P4-P6 curriculum gap map: where AI literacy already fits your subjects

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An editable P4-P6 AI literacy coverage workbook: record existing activities by subject and term, mark the gaps and write the smallest next step for each, with three completed fictional school examples for a principal or panel head to use in a curriculum meeting.

Preparation

One curriculum meeting (about 60 min) + follow-up fill-in time

Equipment

Editable spreadsheet (the coverage workbook), a projector or large screen; also runs on printouts

Version

0.1

Reviewer

Billy Kan

Fact-checked by

Billy Kan

What this solves

Many schools already teach AI-literacy-related content in different subjects — General Studies teaches “checking a source”, ICT teaches “not giving away personal data”, Chinese Language teaches “telling true from false information” — but these scattered activities sit in different subjects, and no one knows which goals are already covered, which are repeated, and which are not taught at all.

This workbook turns that step into a single curriculum meeting of about 60 minutes: first record each subject’s existing AI-literacy activities in a “subject × term” table, then check them against the P4-P6 stage goals, mark the gaps, and write the smallest next step for each gap. Once the table is filled in, a panel head can see where P4-P6 AI literacy already fits across the subjects, and where it is still empty.

Learning objectives

After the curriculum meeting, principals, curriculum coordinators and panel heads can:

1. Use the “subject × term” table to record the AI-literacy elements that already appear in the school’s existing teaching.
2. Check them against the P4-P6 stage goals and judge which goals are covered, which are repeated, and which are empty.
3. Write a “next step” for each gap (one small lesson or activity change) and assign an owner.
4. Use the three completed fictional school examples to judge whether a coverage map “leads to a next step” rather than just listing activities.

Teaching steps

This is a curriculum-meeting agenda of about 60 minutes (it can be folded into a panel or administrative meeting):

1. Opening and shared aim (5 min) — State that the goal is not “full rollout” but seeing where P4-P6 AI literacy already fits across the subjects.
2. Explain the stage goals (10 min) — Project the P4-P6 stage-goal list and ask each panel head to tick off, in their head, which goals their subject already teaches.
3. Fill in the coverage table (20 min) — Subject by subject, record existing activities in the “subject × term” table: existing first, then empty.
4. Mark the gaps (15 min) — Against the goal list, mark the “not covered” and “repeated” positions.
5. Write the next steps (10 min) — For each gap, write one small next step and assign an owner; leave blanks to be finished after the meeting.

Answer key and marking notes

There is no single right answer, but a coverage map that “leads to a next step” can be judged against the checklist below.

P4-P6 stage goals (suggested list): the rows below are this workbook’s suggested scaffold, not the framework’s own wording. Check them against the P4-P6 stage goals in F (the AI Literacy Learning Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools, pp.1-6 to 1-10) before you quote them.

Coverage-judgement checklist:

The key judgement: the “next step” column is what matters. If every gap only gets “teach more AI”, the map is not useful; each next step must be small enough to finish within one term.

Files

P4-P6 curriculum coverage workbook (printable A4)

Includes: a blank coverage table, a blank gap-and-next-step table, three completed fictional school examples, and a meeting checklist.

How this relates to the EDB framework

This resource maps to:

• F (the AI Literacy Learning Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools, pp.1-6 to 1-10): sets out cross-subject implementation and progression across four learning stages, to be used when checking a school’s own activities against the stage goals.
• B (the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools (three-fold leaflet), p.2): requires digital and AI education strategies in school development plans with a clear implementation timetable.

Reference: https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/applicable-to-primary-secondary/it-in-edu/debp.html

This page is a teaching resource independently produced by Beets and is not an official EDB document.

Feedback

Have you used this workbook to map your school’s coverage? Which goal was hardest to judge as “covered” or “empty”? Tell us what needs adjusting, or suggest the next resource.