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South African DBE CAPS 2026

Foundation Phase (Grades R–3) — Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Annual Teaching Plans

Official South African DBE CAPS Foundation Phase (Grades R–3) Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs), print-ready A4 lesson plans, phonics & numeracy worksheets, baseline assessments, and bilingual MTbBE parent guides across all 11 official languages.

Core Pedagogical Priorities in Foundation Phase (Grades R–3)

Priority 1

Emergent & Systematic Phonics, Shared Reading & Handwriting (HL & FAL)

Priority 2

Concrete-to-Abstract Number Sense, Patterns, Space & Shape, Measurement

Priority 3

Beginning Knowledge, Personal & Social Well-Being, Creative Arts & Physical Education

Priority 4

Unplugged Computational Thinking, Pattern Recognition & Early Robotics

Browse Foundation Phase by Grade & Subject (Grades R, 1, 2 & 3)

Select any Grade × Subject combination to view the complete 40-week Term 1–4 ATP and generate classroom packs.