For Grade R teachers
You became a teacher
to teach.
Not to take on
The Other Job.
Already helping Grade R teachers cut their evening admin — lesson plans, registers, observations, and assessments, all in one place, aligned to CAPS.
No card required. Set up in under 10 minutes.
Then R120/month after your trial.
Your work is yours to download and keep. Never sold.
The bell rings, but your work doesn't stop.
Lesson Plan, Assessments and Reports follow you home every night.
TeachFirst does that work for you — so your evenings finally stay yours.
How it works
One app for the work
you already do.
01 — Planning
Plan once. Auto-pilot the week.
Design your Lesson Plan once — the app auto-pilots the rest of the week. Arrange your Learner Groups in colour per activity. Edit it, export it.
02 — Assessment
Assess in one tap. Speak, don't type.
Assess each learner per group with a single tap. Voice-record your observations.
03 — Records
Every record, one place. Ready to download.
Keep records of your lesson plan, learner progress scores, and attendance. Download it.
From teachers using TeachFirst
What used to take me a whole Sunday now takes an hour.
N. Ngomane · Grade R teacher, Daveyton
I was nervous about putting my learners' information into an app. Once I understood it stays in my own Google Drive and no one else can see it, that worry went away.
S. Molefe · Grade R, Daveyton
Before, I had a notebook for observations, a Word doc for planning, and a folder for assessments. Now it's all in one place. I'm not hunting for anything anymore.
K. Mkhize · Grade R, Daveyton
Doing it all in the
language of your choosing.
Just talk — TeachFirst writes it
down for you, in English, isiZulu,
isiXhosa, Sepedi and Afrikaans.
Questions teachers ask
Straight answers,
no fine print.
Is this a DBE app?
No. TeachFirst is a private app for teachers. It doesn't replace your school's systems or your professional responsibilities.
Is my learners' information safe?
Yes. TeachFirst uses a zero-access model. Our own staff cannot open, read, or download learner records. Your data is stored in South Africa (africa-south1, Johannesburg).
Are you selling my information?
No. Never. Not for advertising, marketing, or research.
Is this only for Grade R, or all of Foundation Phase?
TeachFirst is built specifically for Grade R teachers and the CAPS Grade R framework.
Do I need training to use it?
No. If you can use WhatsApp, you can use TeachFirst — most teachers are planning their first lesson within minutes of signing up.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. It works right in your phone's browser — no app store download needed.
Can I export my work?
Yes. You can download your lesson plans, assessments, and records at any time, in the format you need.
What happens after the free trial?
R120/month, cancel anytime. No card required to start the trial.
What languages does TeachFirst support?
English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sepedi, and isiXhosa — for both planning and exported records. You can speak your planning instead of typing it, in whichever language you're most comfortable in.
Start tonight
Have five minutes?
Take today's register, log an observation,
or plan tomorrow's lesson.
Start your free 7-day trial. Then R120/month.
Cancel anytime. No card required to start.
Teach first, always.