Free Literacy Resources
Explore our range of free literacy resources, developed to support classroom teaching and provide clear, practical guidance for parents. Each resource is designed to save planning time, strengthen home–school partnerships, and support consistent, evidence-based literacy practice.
Whether you’re introducing Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP), literacy concepts to your students, guiding parents to support reading at home, or providing professional development for your staff, these resources are designed to make your job easier. From lesson-ready activities to parent guides and quick-reference tools, each PDF is practical, evidence-informed, and ready to implement straight away.
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Free, downloadable phonic sound charts for Junior Primary – designed to support early reading and phonics development.
These ready-to-use charts are perfect for classroom display, small-group instruction, and daily phonics practise. Simply download, print and start using them to reinforce letter–sound recognition and build confident young readers.
Free, downloadable phonics and high-frequency word teaching sequences for Foundation to Year 6. Practical, classroom-ready resources designed to support structured literacy and confident reading development.
- Year 4 Teaching Sequence – download here
- Year 5 Teaching Sequence – download here
- Year 6 Teaching Sequence – download here
- Foundation to Year 6 Teaching Sequence – download here
Access PLD’s comprehensive Teaching Sequence Manuals for free! These manuals offer detailed, term-by-term phonic concept sequences, designed to support structured learning. Each manual also includes ready-to-use templates for word lists and phonic dictation passages, where applicable – making planning and teaching faster, easier, and more effective.
Children thrive when home and school work together. PLD offers a wide range of free literacy resources, including information sheets (such as developmental milestone cards), designed for use in the classroom and for sharing with parents and caregivers. These resources make it simple to support learning, communication, and overall development across both home and school environments.
Our colour-coded sheets are crafted by experts to target specific areas of development:
- Blue sheets: Created by speech pathologists to support language and communication.
- Red sheets: Developed by occupational therapists for motor skills and sensory learning.
- Green sheets: Focused on literacy, designed to build reading and writing skills.
Access free literacy resources to support your decodable reading journey, including videos you can share with parents. Watch the videos here.
Children thrive when home and school work together. PLD offers a wide range of free video resources that are easy to share with parents, helping to extend learning beyond the classroom. Simply click the share button to embed videos in newsletters, emails or other communications.










