# Exact Foundation / Queensland Prep mapping

National source: [ACARA Version 9 workbook](https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/content/dam/en/curriculum/ac-version-9/downloads/curriculum-workbook.xlsx), pinned import retrieved 29 September 2026, SHA-256 `db446882d2c00cf7c085a03e250e2442fda6c44011fc114680c46c1dc7a822c3`. The official [Foundation work sample](https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/technologies/digital-technologies/foundation/ws01-observations-data-is-all-around-us), checked 30 September, independently confirms representation and purposeful-system scope. We link to that sample; none of its child work or images is copied.

| Code · workbook row | Exact official description | Opportunity and evidence limit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AC9TDIFK01 · 20098 | recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose | Day 38's actual approved message studio use, and optional later revisits, under [device gate](DEVICE-GATE.md). Conditional, partial; a paper plan does not prove actual use. |
| AC9TDIFK02 · 20105 | represent data as objects, pictures and symbols | Days 31–40 create, compare and revise keyed messages. Props/pictures/symbols are distinct forms; descriptions and adult handling are recorded honestly. Partial opportunities and two formative samples. |
| AC9TDIFP01 · 20111 | identify some data that is personal and owned by them | Days 34/35/39/40 identify empty own-name/voice/image/drawing categories without values. Partial recognition; no actual collection, legal ownership judgement or full digital-safety program. |

Queensland entry: [QCAA v9 Digital Technologies](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p-10/aciq/version-9/learning-areas/p-10-technologies/digital-technologies) and [Prep alignment](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/aciqv9/technologies/curriculum/ac9_tech_digital_prep_as_cd_alignment.pdf). Direct PDF access was blocked here on 30 September; official indexed alignment text was inspected. It prints `AC9TDI2K02` beside representation; the canonical ACARA row has `AC9TDIFK02`. This is recorded as a source discrepancy, not a new code. Prep is Queensland's Foundation school year, after kindergarten.

The [QCAA comparison document](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/aciqv9/technologies/curriculum/ac9_tech_digital_prep_comp.pdf) places algorithms in the Years 1–2 band for v9. Our ordered message method is therefore **not claimed as a prescribed Foundation algorithm outcome**. Different symbol-key meanings are a teaching method, not an extra official description. Likewise this pack does not assess repeating-pattern Mathematics or Arts performance.

The Foundation subject achievement standard includes purposeful system use, the three representation forms and examples of owned data. This fortnight samples aspects; use varied observations across the approved school program for an achievement-standard judgement. Our formative rubric is not a QCAA marking instrument or A–E conversion. Other state/territory versions and local implementation need their own current source checks; no automatic national-to-state equivalence is claimed.