relationships between the student's integrated learning and wider contexts such as community, work, industry, culture, or another learning area.

Typical evidence: report, presentation, multimodal product, or documented interview or site visit with analysis.

Decision rule: if a community organisation is involved, evidence includes the contact, permission, and the specific information gained.

Decision rule: a description of a link is insufficient; the evidence must explain significance, cause, or consequence.

Primary sources are first-hand (interviews, surveys, observations); secondary sources are published or online materials.

Ethical requirement: interview data and images need consent, privacy protection, and accurate citation.

The Connections task must not duplicate evidence already submitted for Practical Exploration or Personal Endeavour.

Authentication: all sources and assistance are cited; the student's own analysis is distinguishable from quoted material.

Weighting: 30% of the Stage 2 Integrated Learning grade; externally assessed by SACE.

Format: an individual project or inquiry that draws together practical exploration and connections learning into a final outcome.

A proposal is approved before work begins; it states focus, intended outcome, timeline, resources, and evidence.

Evidence set: final product, performance, or report plus evaluation or reflection and source acknowledgment.

Decision rule: if the project changes direction, record the change and its reason in progress documentation.

Individual work requirement: collaboration is permitted only if the student's own contribution is identifiable and declared.

External marking uses the performance standards; grades range from A+ to E-.

Submission must meet SACE's published deadline and format; late or missing materials affect the external grade.

Authentication: the student declares that the work is their own and that all help is acknowledged.