Pre-Primary HASS – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Our Special Places and Maps

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Pre-Primary HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Special Places and Maps”.

Students explore familiar places in their community, learn to locate them on maps, and understand why places are special to different people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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. Walking Around Our Neighbourhood
3. Drawing Maps of Our Playground
4. Special Places in Our Community
5. Why Places Are Important to Families
6. Learning About Country and Place
7. Creating Our Own Community Map
8. Sharing Stories About Our Special 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 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.