Year 3 HASS – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Active Citizens in Our Community

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 3 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Active Citizens in Our Community”.

Students explore how they can actively participate in their local community through understanding community groups, services, and taking action based on their learning.

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. Discovering Community Groups Around Us
2. Why Do People Join Community Groups?
3. Exploring Local Government Services in Our Area
4. How Can We Participate in Our School Community?
5. Planning Our Community Action Project
6. Presenting Our Community Findings
7. Reflecting on What We've Learned About Community
8. Taking Action: Our Community Contribution Plan

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.