People Who Help Us - Poster Set
Our People Who Help Us Poster Set features a bright and accessible collection of A4 classroom posters introducing young learners to key community roles.
Each poster includes a short explanation and visual to describe how people like nurses, teachers, firefighters, postal workers, and more help keep our community safe, healthy, and connected.
Perfect for HASS lessons, inquiry units, or classroom displays during community helper themes.
Learning goals
- We are learning to identify the ways we observe special events, e.g. birthdays, Easter, Ramadan, NAIDOC Week, ANZAC Day and why these events are important.
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town and describe why these places are important.
- We are learning to identify the ways we observe special events, e.g. birthday, Easter, Ramadan, NAIDOC Week, ANZAC Day and why these events are important.
- We are learning to create story maps or models to represent the location of places and features.
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town, and describe the features of these places.
- We are learning to understand the reasons why some places are special to people, and how they can be looked after.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
• Print smaller versions as flashcards for matching or sorting games.
• Use in literacy centres with sentence-building tasks about each role.
• Provide blank versions for students to draw their own helpers.
Extensions
• Set up a classroom “helper dress-up corner” inspired by the poster set.
• Invite real-life community helpers to visit and present to the class.
• Pair each poster with a storybook featuring the featured role.