Australia · ACARA Content Descriptions
Foundation HASS
Foundation HASS: exploring personal stories, families, and the world around us. Children discover who they are, where they belong, and how people and places are special.
Who Am I and My History
Children explore their own identity, their family structures, and how they have grown and changed over time.
Children share their own stories, including their name, birthday, and the special things that make them who they are.
Exploring different family structures and the people who care for us, acknowledging that families come in many forms.
Comparing themselves now to when they were babies and identifying how they have grown and what they have learned.
Learning about the special things families do together and the stories passed down from grandparents and elders.
Places and Connections
Identifying familiar places, understanding their features, and exploring First Nations connections to Country.
Identifying and describing the features of places children know well, like their home, classroom, and local park.
Learning how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a special connection to the land and how we can all help.
An introduction to simple maps and how we can represent where things are located in our immediate environment.
Our Community and Celebrations
Exploring the groups we belong to and the special days that people celebrate in Australia and around the world.
Identifying the different groups children are part of, such as their school, sports teams, or cultural groups.
Investigating common celebrations like birthdays, religious holidays, and national days of significance.
Introducing the idea of remembering people or events from the past through days like ANZAC Day or NAIDOC Week.
Working Together
Focusing on social skills, rules, and how we make decisions as a group to ensure fairness and safety.
Exploring why we have rules at home and school and how they help us stay safe and happy.
Learning how to share, take turns, and resolve small disagreements with friends in a kind way.
Understanding how groups make decisions, such as voting or consensus, to choose activities or games.
Valuing the diverse backgrounds of classmates and understanding that everyone has different needs.
Our Needs and the Environment
Exploring what we need to survive, how we use resources, and our responsibility to the natural world.
Distinguishing between things we must have to stay alive and healthy, and things we would like to have.
Investigating the journey of food from the farm or the land to our dinner plates.
Observing how the weather and seasons change the way we live, dress, and use our environment.
Simple actions we can take to reduce waste and protect the earth for the future.