Assessment pointers validate teachers’ professional judgement when reporting against a

five-point scale. The pointers:

 are examples of evidence in relation to the achievement standard
 should be used with the annotated student work samples
JUDGING STANDARDS IN YEAR 2  exemplify what students may demonstrate rather than a checklist of everything they
TECHNOLOGIES: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES should do.

YEAR 2 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD

At Standard, students identify and exemplify roles of people that design and produce products, services and environments within the community. In Engineering principles and
systems, students use a range of forces to move objects and observe the reactions. In Food and fibre production, students make simple connections between healthy living,
food and fibre choices. In Materials and technologies specialisations, students develop ideas and make design decisions, considering both the characteristics and properties of
materials.
With all Design and Technology contexts, students explore design to meet needs or opportunities. They develop, communicate and discuss design ideas through describing,
drawing, modelling and/or sequenced steps. Students use components and given equipment to safely make solutions. They use simple criteria to evaluate the success of design
processes and solutions. Students work independently, or collaboratively, to organise information and ideas to safely create and share sequenced steps for solutions.

YEAR 2 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSMENT POINTERS

A B C D E
The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what high achievement of what satisfactory achievement of what limited achievement of what very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level

Knowledge and understanding

Technologies and Describes roles of people that
society design and produce products,
services and environments
within the community,
developing links between the
occupations and supporting
technologies(ACTDEK001) .
Identifies roles of people that
design and produce products,
services and environments
within the community, with
relevant examples.
Identifies roles of people that
design and produce products,
services and environments
within the community, with
some examples.
Recalls some people that design Does not meet the requirements
and produce familiar products, of a D grade.
services and/or environments.

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 A B
The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what
is expected for this year level
Engineering principles Explains forces that create
and systems movement in objects, using
relevant examples (ACTDEK002).
Food and fibre Describes clear links between
production food and fibre choices and the
importance of healthy living
(ACTDEK003).
Materials and Develops ideas, makes design
technologies decisions and produces designs
with justification, considering
specialisations characteristics and properties of
materials (ACTDEK004).
Investigating and Describes how to meet needs
defining and opportunities by exploring
design (WATPPS11).
Designing Develops, communicates and
clearly explains, in a variety of
ways, detailed design ideas
and/or logically sequenced steps
(WATPPS12).
Producing and Uses a range of components and
implementing given equipment, and
consistently works safely, while
following a plan, to make
solutions(WATPPS13)
The student demonstrates
high achievement of what
is expected for this year level
Contexts
Describes forces that create
movement in objects, using
examples.
Describes connections between
healthy living and food and fibre
choices.
Develops ideas, makes design
decisions and produces designs
with simple descriptions of
material characteristics and
properties.
Processes and production skills – Creating solutions by:
Identifies how to meet needs
and opportunities by exploring
design.
Develops, communicates and
explains design ideas through
describing, drawing, modelling
and/or logically sequenced
steps.
Uses components and given
equipment, while following a
plan, to safely make solutions.
C D
The student demonstrates
satisfactory achievement of what
is expected for this year level
Identifies forces that create
movement in objects.
Makes simple connections
between healthy living and food
and fibre choices.
Develops ideas and makes
design decisions with
consideration of characteristics
and properties of materials.
Explores design to meet needs
or opportunities.
Develops, communicates and
discusses design ideas through
describing, drawing, modelling
and/or sequenced steps.
Uses components and given
equipment to safely make
solutions.
The student demonstrates
limited achievement of what
is expected for this year level
Recalls some forces that create
movement in objects.
States simple and broad links
between healthy living and food
and fibre choices.
Makes design decisions with
minimal consideration of the
characteristics and properties of
material selection.
Explores some simple ideas for
design.
Develops and communicates
simple design ideas, listing some
steps.
Uses given components and
equipment to safely make a
simple solution.
E
The student demonstrates
very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
 A B C D E
The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what high achievement of what satisfactory achievement of what limited achievement of what very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level is expected for this year level

Evaluating Uses simple criteria to evaluate
the success of design processes
and solutions, explaining an
improvement and/or possible
change/s (WATPPS14).
Uses simple criteria to evaluate Uses simple criteria to evaluate Provides a brief statement to Does not meet the requirements
the success of design processes the success of design processes evaluate a design process or of a D grade.
and solutions, suggesting and solutions. solution.
possible change/s.

Collaborating and Consistently works
managing independently, or
collaboratively when required,
to organise relevant information
and ideas to safely create and
share logically sequenced steps
for solutions (WATPPS15).
Works independently, or
collaboratively when required,
to organise relevant information
and ideas to safely create and
share clearly sequenced steps
for solutions.
Works independently, or
collaboratively when required,
to organise information and
ideas to safely create and share
sequenced steps for solutions.
Works independently, or Does not meet the requirements
collaboratively when required, of a D grade.
to organise some information
and ideas to safely create
solutions.

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