Curious minds. Clever creations.

Suggested ages 6–7

1. 1Devices and safe choicesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Identify input and output in familiar devices
   • Use touch pointer and keyboard controls with support
   • Recognise when to stop and ask a trusted adult

   Planned application: Complete a private device-safety picture checklist

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Giving clear instructionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Put everyday actions in an unambiguous order
   • Follow a short directional sequence
   • Find an instruction that causes a wrong result

   Planned application: Guide a paper robot through a small grid

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3First on-screen programPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Match a start event to an action
   • Build a short block sequence
   • Predict then test a sprite movement

   Planned application: Create a three-action animated greeting in a private sandbox

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Digital makingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Draw and label a simple digital picture
   • Save and reopen work with help
   • Choose readable colour and text combinations

   Planned application: Make a private illustrated page without a personal photograph

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Sorting informationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Group objects using one stated rule
   • Represent a count with symbols
   • Read a simple pictogram and explain its key

   Planned application: Create a class-toy data picture using fictional data

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Create test explainPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe what a small program should do
   • Test the program against its intended sequence
   • Improve one instruction after feedback

   Planned application: Make an interactive story with two events

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 7–8

1. 1Being a safe creatorPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish private information from safe fictional information
   • Explain why permission matters before sharing a picture
   • Recognise a helpful response to an upsetting message

   Planned application: Make a fictional character safety guide

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Algorithms and debuggingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Trace a longer directional algorithm
   • Find and fix a misplaced instruction
   • Compare two correct routes for efficiency

   Planned application: Solve a grid-delivery puzzle with a written algorithm

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Events and repetitionPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use separate events to start different actions
   • Replace repeated blocks with a repeat instruction
   • Predict the result of a short repeated pattern

   Planned application: Animate a repeating dance without public account creation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Words pictures and soundPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Edit text for readability
   • Combine an original picture with a caption
   • Use a supplied licensed sound appropriately

   Planned application: Create a short private digital explanation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Data questionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Ask a question answered by categories
   • Collect fictional responses into a tally
   • Choose a chart and explain what it shows

   Planned application: Build a favourite-fictional-fruit chart and answer questions

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Design a small gamePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe a goal and simple rules
   • Implement a sequence using events and repeats
   • Test the game with a checklist

   Planned application: Build a touch-friendly collect-the-shapes game

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 8–9

1. 1Systems and digital responsibilityPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe input processing and output
   • Explain strong passphrases using fictional examples
   • Identify a suspicious request and a safe response

   Planned application: Create a device-system diagram and safety scenario guide

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Sequence loops and coordinatesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Position a sprite using simple coordinates
   • Use loops to create geometric patterns
   • Trace a program before running it

   Planned application: Draw a pattern using fewer repeated blocks

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Decisions in programsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe a condition as true or false
   • Use an if block to change an action
   • Test both outcomes of a condition

   Planned application: Build an obstacle-warning animation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Finding and using informationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Choose keywords for a supplied search task
   • Check who created a page and why
   • Acknowledge an image or information source

   Planned application: Create a mini research page from a curated source pack

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Structured dataPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Organise records into consistent fields
   • Sort a small fictional table
   • Explain how a chart can answer one question but not another

   Planned application: Build a searchable fictional animal-card collection

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Interactive story projectPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Plan scenes and user choices
   • Combine events loops and decisions
   • Find a bug using a trace table

   Planned application: Create and test a branching two-choice story

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 9–10

1. 1Networks and the webPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a device network from the internet
   • Explain the difference between the web and the internet
   • Recognise consent and privacy in sharing scenarios

   Planned application: Make a model of a message travelling between devices

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Variables and statePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use a variable to store a score
   • Predict how a variable changes after instructions
   • Use selection to respond to a value

   Planned application: Build a scorekeeping mini game with test cases

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Loops and decompositionPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Split a task into smaller reusable parts
   • Use counted loops for repeated patterns
   • Debug a nested action sequence

   Planned application: Create a reusable shape-drawing routine

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Data and representationsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain how a code can represent symbols
   • Use a simple binary on-off model
   • Identify inconsistent entries in a table

   Planned application: Encode a small pixel picture and explain its representation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Digital publishingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Organise a page with headings and useful links
   • Write image descriptions for accessibility
   • Distinguish original work from licensed reuse

   Planned application: Create a private topic webpage using a safe template

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Build and evaluatePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Define user needs and success criteria
   • Combine a variable loop and condition
   • Use feedback to improve usability

   Planned application: Build a quiz that explains answers rather than only scoring

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 10–11

1. 1Information trust and privacyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Evaluate a source using authorship evidence and date
   • Explain a digital footprint using fictional cases
   • Identify a manipulative permission request

   Planned application: Review and improve a fictional app privacy screen

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Programming with inputPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Store and validate a user input
   • Combine conditions with and or not
   • Trace a loop that changes a variable

   Planned application: Build a number-guessing game with safe input handling

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Reusable solutionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Define a reusable block with an input
   • Break a larger problem into subtasks
   • Compare two algorithms on a small example

   Planned application: Build a pattern generator with adjustable parameters

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Data and spreadsheetsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use cell references in a simple formula
   • Create a chart suited to a question
   • Explain how changing one input changes an output

   Planned application: Model a fictional event budget using supplied prices

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Computers and communicationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe components of a computing system
   • Explain a message split into packets with a physical model
   • Distinguish secure behaviour from a security guarantee

