NOVA ACADEMY / Pathway
Nobody begins with a whole robot. They begin with one instruction, one question and the chance to try. Our pathway connects those small discoveries, from lower primary through SHS, so each new challenge has something familiar to build on.
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WHAT THEY LEARN
Sensors, inputs and outputs, written in our Nova language.
SAMPLE PROJECT
A door alarm with a button, LED and buzzer
TOOLS
THE JOURNEY / FOUR STAGES
Age groups help describe the pathway. Experience matters too. If a learner is new to coding or has already been making things, tell us so we can discuss a sensible starting point.
LOWER PRIMARY / AGES 05–08
A story, a pattern or a character on screen gives younger learners something to explore. They practise putting actions in order and noticing what happens when that order changes.
Being able to explain a simple sequence is a useful foundation for the loops and events that come later.
A PROJECT TO WORK TOWARDS
An animated character that reacts to clicks
UPPER PRIMARY / AGES 09–12
Learners explore repetition and events, then begin connecting their instructions to circuits. Lights, sounds and motors make the effect of a small change easy to notice.
Testing a first circuit helps learners ask better questions about what goes into a system and what comes out.
A PROJECT TO WORK TOWARDS
A traffic light on a real board
JHS / AGES 12–15
Sensors and buttons introduce information from the outside world. With Nova, learners name the parts they wired and write instructions that connect an input to an action.
As projects become more involved, learners practise tracing behaviour and explaining why their program responds the way it does.
A PROJECT TO WORK TOWARDS
A door alarm with a button, LED and buzzer
SHS / AGES 15–18
Team robotics builds connect sensing, decisions and movement. Learners work from Nova towards Arduino C++, exploring how familiar ideas are expressed in a more advanced language.
The challenge becomes planning, testing and improving a whole system, while sharing the thinking with a team.
A PROJECT TO WORK TOWARDS
An obstacle-avoiding robot car
Progress is more than moving to the next tool. It is asking a clearer question, finding a mistake or explaining an idea to someone else. Our programs give learners different ways to practise those skills: in school, after school and during the holidays.