Australian Teacher
Australian Teacher is a free website of teaching resources for Australian classrooms, from Pre-Primary and Kindy through Year 10.
What Australian Teacher is
Australian Teacher is a free website of teaching resources for Australian classrooms, from Pre-Primary and Kindy through Year 10. Its library includes more than 1,000 lessons, worksheets, quizzes, activity sheets, lesson plans, activity ideas, printable e-books, and PDF books. Subjects include English, Maths, Science, HASS, Australian Studies, and Indigenous content. English materials cover creative writing, vocabulary, reading comprehension, literature studies, and Australian and American spelling variations. Maths resources include numeracy, geometry and measurement, problem solving, statistics and probability, algebraic thinking, games, and puzzles. Teachers can select materials for lessons and curriculum planning, including formative and summative assessment. The site says it is regularly updated and based in Perth, Western Australia. Some activities are described as free, but downloaded, copied, printed, or otherwise reused materials remain subject to the site's stated copyright terms. The site asks users to attribute it and link back when using materials, and its worksheets page asks parents to request permission before use. It is described as a not-for-profit resource site that invites donations for maintenance and new material.
Good
- More than 1,000 lessons are listed
- Covers Pre-Primary through Year 10
- Offers printable PDFs and e-books
- Includes Indigenous content
Watch out
- Reuse is subject to stated copyright terms
- Parents are asked to request worksheet permission
- The site invites donations for upkeep
Who it suits
Australian Teacher suits educators looking for classroom materials across early learning through Year 10, especially in the listed school subjects and Australian-focused topics. Parents should note the permission request for worksheet use.
Verdict
Australian Teacher offers a broad collection of classroom materials across multiple year levels and subjects. Review its reuse terms before downloading, printing, or sharing resources.
Plans and prices
From Australian Teacher's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free teaching resources; downloads and printing are subject to the stated copyright terms |
The facts
Each one read from Australian Teacher's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attribution
- Users are asked to attribute Australian Teacher and link back when using its materials.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Audience
- The site says it is designed for teachers, not students, and welcomes teachers in other countries.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Copyright
- The site says its text, images and PDFs are subject to Copyright Agency licensing when downloaded, copied, printed, shared or displayed.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Coverage
- It offers more than 1,000 lessons for year levels from Pre-Primary through Year 10 and says it is regularly updated.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Curriculum use
- The site says teachers can select resources and incorporate them into their lessons and curriculum.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Donations
- The worksheets page describes AustralianTeacher.org as a not-for-profit educational website and requests donations to support maintenance and new material.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Downloads
- Resources include downloadable and printable PDFs, including 42 printable e-books with ready-made lessons in student worksheet form.checked 11 Oct 2001
- English features
- English materials include creative writing, vocabulary, reading comprehension, literature studies and Australian and American spelling variations.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Funding
- The site describes itself as not-for-profit and invites donations to help fund maintenance and new material.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Indigenous content
- The site aims to educate young Australians about Indigenous knowledge, art, Dreaming stories and Aboriginal languages.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Maths features
- Maths resources cover numeracy, geometry and measurement, problem solving, statistics and probability, algebraic thinking, games and puzzles.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Notable usage limit
- The worksheets page asks parents to request permission before using the worksheets.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Printable downloads
- The site offers printable quizzes and PDF downloads.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Product
- Australian Teacher is a website of teaching resources, including lessons, worksheets, quizzes and activity ideas.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Australian Teacher describes itself as a resource site for teachers.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Resource library
- The homepage says the site has over 1,000 lessons, worksheets, quizzes, and ideas.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Subjects
- The site covers subjects including Maths, English, Science and Australian Studies, as well as HASS and other activity topics.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support
- The site provides a contact form and email for enquiries, and says users can subscribe to its newsletter for updates.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Teaching materials
- The site provides lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, and activity ideas, including materials for formative and summative assessment.checked 10 Oct 2001
The company
- Company location
- The homepage says the resource hub is based in Perth, Western Australia.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Perth, Western Australia, Australiachecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Free activities
- The activity ideas page says its activities are free and asks users to credit the site.checked 10 Oct 2001
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