Acknowledgement of Country Hand Craft & Display Template

Editable PDF | NAIDOC Week | Reconciliation Week | Australian Primary Classroom

Create a meaningful and visually striking classroom display with this Acknowledgement of Country Hand Craft Template, designed for Australian primary classrooms.

This resource provides a respectful and age-appropriate Acknowledgement of Country that students can read, reflect on, and personalise. The bold hand template creates a powerful whole-class display — perfect for NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week, Harmony Day, classroom community building, or the beginning of the school year.

What’s Included :

✔ Ready-to-print Acknowledgement of Country version

✔ Lined writing template version

✔ Blank template version (for custom wording or student-created acknowledgements)

✔ High-quality PDF format

✔ Simple teacher instructions

How to Edit:

This resource is provided as a high-quality PDF.

You can personalise the wording (for example, to include your local First Nations group) by:

• Opening the file in Adobe Acrobat and using the Edit PDF feature
• Uploading the PDF into Canva, selecting “Edit PDF,” and replacing the text before downloading

This makes it easy to customise for your specific school community.

Perfect For:

• NAIDOC Week activities
• Reconciliation Week classroom displays
• Beginning-of-year community building
• Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
• Early Stage 1, Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 classrooms
• Assembly presentations

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Print-and-go
• Meaningful, not just decorative
• Encourages respectful conversations
• Creates a powerful visual display
• Easy to adapt to your local area

This Acknowledgement of Country craft supports students in understanding respect, connection to land, and community responsibility in a developmentally appropriate way.