AI for primary schools

Primary schools use Flint to let pupils try AI in a space built for children, with staff able to see everything they write. Before a class starts, the teacher sets the reading level Sparky should write at, such as Year 3, so the replies suit pupils who are still becoming confident readers. Pupils who find typing slow can talk to Sparky and have its replies read aloud.

Sparky helps pupils think a problem through instead of handing over an answer. A teacher can build an activity in a few minutes from a topic, a worksheet or a picture book, and then see how each pupil got on.

Examples by year group

Each example sits in the year group where the National Curriculum puts the topic.

• A Year 1 class follows a route around a map of the school grounds, telling Sparky whether to go north, south, east or west at each turn.
• Year 3 pupils run a pretend tuck shop, adding up prices and giving change in pounds and pence.
• Year 4 pupils practise times tables before the multiplication tables check, with questions that get harder as they get them right.
• In a Year 4 science unit on states of matter, pupils retell the water cycle as a story and see each stage drawn by AI.
• A Year 5 class asks a citizen of Ancient Greece about daily life in Athens and what the Greeks passed on to the modern world.
• Year 6 pupils work through reading questions before their Key Stage 2 SATs, and explain their answers in full sentences.
• A Key Stage 2 French or Spanish class practises ordering food or talking about the weekend, out loud.