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Years 3-4
Years 3-4
By the end of Year 4 students create simple digital solutions and use provided design criteria to check if solutions meet user needs. Students process and represent data for different purposes. They follow and describe simple algorithms involving branching and iteration and implement them as visual programs. Students securely access and use digital systems and their peripherals for a range of purposes, including transmitting data. They use the core features of common digital tools to plan, create, locate and share content, and to collaborate, following agreed behaviours. Students identify their personal data stored online and recognise the risks.
AC9TDI4K01Meets
Explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes
AC9TDI4K02Partially meets
Explore transmitting different types of data between digital systems
AC9TDI4K03Partially meets
Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented differently depending on the purpose
AC9TDI4P01Meets
Define problems with given design criteria and by co-creating user stories
AC9TDI4P02Meets
Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI4P03Meets
Generate, communicate and compare designs
AC9TDI4P04Meets
Implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input
AC9TDI4P05Meets
Discuss how existing and student solutions satisfy the design criteria and user stories
AC9TDI4P06Meets
Use the core features of common digital tools to create, locate and communicate content, following agreed conventions
AC9TDI4P07Partially meets
Use the core features of common digital tools to share content, plan tasks, and collaborate, following agreed behaviours, supported by trusted adults
AC9TDI4P08Meets
Access their school account using a memorised password and explain why it should be easy to remember, but hard for others to guess
AC9TDI4P09Partially meets
Identify what personal data is stored and shared in their online accounts and discuss any associated risks
Years 5-6
Years 5-6
By the end of Year 6 students develop and modify digital solutions, and define problems and evaluate solutions using user stories and design criteria. They process data and show how digital systems represent data. Students design algorithms involving complex branching and iteration and implement them as visual programs including variables. They securely access and use multiple digital systems and describe their components and how they interact to process and transmit data. Students select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to plan, create, locate and share content, and to collaborate, applying agreed conventions and behaviours. They identify their digital footprint and recognise its permanence.
AC9TDI6K01Partially meets
Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function
AC9TDI6K02Partially meets
Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data
AC9TDI6K03Does not meet
Explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers
AC9TDI6K04Does not meet
Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary)
AC9TDI6P01Meets
Define problems with given or co‑developed design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI6P02Meets
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P03Partially meets
Design a user interface for a digital system
AC9TDI6P04Meets
Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs
AC9TDI6P05Partially meets
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
AC9TDI6P06Meets
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria and user stories and their broader community impact
AC9TDI6P07Meets
Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions
AC9TDI6P08Partially meets
Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to share content online, plan tasks and collaborate on projects, demonstrating agreed behaviours
AC9TDI6P09Partially meets
Access multiple personal accounts using unique passphrases and explain the risks of password re-use
AC9TDI6P010Partially meets
Explain the creation and permanence of their digital footprint and consider privacy when collecting user data
