The Scottish Government understands that the earliest years of a child’s life are crucial. They believe that Scotland should be the best place for children to grow up and learn. To support this, they have implemented 1140 hours of funded childcare with continual focus towards improving the quality of our Early Learning and Childcare provision in Scotland. The current guidance document which sets out the principals and philosophy of Early Learning and Childcare is called Realising The Ambition: Being Me:

Click to access realisingtheambition.pdf

Curriculum for Excellence
At Cart Mill Family Centre we provide an exciting curriculum which puts the child at the centre of learning, we follow the values and principles for the curriculum as set out in ‘A Curriculum for Excellence’ and Realising the Ambition. We provide early level learning experiences across all 8 areas of the curriculum. We particularly value listening to children, learning in the outdoors and learning through play. We work in partnership with parents and families and we use our local community and beyond to extend and enrich the learning experiences of our children. Through this we ensure our environments and learning experiences are centred around the interests of our children, encouraging them to explore and investigate while supporting their learning and development.
This enables children to become, successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
If you would like further information about Curriculum for Excellence please click on the link to Education Scotland’s website.