// Primary Computing Curriculum · Reception–Year 6
Children are growing up in a world being reshaped by AI. Most schools are teaching computing as if nothing has changed. Cipher is different.
// Why Cipher exists
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Children who don't will be shaped by it. The gap between those two groups is forming right now, in primary school.
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Every lesson asks children to do something real — experiment, debate, catch AI being wrong, build something a real audience will see.
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Slides, resources, assessment — all built in. A curriculum that demands heroic effort from teachers doesn't get taught.
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By secondary school, habits of uncritical AI use are already forming. Cipher catches children before those habits set.
"Children who understand AI will shape the future. Children who don't will be shaped by it. Cipher exists to make sure every child is in the first group."
// Year 4 · AI Literacy Unit · Free Download
Slide decks, printable resources, activity sheets and assessment rubrics — all ready to teach from day one.
Lesson 1
What is AI, really? Children discover how it works by experimenting with prompts across 10 real-world topics.
60 MIN · AI Literacy
Lesson 2
Introducing RACE — Role, Audience, Context, Extras. Children write their first structured prompt and feel the difference.
60 MIN · AI Literacy
Lesson 3
A real scientific experiment. Children improve one prompt three times, measure the difference and write a conclusion.
60 MIN · AI Literacy
Lesson 4
AI told us some facts. Some are wrong. Children investigate hallucination and learn to verify AI claims using real sources.
60 MIN · AI Literacy + Citizenship
Lesson 5
Is using AI cheating? Children debate the hard questions and write the class AI agreement — their rules, their words.
60 MIN · Citizenship
Live Brief
A real project. Teams build an AI prompt guide for their school and present it. Best guides go on the school website.
90 MIN · All Strands
// Included in your free unit
No mainstream AI sites. No logins. No email addresses. Children use the school code you provide and they're in — experiencing real AI, safely.
// Full Scheme · Coming Summer 2026
// Assessment & Evidence · Included with Full Scheme
Every Cipher unit comes with a built-in portfolio and assessment platform. Children capture their work lesson by lesson. Teachers assess it at a glance. Computing finally has the evidence system it deserves.
Children record a 60-second voice note and upload a screenshot at the end of every lesson. Done in under 2 minutes.
See your whole class at once. Every child, every lesson. Coloured dots show completion and assessment status instantly.
Six learning objectives per unit. One click to mark each as Developing, Secure or Extending. Teacher note optional.
Every child's work travels with them through Year 1 to Year 6 — and into secondary school as a Digital Passport.
✕ No more big books. No more lost evidence.
Computing has always struggled to evidence learning the way other subjects can. Cipher solves that. Voice notes, screenshots, written reflections — all captured, all organised, all searchable. Ofsted-ready. Always.
Six complete lessons. All slide decks, printable resources, activity sheets and assessment rubrics. And Cipher Chat — our own child-safe AI — included for free.
⭐ Full scheme of work for all year groups launching Summer 2026
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