{"id":461,"date":"2020-07-22T13:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/?page_id=461"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:20:15","slug":"curriculum-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/information\/curriculum-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/information\/curriculum-for-excellence\/cfe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/battlefieldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/11222\/2026\/01\/29141706\/cfe.webp\" data-orig-size=\"300,146\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cfe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/battlefieldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/11222\/2026\/01\/29141706\/cfe.webp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/battlefieldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/11222\/2026\/01\/29141706\/cfe.webp\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1373 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/battlefieldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/11222\/2026\/01\/29141706\/cfe.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s curriculum \u2013 <strong>Curriculum for Excellence (CfE)<\/strong> \u2013 helps our children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence 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 <strong>four capacities<\/strong> are aimed at helping children and young people to become:<\/p>\n<p>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<strong> four contexts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are eight <strong>curriculum areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expressive arts<\/li>\n<li>Health and wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Languages (including English, Gaidhlig, Gaelic learners and modern languages)<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Religious and moral education<\/li>\n<li>Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Social studies<\/li>\n<li>Technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing are recognised as being particularly important \u2013 these areas are seen as being the \u2018responsibility of all\u2019 staff.<\/p>\n<p>This diagram shows the five <strong>curriculum levels<\/strong> with progression to the senior phase (S4-S6).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Scotland\u2019s curriculum \u2013 Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) \u2013 helps our children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century. Curriculum for Excellence places learners at the heart of education. At its centre are four fundamental capacities. 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