Pre-Primary HASS – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Our Special Places and Spaces

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Pre-Primary HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Special Places and Spaces”.

Students explore familiar places on maps, understand why places are special to different people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and develop skills in sharing observations and participating in group discussions about their local geography.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Finding Our School on a Picture Map
2. Exploring Our Neighbourhood Walk
3. Why Our Playground is Special to Us
4. Learning About Country from Aboriginal People
5. Mapping Our Favourite Places Together
6. Sharing Stories About Special Family Places
7. Comparing Different Types of Homes and Places
8. Creating Our Class Map of Important Places

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Skills codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.