Scotland’s curriculum – Curriculum for Excellence – helps our children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century.
Scotland’s curriculum places learners at the heart of education. At its centre are four fundamental capacities. These capacities reflect and recognise the lifelong nature of education and learning.
The purpose of Curriculum for Excellence is to help children and young people to become:
• Successful learners;
• Confident individuals;
• Responsible citizens; and
• Effective contributors.
Developing the capabilities and attributes of the four capacities is embedded across all learning.
They:
- recognise the need for all children and young people to know themselves as individuals and to develop their relationships
with others, in families and in communities - recognise the knowledge, skills and attributes that children and young people need to acquire to thrive in our interconnected, digital and rapidly changing world
- enable children and young people to be democratic citizens and active shapers of that world
Totality
Curriculum is defined as the totality of all that is planned for children and young people from early learning and childcare, through school and beyond. That totality can be planned for and experienced by learners across four contexts:
- Curriculum areas and subjects
- Interdisciplinary learning
- Ethos and life of the school
- Opportunities for personal achievement
This is a helpful guide for families to look at which can explain the curriculum in greater detail Parentzone – CfE in a Nutshell
