Summative Assessment:

• Questionnaire
• Self-assessment
• Peer-assessment

Formative Assessment:

• Ongoing discussions with the class on progress and where to next.
• 1-1 discussions with children around what they were doing and the attributes they thought the biscuits needed to have.

Reflection on Unit: "The unit was a bit rocky to start of with but once I got my AO's aligned with my learning intentions and lesson progressions it went very well. The children were highly motivated and I think this was due partly to me being very motivated. I understood as I progressed through.

Planning and preparation: "I feel I needed to actually analyse the AO's a lot closer as I found that I could move freely from one AO to the other. Once I understood, there was no stopping me. The preparation has been to purchase the ingredients for the biscuits tops, the materials so the children could brainstorm and record their results in their groups and really thinking every step through so that I could move the children through at a good pace."

Catering to individual students' needs: "Extend the more capable like Nicholas, Nancy Rose, Petera, Jayden and give Taylor the opportunity to step into roles of responsibility."

Challenging all students: "I would like to see the quieter members of the class taking an active role in the various roles."

Use of class time: "3 ½ hour sessions three times a week for three weeks"

Overall delivery: "I was pleased with the outcome and all the children were able to explain and show in their own way their understanding."

Success of unit based on assessment and anecdotal observations
"All of children could state what they were aiming to make and why. Many of the children could clearly state the attributes a Matariki biscuit would have to have, mostly in terms of tasting good and having 'stars' as decorations. The children have shown a clear understanding of the difference between a model and a prototype and they all used their paper models to explain and test out their design ideas. Getting agreement on the 'best' design was not too difficult as the limited resources available to us in terms of the size of the biscuit and ingredients, meant they had lots of similar design ideas. All the children enjoyed playing their role in the assembly line and were proud of their outcome. Getting to eat the food was an awesome added bonus."

Areas for future improvement (what would have worked better)
"Possibly a better understanding of the technology document but I have learnt so much through doing as opposed to just playing a passive role and reading."