{"id":2380,"date":"2026-06-15T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/?page_id=2380"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:15:32","slug":"building-scotlands-curriculum-draft-resource","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/building-scotlands-curriculum-draft-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Scotland&#8217;s Curriculum: a draft resource for discussion and further co-deign"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Scotland&#8217;s Curriculum: a draft resource for discussion and further co-design<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong><em>Building Scotland\u2019s Curriculum<\/em><\/strong><strong> will be an interactive, digital resource that supports curriculum making in schools and education settings. The final version of this document will replace the\u00a0<em>Building the Curriculum<\/em> series from August 2028.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>It aims to:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>outline all policy relating to curriculum in one place<\/li>\r\n<li>build on the work undertaken for the refresh of the curriculum narrative in 2018\/19 and for <em>Realising the Ambition: being me <\/em>in 2018\/20<\/li>\r\n<li>build on the learning from the range of curriculum design activity that has taken place across Scotland since 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>replace the <em>Building the Curriculum<\/em> series<\/li>\r\n<li>support and strengthen curriculum making at school and setting level over the ten years of the CIC<\/li>\r\n<li>include provocations and practical activities to support professional learning and a shared understanding curriculum making.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>This is a first DRAFT for discussion and further co-design with Scotland\u2019s educators.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>It<\/strong><strong> is deliberately <u>being shared as a draft document.\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We encourage leaders and educators to engage with this document and <strong>provide feedback to ensure the final version is practical and is responsive<\/strong> to their needs and those of the children and young people they work with.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This draft will be updated in September 2026 following initial testing with focus groups.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>More <strong>formal feedback<\/strong> on this guidance will then be gathered until November 2026.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Practical activities will be provided to support professional dialogue and professional learning about the content of the resource. Initial draft activities are provided here for Parts 1 and 2, but these will be discussed and expanded upon at events for head teachers and setting leaders in September 2026.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The publication of the finalised first edition of this guidance will be January 2027.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This guidance will continue to evolve over the ten years of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) to support continuous improvement and in line with new approaches to inspection.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1: Introduction<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<p>This introductory section is the starting point for engaging with the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC). It supports teams to explore the purpose of this guidance, what the CIC is, and an initial understanding of how Scotland\u2019s Curriculum is evolving. An optional draft activity to support this section is available now.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/19173448\/DRAFT-BSC-June-2026-Part-1-Introduction.pdf\">Click here to download the draft text of BSC Part 1: Introduction<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/22090756\/DRAFT-Activity-1-Exploring-the-change.pptx\">Click here to download optional draft Activity 1: Exploring the change<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2: Why? Purposes of curriculum<\/h3>\r\n<p>The first part of Scotland\u2019s approach to curriculum making as a process is to consider questions of purpose: why do we educate? An optional draft activity to support this section is available now.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/19173450\/DRAFT-BSC-June-2026-Part-2-Why.pdf\">Click here to download the draft text of BSC Part 2: Why? Purposes of curriculum<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/22090727\/DRAFT-Activity-2-Our-curriculum-purpose.pptx\">Click here to download optional draft Activity 2: Why? Purposes of curriculum<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 3: What matters?<\/h3>\r\n<p>After exploring a shared understanding of purpose, educators consider the \u2018what\u2019 of curriculum. The CIC aims to strengthen all 4 contexts for learning and to support better connections between and across the contexts. This section will be a focus during the professional learning events for head teachers and leaders. Professional learning activities for this section will be available in September 2026.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/19173454\/DRAFT-BSC-June-2026-Part-3-What-matters.pdf\">Click here to download the draft text of BSC Part 3: What matters?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 4: How do we enact curriculum<\/h3>\r\n<p>Once questions of why, and what have been considered, educators move on to questions of enactment: how do we do it? This section relates to the enactment of the updated curriculum from August 2028 onwards; live co-design of this part is ongoing.\u00a0 Professional learning for this section will take place from session 2027\/28 onwards.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/19181104\/DRAFT-BSC-Part-4-How-002.pdf\">Click here to download the draft text of BSC Part 4: How do we enact curriculum?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full text of draft document<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/19173444\/DRAFT-BSC-June-2026-full-June-text.pdf\">Click here to download the full draft text of\u00a0<em>Building Scotland&#8217;s Curriculum<\/em> June 2026 version for discussion and further co-design.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Scotland&#8217;s Curriculum: a draft resource for discussion and further co-design Building Scotland\u2019s Curriculum will be an interactive, digital resource that supports curriculum making in schools and education settings. 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