HSIE Made Easy!

Early Stage 1 – Unit 1: People Are Connected to Places

Lessons 1–3 | Explicit Lesson Plans, PowerPoint, Worksheets & Assessment

Are you looking for a clear, engaging, and teacher-friendly way to teach the new NSW HSIE syllabus (2026) in Kindergarten?

This Early Stage 1 HSIE unit has been carefully designed to make teaching geography concepts simple, explicit, and enjoyable, while meeting syllabus requirements with confidence.

Perfect for Kindergarten teachers, beginning teachers, casuals, and busy classrooms, this resource removes the guesswork and gives you everything you need, ready to go.

What’s Included

This comprehensive pack includes everything required to teach Lessons 1–3 of Unit 1:

Fully Scripted PowerPoint (Lessons 1–3)

• Step-by-step slides with clear teacher language
• Visual, engaging, and age-appropriate
• Explicit learning intentions and success criteria
• Movement-based and interactive activities
• Aboriginal perspectives embedded naturally using “____ Country”

Student Worksheets

• Lesson 1: Find the Land
• Lesson 2: Land or Water Sorting
• Lesson 3: Colour the World – Map Skills
• Low writing demand, highly visual
• Perfect for ES1 fine-motor development

Assessment Checklists

• Whole-class assessment checklist
• Individual student checklists (easy tick-and-go format)
• Quickly identify what each student can and cannot yet do
• Ideal for reporting, evidence collection, and differentiation

Classroom Posters

• Land
• Water
• Australia
• Clear definitions using student-friendly language
• Perfect for HSIE displays and ongoing reference

What Students Will Learn

Through explicit teaching and hands-on activities, students will:

• Identify and locate land and water
• Use geographical language, such as identify and locate
• Explore maps and globes
• Locate Australia
• Understand that their school is on ____ Country
• Begin developing respect for Country and place

Curriculum Alignment

Aligned to the NSW HSIE Syllabus (2026)

Outcomes covered:

• HSE-GEO-01 – Identifies and locates places people connect with using geographical information
• HSE-ACH-01 – Identifies ways Aboriginal Peoples connect with Country, Culture, and Community

Why Teachers Love This Resource

✔ Very explicit – tells you exactly what to say and do

✔ Minimal prep – just open and teach

✔ Perfect for Kindergarten learners

✔ Casual and graduate teacher-friendly

✔ Assessment made simple

✔ Designed specifically for NSW classrooms

Perfect For:

• Kindergarten / Early Stage 1 teachers
• Teachers implementing the new HSIE syllabus
• Beginning teachers
• Casual teachers
• Schools wanting consistent, high-quality HSIE programs

HSIE doesn’t need to be complicated.

This resource makes it clear, engaging, and achievable — for both teachers and students.