The Australia Post Education Hub
Explore free, curriculum-aligned lesson plans to help your students develop their knowledge on a range of topics from stamps, coins and collectables, to First Nations culture, history and storytelling.
Australian Stamps
Explore the history, production and collection of Australian stamps with this set of curriculum-linked teacher guides.
Australian of the Year
Learn what it means to be an Australian of the Year with cross-curricular lesson plans centring around Sustainability and Waste, Internet Safety and Justice. Inspired by three 2022 Australian of the year Award recipients, these lessons explore how our Aussie heroes are advocating for an inclusive, safer and more sustainable world.
Explore First Nations
innovation with DeadlyScience
Topics: Science, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Intended for: Foundation to Year 6
Content: 1 x Teacher Guide
Resource format: PDF
File size: 7MB
In partnership with DeadlyScience, we've created a teacher guide with Wingaru Education that explores the 2023 National Science Week theme, ‘Innovation: Powering Future Industries’ and references the Australian Geographic DeadlyScience title, 'Renewable Resources’.
Bring First Nations storytelling into the classroom
Topic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Author: Shelley Ware
Intended for: Foundation to Year 6
Content: 1 x teacher guide with lesson plans
Resource format: PDF
File size: (8MB)
Through our partnership with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, we’ve collaborated with Yankunyjatjara and Wirangu educator Shelley Ware to create a teacher guide and lesson plans complementing ‘Country tells us when…’, a bilingual book in English and Yawuru languages written and illustrated by Tsheena Cooper, Mary Dann, Dalisa Pigram-Ross and Sheree Ford.
Explore First Nations STEM with DeadlyScience
Topic: First Nations STEM and history
Intended for: Foundation to Year 6
Content: 1 x teacher guide
Resource format: PDF
File size: (1.34MB)
In partnership with DeadlyScience, we've created a teacher guide and classroom activities which explore the 2022 National Science Week theme, 'Glass: More than meets the eye' and is based on the Australian Geographic DeadlyScience title, 'Earth's Changing Surfaces'.
Learn the story of
Moli det bigibigi
(Molly the pig)
Help students to experience First Nations storytelling with Moli det bigibigi, written by First Nations author Karen Manbulloo. Illustrated by the Binjari Buk Mob and published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, the book and its accompanying resources explore the widely spoken First Nations language, Kriol.
Indigenous Literacy Day classroom activity guide
This resource, produced to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, is designed to help students gain better understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.
Australian Dinosaurs
Activities include fact cards and topics such as: the evolution and anatomy of dinosaurs, Gondwanaland, predators and prey, paleontology and fossil-finding, and more.
Wildlife Recovery (2020)
In The Garden (2019)
Reef Safari (2018)
Full STEAM Ahead: Stamp Collecting Month activity guide (2021)
Pen Pal Club: STEAM-themed lesson plan
Click or tap a stamp to reveal a surprise, then match up all the pairs.
Santa Mail: Inspire your students to think creatively
Topic: Literacy
Intended for: Foundation to Year 6
Content: 8 x activities
Resource format: 1 x PDF
File size: 1.1 MB
Looking for fun activities in the lead-up to Christmas? Our Spread the Merry classroom guide is packed with ideas – from Santa Mail letter-writing tips and tricks, to problem solving activities to help Santa’s elves.
The Great Aussie Coin Hunt
Help your students learn about currency, finance and Australian culture through our 26 collectable coins, each featuring an Aussie icon.
