IT is a scene you might see at Google headquarters but at St Finbar's Primary School, Sans Souci, children are learning a skill they have never tackled before.
With a classroom full of iPads and laptops, pupils have become "developers" by adding a new academic talent — programming.
For one hour, the children practice their computing and coding skills as part of a lesson called Genius Hour.
They work together to build games that focus on a particular topic.
For instance, pupils use Minecraft to learn about how the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built.
They use the software to recreate the bridge to scale, or other pupils might explore how thunder works.
Their teacher Zeina Chalich said programs including Minecraft, Lego Builder, Code Org, Google Docs, blogs and other digital apps and educational games enabled students to take more risks.
"The projects are student-led and directed, and give pupils choice to drive their learning," she says.
"The idea is to enable students to explore their passions, interests through creativity, which means they become more engaged in their learning."