Start with an idea
What would I like to make? Who could it help?
The next step starts
with “what if?”
Spark the curiosity. Build something useful. Take ownership of a real product. A connected journey through Spark, Builder and Ninja.
Spark, Builder and Ninja take children from playful first encounters with AI to creating for real people and running a product of their own. Across Years 1–12, each level adds capability, independence and responsibility.
Years 1–4
Play, make and meet AI
Curiosity gets something to work on. Children play with patterns, give instructions and make their first creations. They meet AI early by showing it examples, trying its answers and noticing where it gets things wrong.
- Make stories and simple interactions
- Teach an AI with examples and test what it learns
- Explain a choice and try a different approach
Practice activity
The adventure beginsA mysterious note.
A mysterious note.
Two possible paths.
“Follow the sound of the river,” it read.
Signature outcome: Teaches an AI to sort pictures — in Year 2
Years 5–8
Build things real people use
An idea becomes useful to someone else. Children find a need, plan a solution and build websites, apps and games for real people. They learn to listen to feedback and improve what they have made.
- Find out what a real audience needs
- Build and launch something people can use
- Test with others and improve from their feedback
Practice activity
A little care, every day.
Let’s help it grow.
TomatoesBed 1
BasilBed 2
SunflowersBed 3
Signature outcome: Launches a website for a real school club
Years 9–12
Direct AI agents. Own a real product.
Students take responsibility for the whole product. They set a direction, brief AI agents, review the work and test it with real users. Then they improve the experience and present what they have learned publicly.
- Direct AI agents with clear goals and constraints
- Run a product and learn from 8+ real users
- Improve the product and present it publicly
Practice activity
My AI agent says it’s ready.
How do I check?
How do I check?
Check the work. Think of the users.
Signature outcome: Runs a product with 8+ real users and presents it publicly
Every project is a chance
to think a little deeper.
The outcome matters. So does the thinking that gets a child there.
Make a plan
What needs to happen? How can I break it down?
Build and try it
Does it do what I wanted? Where does it go wrong?
Make it better
What could I change? What did I learn?
Technology changes. Thinking lasts.More than knowing
More than knowing
which button to press.
Children learn to explain an idea, give clear instructions, test a result and recognise when something needs to change. Those capabilities remain useful when today’s tools look very different.
AI is part of the journey from Spark, where children teach it to sort pictures in Year 2. Builder connects making to real needs. By Ninja, students direct AI agents, learn from real users and take responsibility for a product.
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