A former North Wales headteacher is launching a free bilingual education resource designed to help children understand artificial intelligence and use the technology safely and responsibly.

Meinir Lloyd Jones, a partner and lead education consultant at Anglesey-based business consultancy Lafan, has developed the five-lesson teaching pack to help primary school pupils recognise how AI works, question the information it produces and understand the potential risks of relying too heavily on it.

Adapted for the Curriculum for Wales, the resource is aimed at children aged between eight and 11 and is available to download free of charge in Welsh and English.

Meinir, who spent eight years as headteacher of Ysgol Bro Gwydir in Llanrwst during a 20-year teaching career, says schools need to do more than simply show children how to use AI. She believes they must also equip them with the critical thinking skills to recognise its limitations and understand when information may be misleading.

She said there was a degree of uncertainty among teaching staff about how artificial intelligence should be discussed with pupils as the technology develops.

She warned that allowing children to outsource too much of their schoolwork to AI could have consequences for their cognitive development, because they would miss out on the process of thinking through problems and developing their own ideas.

The lessons introduce pupils to the language and principles behind artificial intelligence, including bias, the distinction between artificial and human intelligence, and the importance of checking information rather than automatically accepting answers generated by technology.

The resource also explores the positive applications of AI, including how it could help teachers with lesson planning and administration, potentially freeing up more time for direct teaching and interaction with pupils.

The pack has been adapted from an original resource developed for English schools by education consultant Phil Wickins of Run Don't Walk Computing.

Phil, who has held senior leadership positions in primary schools, said he originally created the material because he believed there was a gap in teaching resources explaining what AI actually is, rather than simply how to use it.

He also raised concerns about the way some AI systems are designed to appear human through conversational language, voices and personalities, warning that children need to understand the difference between interacting with a computer system and forming relationships with people.

He said it was important that young people understood how artificial intelligence could be used to create convincing false information and deliberately spread misinformation.

Meinir and Phil first attended Ysgol Betws-yn-Rhos near Abergele as children, but their professional paths crossed again last Easter when they were both writing units for the Teaching Digital with Confidence programme for Wales.

Their subsequent collaboration has resulted in the original English-language resource being translated and adapted for Welsh schools.

Meinir said Lafan had undertaken the work without external funding because of the importance she attached to helping children understand the technology.

The resource will be formally unveiled at a Lafan event at Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda on Friday, November 20. Meinir will also host an online webinar on Thursday, November 26, explaining how teachers can use the five lessons in the classroom.

The wider event will bring together Lafan's clients, partners and associates, with entrepreneur and adventurer Dr Elin Haf Davies, founder of medical technology company Aparito, delivering the headline address.

Other contributors will include Robin Evans of Mona Lifting, Martin Schweller of GeoMon, Daniel Johnson from Aberystwyth Ceredigion City of Literature and Hannah Edwards from Gwynedd Council's slate World Heritage Site team.

The programme begins at 9.45am, following registration and coffee from 9.15am, with lunch at 1pm and optional workshops and activities continuing until 3pm.

The AI teaching resource is available to download free of charge, with teachers also able to register for the November 26 webinar through the Run Don't Walk website.

Further information and access to the bilingual pack can be found at https://rundontwalk.co.uk/2026/09/14/artificial-intelligence-deallusrwydd-artiffisial-adapted-and-translated-for-the-curriculum-for-wales/.

Details of the Lafan event and registration are available at https://lafan.cymru/digwyddiad-lafan.