ks · spark
Spark.
A schools programme for ages 8–18. Bring stickers, a laptop, and the curiosity. Kids leave knowing what a DID is — and shipping their first micro-app on the foundry.
how it works
Four steps. One assembly.
~13 weeks · per class
- § 011 hour
Spark
A free 60-minute session at the school. We bring stickers, a laptop, and the curiosity. Kids leave knowing what a DID is.
- § 024 weeks
Sketchbook
Four weekly sessions. Every kid mints a sandbox DID, swaps stickers on a Duedale-class ledger, and sketches their first micro-app.
- § 038 weeks
Make
Eight weeks shipping a real micro-app on the SSL — guided, scaffolded, and reviewed by a forge fellow paired with the class.
- § 041 day
Showcase
An assembly. Each kid demos. Parents and teachers vote on the most useful, the most surprising, and the kindest.
resources
Free where it matters.
Curriculum book
freeA printed sketchbook + PDF, written for ages 8–18. Three tracks: identity, trade, AI. Yours forever, no licence.
Workshop kit
donation · ₨ 0–2,500USB drive with the offline sandbox, stickers, the printed book, and a class poster. Donations cover schools that can't pay.
Teacher day
freeOne Saturday on a video call with us. We walk through the curriculum and answer the questions you'd be afraid to ask in front of the kids.
Code club starter
freeEverything a parent or teacher needs to run a Spark club at home or after school. Replicates the Code Club / CoderDojo model.
what kids ship
Micro-apps on the foundry.
real things, real DIDs
ages 8+ Sticker Swap
Swap sandbox stickers with a friend. First DID, first signed trade, first time owning a piece of digital paper.
ages 10+ Class Atlas
A class profile page that travels with the student to next year's class. Followers and notes carry over.
ages 12+ Homework Buddy
A tiny AI helper that knows about your week. You teach it; you can also tell it to forget. Audit log included.
ages 10+ Lost & Found
School lost-and-found as a trust ledger. Whoever finds something gets a kindness receipt anyone can verify.
ages 8+ Pen Pal
Cross-school DIDs. Letters move between Spark classrooms; teachers see the bridge but not the contents.
showcase
Recent things kids built.
Aiza, age 11
Sticker Swap with leaderboard for kindness ratings
Lahore Grammar School
Yousaf, age 14
Homework Buddy that revises Urdu poetry — won the showcase
Beaconhouse Islamabad
Class 7-B, age 13
Pen Pal network with three other schools across the country
GHS Mardan
asked often
Quick answers.
What's the age range?
8 to 18. The curriculum is broken into three tracks — Sticker (8–11), Sandbox (12–14), Sketch (15–18) — so the same school can run multiple year groups.
Do kids need to know how to code?
No. The first three weeks are scaffolded — drag-and-drop blocks that compile to TypeScript. By week 5 most kids are reading the actual code; by week 10 some are writing it.
What hardware does a school need?
Any computer with a browser. The sandbox runs offline if the school's internet is slow, and we ship the workshop kit for schools that don't have laptops.
What does it cost?
Tuition is free, always. The kit is donation-based — pay-what-you-can in Pakistan, sliding-scale internationally. Schools that can't pay get the kit free.
I'm a teacher / parent. Where do I start?
Drop us an email. We'll send the curriculum and book the Teacher Day. Most clubs start with one teacher, one Saturday, and twelve curious kids.
the spark · open to schools
One teacher. One Saturday. Twelve curious kids.
That's how most clubs start. Drop us a line — we'll send the curriculum and book a Teacher Day.