Assessment Type 1: Initiative (40%)

Students complete two initiative tasks, one of which should be collaborative. Each initiative task should include each of the following components:  

• planning, including activities such as researching the issue, considering the risk factors, assessing the needs of the target group, or market research  
• creating an individual or collaborative initiative to improve health and wellbeing outcomes 
• implementing or actively participating in the initiative to turn ideas into social action  
• evaluating and reflecting on the success of the initiative and social action to improve personal and social health outcomes. 

Tasks might include: 

• working with a community health agency 
• supporting individuals with health and wellbeing initiatives 
• developing a health and/or wellbeing education program for individuals or communities 
• collaborating to develop a school-based health and wellbeing expo 
• developing individual health goals using a health and/or wellbeing app 
• organising or taking part in a community health-promoting event. 

Student evidence may include (but is not restricted to):  

• volunteering journal or report 
• interactive game 
• presentation to an audience such as students, teachers, and /or community  
• magazine or e-magazine article  
• podcast  
• movie clip  
• infographic  
• report  
• blog / vlog. 

Each initiative should be a maximum of 1500 words if written, or a maximum of 9 minutes if an oral presentation or in multimodal form. 

For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning primarily in relation to the following assessment design criteria:  

• critical thinking 
• application 
• reflective practice.