Queensland Beginners Alphabet handwriting worksheets (QLD)
Free printable handwriting practice in Queensland Beginners Alphabet, the school style for QLD. Print the A to Z sheet below, or make letters, words, sentences and name tracing sheets in the same style. The QLD Beginners letters load straight in your browser, so there is no font to download or install. Also searched as: QLD beginners font, Queensland handwriting font, QLD Beginner alphabet.
The QLD Beginners letters
Queensland Beginner print, taught from Prep.
Print it now: every letter, A to Z
One page with each letter as a model, a trace and a space to write it alone, already set to Queensland Beginner. Use the Style menu on the sheet to switch styles.
QLD Beginners: Write Every Letter A to Z
Look at each letter, trace it, then write it yourself. Every letter, A to Z, on one page.
What is Queensland Beginners Alphabet?
The Queensland Beginners Alphabet is the print style Queensland children learn from Prep, before moving on to Queensland Modern Cursive. It uses clear, plain letters with a consistent starting point for each letter family.
ChalkBee prints it with Edu QLD Beginner, Google's free font made to match the Queensland beginner letters, so sheets look like the alphabet strip on a Queensland classroom wall.
How it is usually taught
- Prep to Year 2: Beginners Alphabet print letters, sized and placed on the line.
- Middle primary: Queensland Modern Cursive, as the school introduces joins.
- Timing varies between schools, so check your school's handwriting plan.
How to make QLD Beginners practice sheets
- Start with letters in Prep: open the letters sheet and type just the letters you are teaching this week (for example the c-family: c a d g o q), or leave it blank for the whole alphabet.
- Move to words once letters sit on the line: the words sheet takes up to five of your spelling or sight words.
- Copy sentences for spacing and punctuation with the sentences sheet; type your own, one per line.
- Print name tracing for each child in the same style, so the name on their book matches the letters on the wall.
Keep sessions short and frequent: a few minutes of careful letter formation every day does more than one long page a week. Watch where each letter starts, since a wrong starting point is much harder to fix later than untidy letters.
Where it is used
- Queensland (the first year of school is called Prep)
Other Australian styles: NSW Foundation (NSW, ACT) · VIC Modern Cursive (VIC, WA, NT) · SA Modern Cursive (SA) · TAS Modern Cursive (TAS). Read more in the best fonts for teaching handwriting.
Frequently asked questions
Which states use Queensland Beginners Alphabet?
Queensland Beginners Alphabet is the school handwriting style in Queensland. Individual schools can choose another style, so it is worth checking your school's handwriting plan.
Do I need to install the QLD Beginners font?
No. The sheets use Edu QLD Beginner, one of Google's free Australian school fonts, and it loads in your browser. Choose a sheet, pick the QLD Beginners style, and print or save as a PDF.
How do I make QLD Beginners practice sheets with my own words?
Open the handwriting generator from this page. It starts in this style: choose letters, words or sentences, type up to five of your own words (or leave it blank for age-appropriate defaults), then print. For a child's name, use name tracing with the same style.
Are these worksheets free?
Yes. The A to Z sheet on this page and the name tracing sheets are free to print with no login. The generator makes up to five custom sheets a day without an account.
Letters are shown in the free Edu Australian school fonts from Google Fonts. The style names belong to their state education departments; ChalkBee is not affiliated with any department.