Year 5 Technologies ASTECTDIY56

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 5 Technologies by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

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.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 14 Content Descriptors:

Knowledge and understanding

Digital systems

AC9TDI6K01 investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function AC9TDI6K02 examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data

Data representation

AC9TDI6K03 explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers AC9TDI6K04 explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary)

Processes and production skills

Investigating and defining

AC9TDI6P01 define problems with given or co-developed design criteria and by creating user stories

Generating and designing

AC9TDI6P02 design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P03 design a user interface for a digital system AC9TDI6P04 generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs

Producing and implementing

AC9TDI6P05 implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input

Evaluating

AC9TDI6P06 evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria and user stories and their broader community impact

Collaborating and managing

AC9TDI6P07 select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions AC9TDI6P08 select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to share content online, plan tasks and collaborate on projects, demonstrating agreed behaviours

Privacy and security

AC9TDI6P09 access multiple personal accounts using unique passphrases and explain the risks of password re-use AC9TDI6P10 explain the creation and permanence of their digital footprint and consider privacy when collecting user data

At a Glance

Strand	Substrand	CDs	Elaborations
Knowledge and understanding	Digital systems	2	6
Knowledge and understanding	Data representation	2	5
Processes and production skills	Investigating and defining	1	3
Processes and production skills	Generating and designing	3	11
Processes and production skills	Producing and implementing	1	6
Processes and production skills	Evaluating	1	4
Processes and production skills	Collaborating and managing	2	10
Processes and production skills	Privacy and security	2	5
Total		14	50

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 5 Digital Technologies?

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.

How many Content Descriptors support this standard?

14 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Knowledge and understanding: 2, Knowledge and understanding: 2, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 3, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 2, Processes and production skills: 2).

How does this compare to Year 3?

The Year 3 Digital Technologies standard (ASTECTDIY34) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 5 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 3.

Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?

Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.