Year 2 HASS – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Our Connected Places and Stories

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 2 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Connected Places and Stories”.

Students explore how people and places connect across different scales, discover Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections to Country, and investigate the history of significant local places.

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. Exploring My Connections to Places Near and Far
2. Discovering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Names in Our Local Area
3. Understanding Different Sized Places: From My Home to Australia
4. Investigating a Special Place in Our Community
5. Working Together to Choose Our Favourite Local Place
6. Creating a Story Map of Our Community's Special Places
7. Sharing Our Place Discoveries Through Role Play
8. Reflecting on What We've Learned About Our Connected World

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 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.