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  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    The Future of AI

    What AI might do in 10 years; what we want it to do and what we're worried about; children as future designers and decision-makers about AI; hopeful, empowered…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    AI and the Environment

    AI needs huge amounts of energy and water to train; data centres and their environmental cost; but AI can also help — predicting weather, monitoring…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    AI Data Collection and Privacy

    What data AI systems collect about you; who has it and why it matters; cookies, tracking, smart speakers always listening; your data is valuable

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    AI and Fairness in Decisions

    Whether AI should make important decisions about people: jobs, loans, justice; who is responsible when AI makes unfair decisions; introduction to algorithmic…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    AI and the Future of Work

    How AI is changing the world of work: some jobs disappear, new ones are created, many change; jobs AI can't do (yet); what skills matter in an AI world

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    Designing Fair AI Rules

    Design thinking applied to AI ethics: if you were designing an AI system, what rules would you give it? Who should it help? What should it not be allowed to do?

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    Bias in AI Systems

    If training data is biased, AI will be biased; examples: facial recognition working better for some skin tones, translation assuming gender; where bias comes…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Computing // Artificial Intelligence

    Deepfakes and AI-Generated Content

    Deepfakes, AI-generated images and text; how to spot them and why they matter; the importance of checking sources; not everything online is real

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Naming Basic Emotions

    Name and recognise basic emotions — happy, sad, angry, scared, excited, and surprised — in themselves and in others by looking at facial expressions and body…

    Ages 5 to 7Language
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Feelings Change and Differ

    Understand that everyone has feelings, that feelings change throughout the day, and that the same event can make different people feel different things

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Triggers and Causes of Feelings

    Understand that feelings have causes — something happens (a trigger) and that makes us feel a certain way — and begin to identify what triggers their own…

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Expressing Feelings with Words

    Express their own feelings appropriately using words rather than actions — saying 'I feel angry because...' instead of hitting, shouting, or withdrawing

    Ages 5 to 7Method
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Emotion Vocabulary

    Use a wider vocabulary of emotion words beyond the basics — including frustrated, worried, anxious, embarrassed, jealous, proud, disappointed, grateful, and…

    Ages 7 to 9Language
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    How Emotions Feel in Your Body

    Understand the connection between emotions and the body — recognising physical signals like butterflies in the stomach (nervous), clenched fists (angry), racing…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Mild to Strong Emotions

    Understand that emotions come in different intensities — from mild to strong — and that the same emotion can feel very different depending on how intense it is…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Hidden and Masked Feelings

    Recognise that people sometimes hide or mask their true feelings — smiling when they're actually sad, or saying 'I'm fine' when they're not — and understand why…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Emotional Patterns Over Time

    Reflect on their own emotional patterns over time — noticing recurring triggers, understanding their typical responses, and recognising how their emotional…

    Ages 9 to 11Thinking skill
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Emotions and Decision-Making

    Understand how emotions influence thinking and decision-making — that strong feelings can cloud judgement, that we often make different choices when calm versus…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Culture and Experience Shape Emotions

    Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Mixed and Conflicting Emotions

    Understand that people can experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time — feeling excited and nervous about starting a new school, or happy for a…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Brain Science of Emotions

    Understand how the amygdala triggers emotional responses and how the prefrontal cortex (still developing in adolescence) regulates them; explain why stress…

    Ages 11 to 12Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Identity and Belonging in Adolescence

    Understand that adolescence involves active construction of identity, leading to emotional complexity around questions of 'who am I?'; explore the emotional…

    Ages 12 to 13Concept
  • Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

    Emotional Intelligence

    Introduce Goleman's emotional intelligence model (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills); develop vocabulary for complex emotional…

    Ages 13 to 14Thinking skill
  • Personal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness

    Vocabulary: understanding others

    Know and use the key vocabulary for understanding others — empathy, perspective, kind, fair, community, similar, different, and care — and understand that these…

    Ages 5 to 8Language