Year 4 Technologies – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Digital Solutions for Our Community

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 4 Technologies in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Digital Solutions for Our Community”.

Students learn to safely implement digital solutions by understanding privacy and security, using design thinking processes, and developing communication protocols to address community needs.

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. Understanding Our Digital Identity and Personal Data
2. Exploring Age Restrictions and Online Safety Rules
3. Investigating Community Problems That Need Digital Solutions
4. Defining Design Briefs for Community Digital Projects
5. Selecting the Right Digital Tools and Resources
6. Creating Communication Protocols for Team Projects
7. Managing Digital Project Roles and Responsibilities
8. Implementing and Testing Our Digital Community Solution

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.