Year 1 HASS – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Our Places and Families

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 1 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Places and Families”.

Students explore local places, their features, how they change over time, and investigate family structures while developing skills in decision-making and communication.

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. Mapping Our School and Local Area
2. Exploring Natural and Built Features Around Us
3. Tracking Weather Patterns in Our Place
4. How Weather and Seasons Change Our Local Places
5. Caring for Our Places Like Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
6. Investigating Different Family Structures and Sizes
7. How Family Roles Have Changed Over Time
8. Sharing Our Learning About Places and Families

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.