Pre-Primary Technologies – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Exploring Our World of Materials, Food and Everyday Objects

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Pre-Primary Technologies in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Exploring Our World of Materials, Food and Everyday Objects”.

Students explore how everyday technologies, materials and food meet our needs while learning safe practices and understanding the properties that make different materials suitable for different purposes.

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 Different Materials Around Us
2. Building with Strong and Stable Materials
3. Washing Hands and Keeping Clean for Food Safety
4. Discovering Food Colours, Textures and Shapes
5. Changing Foods by Cutting and Preparing
6. Caring for Plants and Animals - What They Need
7. Creating Homes and Shelters for Living Things
8. Choosing the Right Tools for Different Jobs

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.