Foundation Year Teaching Resources
Teach Starter has an extensive collection of Foundation year resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum. They have been created for primary school children aged four through to six years, featuring simple and clear layouts, minimal text, interactive elements, appealing images and colourful illustrations. The collection encompasses a range of resource types and student activities including worksheets, posters, educational games, interactive PowerPoints, engaging widgets and so much more! Using Teach Starter resources in your classroom will help your foundation students communicate with peers, teachers and known adults, assisting with the development of independence, speaking, listening, language and comprehension skills as they begin the smooth transition to the early years of school life. In their first year of education, a child should develop understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning, and observe and explore the world around them.
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Desk Pet Habitat Templates
Encourage positive behaviour with printable Desk Pet Habitats for your students to spend their Desk Pet Dollars on!
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Printable Person Outline - Craft Template
Create fun likenesses of your students and famous figures with a printable person online template.
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How About This Weather? - Worksheet
Explore different types of weather and subsequent observable changes with this 5-page worksheet pack.
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Spelling CCVC Words - Worksheets
Develop students’ ability to segment and blend the sounds in CCVC words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Reading-Inspired Bookmarks
Foster a love of reading in your students with this set of 4 reading-inspired bookmarks.
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Split Class/Fast Finisher Booklet Front Cover - School Supplies Theme
A front cover that can be used to make a split class or fast finisher booklet.
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The Torres Strait Islander Flag - Poster and Worksheet
A poster and worksheet of the Torres Strait Islander flag.
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The Australian Flag Poster and Worksheet
A poster and worksheet of the Australian Flag.
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SATPIN Matching Activity - Frog and Lily Pads
A SATPIN matching activity using lilly pads.
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What’s It Made Of? Comparing Materials Worksheets (F-1)
Observe and compare objects made of different materials with our What’s It Made Of? Comparing Materials Worksheets.
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Alphabet Order Activity
Support your students as they learn to organise the alphabet in order with this hands‑on, engaging activity.
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Australian Animal Templates - Shield of Courage
Use these Shields of Courage Australian Animal Templates to learn about courage and explore book characters
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I Spy Alphabet Sounds Mat
Use these ‘I Spy’ Alphabet Sounds Mats to explore the different letter-sound correspondence of the alphabet.
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I Spy Blending Phonemes Activity
Support your students' phonemic awareness development with this fun I Spy phoneme blending activity
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High Frequency Words Mini Books in School Fonts
Explore the tricky parts in sight words with this set of 20 printable sight word mini books.
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Counting 1-20 Matching Game for Foundation and Grade One
Use this matching game in your early years classroom to teach students to count quantities and match them to numbers (1-20).
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Introduction to Writing Simple Sentences PowerPoint
Teach students how to write simple sentences with these Writing Simple Sentences Teaching Slides.
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Shorter or Longer? Measurement Comparison Game
Identify what is shorter or longer with an engaging interactive measurement game.
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Classroom Catastrophe Scale – Display
Help your students gauge the severity of everyday challenges with this wall display.
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Animal Features Playdough Mats
Use our Animal Playdough Mats to introduce your Foundations students to the physical features of animals.
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Animal Classification Word Search Pack - Early Years
Introduce your lower-year students to the six animal types/classes with a pack of printable animal word search worksheets.
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Dolch Sight Words List – Complete Set
Practise word recognition with our set of 8 Dolch Sight Word Lists.
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Free Blank Face Template Pack
Use these free blank face templates to create fun back-to-school art celebrating the individuality and diversity of your new students!
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Behaviour Reward Charts - Stars
Reward positive behaviour in style with a printable behaviour sticker chart.
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2D Shapes in the Environment Poster Pack
Explore 2D shapes in the environment using this set of 8 display posters showing the shapes and everyday examples.
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Daily Weather Report – Interactive PowerPoint
Encourage your students to become weather reporters with this interactive weather activity.
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Printable Cards - Heart Greeting Card Template
Write a note to a special someone with our heart card template.
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Heart Templates
Download this printable heart template that’s perfect for any craft or activity.
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I Am Stan - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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2D-3D Shape Posters
Use this set of 14 brightly coloured 2D and 3D shape posters to decorate your classroom and build academic vocabulary.
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Funky Sloth Template
Enjoy this cute Funky Sloth with cool glasses and leaves to munch on.
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Pre-Writing Pencil Control Tracing Sheets
A set of four animal-themed pre-writing tracing worksheets.