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What matters?<\/h2>\n
As part of their learner journey, all children and young people in Scotland are entitled to experience a coherent curriculum from 3 to 18, in order that they have opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to adapt, think critically and flourish in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n
Our curriculum is planned for and experienced by learners across four contexts:<\/p>\n
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- Curriculum areas and subjects<\/li>\n
- Interdisciplinary learning<\/li>\n
- Ethos and life of the school<\/li>\n
- Opportunities for personal achievement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nCurriculum entitlements<\/h2>\n
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
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- a curriculum which is coherent from 3 to 18;<\/li>\n
- a broad general education<\/a>, 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
- a senior phase<\/a> 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
- opportunities for developing skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work;<\/li>\n
- opportunities to maximise their individual potential, benefitting from appropriate personal support and challenge;<\/li>\n
- support to help them move into positive and sustained destinations beyond school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scotland’s approach 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 four capacities are aimed at helping children and young people to become: Successful learners Confident individuals Responsible citizens Effective contributors What matters? As … Continue reading “Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kpsscurricularpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- a senior phase<\/a> 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