The Scottish Government’s lifelong learning strategy aims to ensure that everyone develops the attributes, knowledge and skills they will need for life, learning and work. The curriculum is all the experiences that are planned for learners to support the development of these skills. The curriculum includes the totality of experiences which are planned for children and young people through their education, wherever they are being educated. Click HERE for an audit poster.

The curriculum should be designed on the basis of the following principles:

Challenge and enjoyment
Breadth
Progression
Depth
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Coherence
Relevance

The principles must be taken into account for all children and young people.
They apply to the curriculum both at an organisational level and in the classroom and in any setting where children and young people are learners.
The principles will assist teachers and schools in their practice and as a basis for continuing review, evaluation and improvement. They apply to the curriculum at national, education authority, school and individual levels.
Although all should apply at any one stage, the principles will have different emphases as a child or young person learns and develops.
Designing a curriculum around these seven principles will form the basis of high quality teaching and learning and so provide relevant opportunities for assessment.

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