Year 3 Technologies – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Digital Solutions and Safety

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 3 Technologies in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Digital Solutions and Safety”.

Students develop digital literacy skills while learning to design, implement and evaluate digital solutions with consideration for privacy and security.

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 Digital Tools in Our Daily Lives
2. Understanding Personal Data and Digital Footprints
3. Identifying Problems We Can Solve with Technology
4. Drawing and Planning Our Digital Solution
5. Building Our Digital Project Step by Step
6. Who Can See Our Digital Information?
7. Making Safe Choices Online
8. Sharing and Evaluating Our Digital Solutions

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content 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 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 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.