Parent and guardian handbook

What your child will do

Children choose a safe creation and learn by making, testing and improving it. There are four starting age levels from 6 through 17 and tracks for video games, apps, beginner robotics and useful inventions. There is no requirement to own a computer or paid software for the proposed partner-equipment pilot.

Before enrolment, a family should be given

1. The host’s legal/operator identity and approved contact points.
2. Confirmed venue, dates, pickup/drop-off and supervision arrangements.
3. Screened volunteer and incident response details appropriate to host policy.
4. Accessibility, support and food/allergy arrangements.
5. The privacy notice and retention plan, with separate optional media and project-sharing consent.
6. Any actual published fee or bursary arrangement (the existing budget is a planning estimate only).

Safety and ownership promises

• No participant is required to place work online or have a public profile.
• No unmoderated child chat, ads, microtransactions or financial/investment activity.
• Children’s work remains attributed to them; sharing requires separate permissions, subject to supplied-asset licensing.
• No automatic research contribution, monetization or transfer to Bridge, Exchange, NIKI or FarmNodes.
• Supervised low-voltage kits only and age-appropriate tools.
• Children may participate with accommodations, flexible pacing, quiet sharing and alternative controls.

Common questions