Curriculum
Scotland’s Curriculum – Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) 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. In St Brendan’s we strive to help our children achieve the the four capacities.
- Successful Learners
- Confident Individuals
- Responsible Citizens
- Effective Contributors
The four capacities:
- reflect and recognise the lifelong nature of education and learning
- recognise the need for all children and young people to know themselves as individuals and to develop their relationships with others, their families and communities
- recognise the knowledge, skills and attributes that children and young people need to acquire in order to thrive in our interconnected, digital and rapidly changing world
- enable children and young people to be democratic citizens and active participants in society
The Learner’s Journey
As part of their learning journey, St Brendan’s pupils have a variety of opportunities and experiences. They learn in different contexts so that they acquire skills and positive attitudes as well as progress in their knowledge and understanding of curricular areas. These contexts are described below.
The four contexts of the curriculum
The curriculum is the totality of all that is planned for children throughout their education. Building the Curriculum 3 identifies four contexts for learning:
- Ethos and life of the school as a community
- Curriculum areas and subjects
- Interdisciplinary learning (IDL)
- Opportunities for personal achievements
The four contexts are intrinsically related in establishing a climate in which all learners can achieve their full potential. The experiences and outcomes, taken as a whole, define the standards and expectations for the entire curriculum. They will be the focus of planning all aspects of learning across all contexts of the curriculum, including opportunities for personal achievement.
We worked on developing a curriculum rationale to ensure our curriculum is relevant to our learners.
Below is a visual representation of this.
