Brave Wings
Brave Wings — Phenomenon-Based Primary Home Education (Ages 5–11)
Brave Wings grew out of Brave Generation Academy — born from the belief that if flexible, learner-centred education transforms teenagers, it can transform younger children too. A complete, six-year, phenomenon-based curriculum built on the conviction that children learn best when they're genuinely curious.
54 themes. 216 weeks. Real questions. Real learning.
Real-world investigation and discovery — learning through hands-on exploration.
Innovation and engineering — children design, build, and bring ideas to life.
Kitchen Table Chat
Every week includes a Kitchen Table Chat — a short, guided conversation between parent and child about the theme. It's designed to build thinking skills, vocabulary, and the parent-child learning relationship.
No preparation needed. Just sit down and talk.
Browse the Curriculum
Six years. 54 themes. 216 weeks of phenomenon-based learning.
Year 1
Age 5–6
Patterns & Connections
Children begin to notice patterns in the world around them — in nature, numbers, language, and relationships.
Year 2
Age 6–7
Systems & Cycles
Exploring how everything connects — seasons, ecosystems, communities, and the cycle of stories.
Year 3
Age 7–8
Forces & Frontiers
What moves things? What holds them back? From gravity to history, children explore cause and effect.
Year 4
Age 8–9
Structures & Stories
How do we build things that last? Architecture, narrative, culture, and the skeleton of the world.
Year 5
Age 9–10
Networks & Narratives
Everything is connected — trade routes, ecosystems, the internet, and the stories we tell about each other.
Year 6
Age 10–11
Legacy & Leadership
Who do we want to be? Children reflect on impact, identity, and what they want to leave behind.
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Brave Roots
A gentle, play-based curriculum for the first five years. Weekly activity guides built on neuroscience and the science of child development.
Learn more →Brave Wings
6 years, 54 themes, 216 weeks of phenomenon-based learning. Singapore CPA maths, literacy, science, and creative quests — all at the kitchen table.
Learn more →Brave Generation
Fully online IGCSEs, A-Levels, and American diploma — with personal coaches and optional Learning Hubs. Internationally recognised qualifications.
Learn more →Brave Pathways
Accredited degrees and professional qualifications from age 16. Study fully online, at your own pace, without waiting for traditional university entry.
Learn more →Why This Curriculum Exists
Most curricula start with content — what children need to know — and work backwards into lessons. We started with a different question: what makes a child genuinely want to learn?
The answer was always the same. Children learn best when they're curious, when they're doing something real, and when someone they trust is beside them. Not worksheets. Not screens. Not tests. Real questions, real materials, real conversations.
Every one of the 216 weeks in Brave Wings is built on that principle. Each week starts with a phenomenon — something a child can see, touch, or wonder about — and builds outward into science, maths, literacy, art, and character. We call it phenomenon-based learning, but you don't need to remember that. You just need to sit at the kitchen table and start.
Brave Wings: A Curriculum That Grows With Your Child
Brave Wings isn't a collection of standalone lessons — it's a carefully sequenced six-year journey. Skills, concepts, and character virtues are introduced, revisited, and deepened across 54 themes and 216 weeks.
Each year contains 36 weeks across 3 terms. Every week is a complete, ready-to-use lesson plan.
How This Curriculum Was Built
This curriculum was designed by Paul Penfold — a Head of School with over 20 years of experience in international education — and developed through Brave Generation Academy.
The design principles, learning philosophy, theme sequencing, pedagogical approach, and quality standards all come from Paul's experience of what works in real classrooms with real children. The production process used AI tools to help scale 216 weeks of detailed lesson plans — but the thinking, the craft, and the educational expertise behind every week are entirely human.
Every theme was planned by hand. Every learning pathway was designed with intention. The AI helped with the heavy lifting of production — formatting, consistency, cross-referencing — so that one person's vision could become a complete six-year programme without a team of 50 curriculum writers.
The result: a curriculum with the coherence of a single author and the depth of a full publishing team.
Brave Wings is part of the Brave family of programmes, developed through Brave Generation Academy.
The Brave Learning Journey
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Brave Roots — early years home learning for ages 0–5 →Ready for secondary? →
Brave Generation — alternative secondary education for ages 11–18 →Brave Wings is a complete homeschool curriculum designed for families who want an alternative to traditional schooling. Whether you're homeschooling for the first time, looking for a structured home education programme, a nature-based curriculum, or a creative primary curriculum that covers the full UK National Curriculum — Brave Wings gives you everything you need. Suitable for home educators, unschoolers looking for more structure, worldschoolers, and families who want a secular, hands-on, enquiry-based approach to primary education.