S4.3 Handle With Care ASSESSMENT NOTIFICATION

2-Page Assessment Notification for Handle with Care – Letterbox Sculpture

The 2-Page Assessment Notification for the Handle with Care – Letterbox Sculpture is a comprehensive, curriculum-aligned resource designed to guide Stage 4 Visual Arts students through their mixed-media sculpture project. This assessment task complements the Handle with Care unit featured on our website and in the student workbook. It provides clear expectations and structure, supporting students in developing both their conceptual thinking and technical artmaking skills.

Key Features:

Clear, Structured Rubric:
The assessment includes a detailed rubric broken down into five levels of achievement—Outstanding (A), High (B), Sound (C), Basic (D), and Limited (E)—with corresponding numeric values for each level. This clear framework helps students understand how to achieve success by outlining expectations for each performance level, ensuring fairness and transparency in marking.

Explicit Alignment with Visual Arts Outcomes:
Students are guided to connect their learning to key Stage 4 Visual Arts outcomes:

• VA4-AMC-01: Making artworks to represent ideas that explore Artworld concepts and their relationships.

• VA4-AMV-01: Using Viewpoints to explore and develop artistic intent and represent meaning in artworks.

• VA4-CHV-01: Explaining meaning in artworks and the artworld using Viewpoints.
  
  These outcomes are embedded throughout the rubric, linking technical and conceptual development to syllabus standards.

Comprehensive Criteria:
The assessment includes three key components:

• Artmaking: Students design and construct a letterbox sculpture representing aspects of identity, inspired by the tension between what we reveal and what we keep private. They collect a photograph of their real letterbox to guide their design and gather items, objects, or images to collage onto their sculpture.

• Conceptual Meaning and Creativity: Students demonstrate originality, express personal meaning, and thoughtfully represent ideas through form, composition, and mixed media.

• Artist Statement: Students explain their artistic decisions, exploring how materials, symbols, and viewpoints contribute to the overall message of their artwork.

Why This Product Works:
This 2-page assessment notification supports both teachers and students by providing clarity, structure, and connection to the NSW Visual Arts syllabus. It ensures students understand what is expected, linking practical skill development with conceptual exploration. Whether used independently or alongside the Handle with Care unit and workbook, this resource simplifies assessment preparation while empowering students to engage deeply with ideas of identity, communication, and self-expression through sculpture.

Ideal for any Stage 4 Visual Arts classroom, this resource helps teachers deliver a meaningful and measurable assessment experience with ease and confidence.