A little discovery. Every day.Start with clear teaching and a worked example. See how an idea works before trying it yourself.
Hear Gina’s guidance, read the words and practise through activities. Replay an explanation when you need it.
Choose a suitable starting point, take breaks and revisit topics. There is room to think, ask and try again.
Gina introduces ideas, talks through examples and helps children make sense of what they are learning. Narration starts automatically as each lesson stage opens, unless you have turned Voice off in the top bar. Spoken guidance sits alongside written explanations, so families can listen together or read at their own pace.
After an answer, Gina first says whether it is correct. A correct answer leads into the explanation; an incorrect answer receives guidance for another try. Children can return to the teaching before trying again.
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Learning continues beyond a tap on the screen. Chapters include opportunities to explain an idea, draw, investigate or try a practical activity with an adult’s support.
Use everyday objects, a notebook or a conversation to bring an idea to life. Save notes about practical work in the Academy and use the learning record to decide what to revisit together.
Make three equal groups of four objects. Count them, draw them, then ask: “How do you know there are twelve?” A small activity can start a useful conversation.
Heartwing Academy brings guided teaching, spoken explanations, diagrams and practical activities into Gina’s world. Narration is on by default, with a Voice on/off control in the Academy header. Your choice is remembered. Children can listen, read, practise and revisit ideas, with a parent helping them choose a suitable starting point.
The year levels provide a flexible route through the material. They are not an assessment of a child’s ability or a replacement for school teaching and individual support.
There are also 48 opening discoveries and 27 additional guided chapters in French, beliefs and worldviews, and physical education.
Each core subject offers nine chapters in every year. The learning programme inside the Academy shows the available topics.
Build confidence with numbers, place value, calculation, fractions, measurement, shape and problem-solving. Worked examples and diagrams help children explain how they reached an answer.
Explore reading, vocabulary, spelling, sentence choices and writing. Children look for meaning, notice how words work and practise expressing ideas clearly.
Ask questions about living things, materials and the physical world. Practise observing, comparing, predicting and using evidence to support an explanation.
Explore places, maps, environments and the connections between people and the world around them. Use geographical clues and information to compare locations and explain patterns.
Look at the past through events, objects, people and evidence. Children practise sequencing, comparing change and considering what a source can and cannot tell us.
Explore instructions, algorithms, information, digital systems and safe choices. Practise sequencing, spotting errors and explaining how a process works.
Investigate creative choices in images, music and designed objects. Children notice patterns, discuss the effect of a choice and try ideas in practical projects.
Think about feelings, relationships, choices, community and everyday responsibilities. Activities encourage reflection, communication and consideration for others.
Nine guided chapters introduce vocabulary, meanings, useful phrases and a short exchange. Children can hear the spoken examples and practise at their own pace.
Nine guided chapters explore questions, traditions, values and different perspectives through respectful enquiry.
Nine guided chapters explore movement, teamwork and safe participation. Practical activities should be selected and supervised by an adult and adapted to the child.
Start with familiar material and move on when your child is ready. A child may benefit from different starting levels in different subjects. The descriptions below explain the intended progression, rather than a fixed age or ability requirement.
Start with noticing, counting, naming, listening and simple explanations.
Build confidence, make connections and describe what you notice.
Investigate ideas, follow clues and explain your thinking.
Compare information, use patterns and bring learning together.
Test ideas, consider evidence and give reasons for your choices.
Work more independently and apply learning to new situations.
Core chapters follow a guided sequence. Opening discoveries provide a shorter introduction. Children can read alongside the narration and turn the voice on or off.
Read or listen to Gina’s teaching. Pause, repeat and talk about unfamiliar words.
Explore a worked example and its diagram or illustration before trying the practice.
Answer questions, enter numbers, select options, put steps in order or match related ideas.
Gina acknowledges a correct answer before explaining it. An incorrect answer receives retry guidance so children can try again.
Try a practical activity, drawing, discussion or investigation away from the screen. Add an explanation or a note about the work.
Save the work and complete the learning sequence. Revisit a topic whenever further practice would help.
There is no need to rush. One idea, a conversation and a short practical activity can be a useful place to stop.
Stars recognise practice in the selected child’s Academy record. Main Academy activities award two stars for the first correct completion, and finishing a discovery awards four more. Revisiting the same completed activity does not repeatedly add stars.
Stars are not money or a spending balance. They cannot be bought, spent, transferred or exchanged for family Sparks. A star total records participation and completion, not a formal grade or proof of mastery.
Sparks belong to the main app’s separate rewards and unlocking system. The Academy does not add its stars to that balance or deduct Sparks when awarding stars.
For example, 14 Academy stars and 1,000 family Sparks can both be correct: they measure different things.
Completed discoveries unlock garden decorations, rather than spending stars. The milestones are 1 discovery for a flower border, 4 for a lantern, 8 for a tree, 16 for a butterfly haven, 32 for a fountain and 48 for an Academy star decoration. Children choose which unlocked decorations to place.
Ask “How did you decide?” or “Can you show me another example?” Encourage your child to explain an idea in their own words, use real objects or draw what they mean.
The Academy learning record includes recorded attempts, saved explanations and parent review notes. Use it to notice what your child can explain and where they still need support.
Use Save my work after entering an explanation or a note about a drawing, notebook page or practical activity. A correct screen answer is only one part of learning.
Listen together, read aloud, take breaks and choose practical activities that suit your child. Adult supervision is particularly important for movement and activities away from the screen.
When the Academy is opened through a signed-in child profile, it uses that profile’s main-app saving system. Allow saving to finish before leaving. Guest use does not provide the same account-based, cross-device continuity.
Gina acknowledges the attempt and gives retry guidance. Children can return to the teaching or worked example, then try again. The spoken answer explanation follows a correct answer.
Yes. Revisiting topics is encouraged. Previously awarded Academy stars are not awarded again for repeating the same completed activity.
It is a supplementary learning resource. Year labels organise the material; they do not certify attainment, replace a school programme or provide an individual educational assessment.
Use the illustrated learning programme to see the available topics. Start with something familiar, ask your child to explain it and choose the next step according to their confidence and understanding.
Open the Academy in Gina, select a suitable year and subject, and begin with one chapter. Use the child’s signed-in profile to keep learning progress with the main app.