{"id":125,"date":"2025-03-26T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/drummore\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2025-05-05T00:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:08:37","slug":"curriculum-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/drummore\/school-handbook\/curriculum\/curriculum-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum For Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is the curriculum?<\/h2>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland&#8217;s curriculum for children and young people aged 3-18.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an approach designed to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need for learning, life and work in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to enable every child or young person to be a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful learner<\/li>\n<li>Confident individual<\/li>\n<li>Responsible citizen<\/li>\n<li>Effective contributor<br \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/drummore\/uploads\/sites\/11921\/2025\/03\/26204421\/4capacities-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"258\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Curriculum entitlements<\/h2>\n<p>Children and young people\u2019s rights and entitlements are central to Scotland\u2019s curriculum and every child and young person is entitled to experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a curriculum which is coherent from 3 to 18;<\/li>\n<li>a broad general education, including well planned experiences and outcomes across all the curriculum areas from early years through to S3. This includes understanding the world, Scotland\u2019s place in it and the environment, referred to as Learning for Sustainability;<\/li>\n<li>a senior phase, after S3, which provides opportunities to attain and achieve, including to study for qualifications, awards and other planned activities to develop the four capacities;<\/li>\n<li>opportunities for developing skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work;<\/li>\n<li>opportunities to maximise their individual potential, benefitting from appropriate personal support and challenge;<\/li>\n<li>support to help them move into positive and sustained destinations beyond school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Curriculum for Excellence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence aims to raise standards of learning and teaching for all 3 to 18 year olds.\u00a0 It aims to prepare children and young people with the knowledge and skills they need in a fast changing world. As part of Curriculum for Excellence, all children from pre-school to the end of S3 will receive a rounded education known as a Broad General Education (BGE).\u00a0 Curriculum for Excellence is all about bringing real life into the classroom and taking lessons beyond it.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to providing children with a Broad General Education and focus on eight curriculum areas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Languages<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Health and Wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Expressive Arts<\/li>\n<li>Religious and Moral<\/li>\n<li>Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Social Subjects<\/li>\n<li>Technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our pupils are given a wide range of active learning experiences through the 4 Contexts for\u00a0Learning.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link to find out more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2019\/09\/cfe_layout_1909_E.pdf\">https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2019\/09\/cfe_layout_1909_E.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence spans learning from 3-18 years.\u00a0 Its aims are to improve our children\u2019s life chances, to nurture successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors, and responsible citizens, building on Scotland\u2019s reputation for great education.<\/p>\n<p>Many of our learners work between early and first levels with other learning focusing on the benchmarks and milestones, with a bespoke curriculum for each learner.<\/p>\n<p>Our curriculum develops skills for learning, life and work, bringing real life into the classroom, making learning relevant and helping young people apply lessons to their life beyond the classroom.\u00a0 It links knowledge in one subject area to another helping make connections in their learning.\u00a0 It develops skills which can enable children to think for themselves, make sound judgements, challenge, enquire and find solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence balances the importance of knowledge and skills.\u00a0 Every child is entitled to a broad and deep general education, whatever their level and ability.\u00a0 All teachers are responsible for the development of literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>There is an entitlement to personal support to help young people fulfil their potential and make the most of their opportunities with additional support wherever that\u2019s needed.\u00a0 There will be a new emphasis by all staff on looking after our children\u2019s health and wellbeing \u2013 to ensure that the school is a place where children feel safe and secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the curriculum? 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