Free printables for teachers and parents

Free Phonics & Handwriting Worksheets (Australia)

Free decodable stories for each phonics sound with matching tracing sheets, plus alphabet and tricky word handwriting sheets, all in Australian school fonts. A4 PDFs that print well in black and white. Free to photocopy for your class.

Digby the wombat reading a book

Set 1 · First sounds

Suits Foundation

Set 2 · Digraphs

Suits Foundation to Year 1

Set 3 · Vowel teams

Suits Year 1

Set 4 · Longer words

Suits Year 1 to Year 2

Alphabet handwriting sheets

A to Z and 0 to 9 in your state's beginners' handwriting

Tricky words worksheets

Sight words for each phonics set, to trace and write

Numbers and number words

Numerals to 20 and number words, for maths and handwriting

Topic word worksheets

Colours, days and months, and Australian animals

How to use these printables

Read it three times

Repeated reading of the same decodable text builds fluency. Children colour a star each time.

Hunt for the sound

Children find and write six words with the focus sound, linking reading to spelling.

Trace in your school's style

The tracing sheet uses a school handwriting font: NSW / ACT Foundation, or QLD, VIC / WA / NT, SA or TAS Beginners.

Digby the wombat cheering

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Wombat Words picks the next story for each child's hardest sound, listens as they read, and checks their handwriting letter by letter.