Hampton Park Primary School: 50 Teachers, One Workshop, AI Tools Built Into Every Classroom

Brief

We delivered a hands-on AI workshop for all 50 staff at Hampton Park Primary School as part of their professional development day, built specifically for primary educators. Rather than watching demos, staff built real classroom resources in the room: AI-generated worksheets, custom ChatGPT setups tuned to their year level and subjects, and educational content using tools like ElevenLabs, Suno and Lovable. Every teacher walked out with working tools, not just notes.

Mind blowing! Going home to play on the AI tools!

Naomi Jones, Hampton Park Primary School Teacher

Problem

Heading into the 2025 report season, teachers at Hampton Park Primary School were drowning in admin. Lesson plans, worksheets and report comments were pulling them away from the thing they’d signed up for: teaching kids. Some staff had already started experimenting with ChatGPT to claw back time, but with no training, they weren’t sure what it could really do, where the limits were, or how to make its output match their style and the Western Australian curriculum. What they needed wasn’t another lecture about AI. They needed a practical session where every teacher, from the tech-curious to the sceptical, could learn what the tools can genuinely do, build resources for their own classroom, and leave confident enough to keep going on Monday morning.

Solution

We designed and delivered a full-staff workshop customised end to end for primary education. Every example, exercise and challenge was built around real teacher workflows: generating curriculum-aligned worksheets, drafting report comments in each teacher’s own voice, and creating engaging content for students. Staff saw live demonstrations of ChatGPT’s most powerful features, including Deep Research and Projects, then put them to work immediately on their own classes.

• Built for educators, not borrowed from corporate: every example was education-specific and aligned to the Western Australian curriculum
• Hands-on, not watch-along: staff completed live challenges during the session and walked out with resources they’d actually built
• Customised to each teacher: staff learnt how to set up ChatGPT to understand their year level and subjects, so outputs matched their style instead of sounding generic
• Beyond ChatGPT: live demos of ElevenLabs, Suno and Lovable gave staff a wider toolkit for driving student engagement, from audio content to custom learning games

Result

All 50 staff completed multiple education-focused challenges during the session, and the energy carried well beyond the PD day. Hampton Park teachers are now using AI regularly in their day-to-day work, cutting down the hours spent on lesson planning, worksheets and report writing. The flow-on effects are the real story: less time on admin means more time and energy for classroom teaching, reduced workload means reduced burnout heading into the busiest part of the year, and when teachers feel equipped instead of overwhelmed, staff morale lifts across the whole school. The leadership team got exactly what they were after: a staff that’s confident with AI, not just curious about it.

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