   Planned application: Create an illustrated network troubleshooting guide

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Design studioPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Plan a program with inputs outputs and rules
   • Test normal and boundary cases
   • Document sources and accessibility choices

   Planned application: Publish a project privately with a test report

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 11–12

1. 1Digital systems and safetyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain hardware software and operating-system roles
   • Model how data travels across a network
   • Identify phishing and choose a safe reporting action

   Planned application: Audit a fictional digital workspace without real credentials

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2From blocks to textPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Match a short block sequence to equivalent Python statements
   • Run and modify a print statement in a restricted local sandbox
   • Store and update a value in a named variable
   • Distinguish text from numeric values using worked examples
   • Read input as text and convert a valid numeric input explicitly
   • Predict a short input-process-output program using a trace table
   • Recognise a syntax error and use its location to make a correction
   • Recognise a type or value error using prepared safe examples
   • Test a small conversion program with normal and invalid inputs

   Planned application: Build a small unit-conversion tool in a restricted sandbox

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Control flowPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Evaluate a simple comparison as true or false
   • Use if and else to handle two cases
   • Trace several iterations of a counted loop
   • Explain and test the stopping rule of a conditional loop
   • Update a variable inside a loop and record each state
   • Find and repair a boundary error in a small program

   Planned application: Build a menu-based practice program

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Data and representationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Represent small integers in binary
   • Explain that text and images need agreed encodings
   • Clean and summarise a fictional dataset

   Planned application: Create a small data story with a justified chart

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Web creationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Structure a page with semantic HTML
   • Apply basic CSS without hiding information
   • Explain why forms should collect minimal data

   Planned application: Build an accessible offline information page

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Project and evaluationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Decompose a project into testable parts
   • Write expected results before testing
   • Evaluate a design against user needs

   Planned application: Create a private study tool with a short user guide

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 12–13

1. 1Responsible computingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain authentication and access permissions
   • Recognise social engineering in fictional scenarios
   • Evaluate a digital claim using independent evidence

   Planned application: Produce a safe-response decision tree

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Functions and collectionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Define a function with parameters and a return value
   • Use lists to store related values
   • Trace a program that combines loops and functions

   Planned application: Create a text-based library catalogue with fictional records

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Algorithms and testingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare linear search with a manual search strategy
   • Identify normal boundary and invalid inputs
   • Use test results to isolate a bug

   Planned application: Build and test a small searchable list

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Data modelsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a field record and identifier
   • Filter and summarise a structured dataset
   • Explain why correlation alone does not establish cause

   Planned application: Analyse a supplied environment dataset with a limitations note

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Interactive web pagesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Connect a button event to a simple JavaScript action
   • Validate input without treating client validation as security
   • Use labels keyboard access and readable contrast

   Planned application: Build a private interactive learning page

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Computational modellingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • State assumptions in a simple simulation
   • Use a random event with an explained probability
   • Compare simulated and expected results

   Planned application: Build a simple population or dice simulation and discuss its limits

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 13–14

1. 1Systems and securityPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain the roles of protocols and encryption at a high level
   • Model least-privilege access
   • Assess a fictional breach without attempting intrusion

   Planned application: Recommend safeguards for a fictional school system

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Modular programmingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Break a program into focused functions
   • Use dictionaries for labelled data
   • Handle invalid input and predictable errors

   Planned application: Build a modular revision planner with fictional users

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Algorithms and efficiencyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Trace a simple sorting algorithm
   • Compare search approaches under stated assumptions
   • Use operation counts instead of unsupported speed claims

   Planned application: Investigate how list size changes search work

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Databases and data qualityPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Design related tables with stable identifiers
   • Write simple read-only queries on a supplied database
   • Identify missing biased or inconsistent data

   Planned application: Create a data-quality report from a fictional dataset

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5AI and media literacyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish training examples from a model prediction
   • Explain why generated output can be confidently wrong
   • Evaluate fairness and privacy in a fictional AI use case

   Planned application: Test a rule-based and example-based classifier without personal data

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Software projectPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Write a clear specification and test plan
   • Combine an interface data and modular logic
   • Evaluate accessibility and failure cases

   Planned application: Create a small local application with documentation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 14–15 · A transition level; Grade 9 is high school in some systems.

1. 1Computing ethics and architecturePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain how processor memory and storage cooperate
   • Evaluate data collection against a stated need
   • Compare security usability and accessibility trade-offs

   Planned application: Write a justified design brief for a fictional service

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Programming structuresPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Choose lists dictionaries and functions for a task
   • Read and modify a small existing codebase
   • Use assertions and systematic debugging

   Planned application: Refactor a small program without changing its expected outputs

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Algorithms and abstractionPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Express an algorithm independently of a language
   • Compare time-growth patterns using small experiments
   • Explain the assumptions needed for binary search

   Planned application: Implement and test a search comparison

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Data pipelinesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Validate clean transform and summarise supplied data
   • Use read-only database queries with grouping
   • Communicate uncertainty and avoid misleading visualisations

   Planned application: Produce a reproducible data analysis notebook in a restricted environment

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Web and intelligent systemsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish front-end back-end and database roles
   • Explain API requests using a local mock service
   • Evaluate AI outputs with a written test set

   Planned application: Build a local mock dashboard with no external account or payment

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Capstone developmentPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Translate a user need into a feasible scope
   • Iterate using tests and documented feedback
   • Demonstrate limitations privacy choices and future improvements

   Planned application: Deliver a functional small application with a technical reflection

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.