Our school, Country/Place and a source we… | Foundation HASS · Guide

Foundation / Queensland Prep · educator planning kit · 30 September 2026

Help children find the school in an approved representation, encounter a First Nations account of Country/Place, and ask one thoughtful question. A small source, a useful task and time to respond are enough to begin. The local source gives the name, meaning and context; this kit supplies original activity structures.

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Choose the source with the right people. Use the school's established First Nations education/community partnership and the relevant authority. An existing authorised account can work; a new visit is optional. Concrete preparation steps.
Prepare one short encounter. Confirm what can be said, shown, described, copied or drawn for this group. Put any agreed school cue beside the source. Keep the source attribution available in every response route.
Choose one invitation. Six fifteen-minute activities offer a locating game, listening/reading encounter, question, source response, useful explanation and revisit. They replace selected ordinary HASS opportunities or fit another locally chosen time; they are not six extra compulsory periods.
Notice one actual response. A child can point, sign, speak, draw, use a communication board/device, direct an adult, keep work private or pause. Source and response record separates preparation from what was actually taught and observed.

Two broad original print aids and complete no-print alternatives are optional. The blanks contain no Country name, language translation, map boundary, cultural story, motif or locally supplied knowledge. A teacher can use ordinary paper or a source already approved for the setting instead.

Before local preparation is ready: choose familiar-place map/question play from HASS W17–18. It teaches useful place concepts and skills, including through imagined places. It does not supply the First Nations Country/Place content for AC9HSFK04. Set a concrete next preparation step and return to this kit when the agreed source is ready.

What this helps prepare

Exact national/Queensland crosswalk · source and reuse record · review record · file hashes.

This is a prepared conditional teaching workflow, not locally authorised content, a permission agreement or a completed K04 lesson by itself. The exact local content and delivery need the school's and relevant authority's review. A blank form, acknowledgement phrase or generic map does not complete the description. Authored opportunities can be ready before any child evidence is collected. No learner or community material needs to be uploaded to SubjectNest.

Keep it practical: one source, one chosen child action and one short educator note. Reuse the approved kit across short sittings. Editable teacher card and worked adaptations can help plan the route. Local timetable, state/territory syllabus fit, access and reporting remain with the educator.