Curriculum Information
Within our setting we recognise the importance and value of high-quality early education and childcare (ELC). We are committed to providing a stimulating and challenging environment which will develop and broaden children’s learning experiences, leaving them confident, eager, highly motivated and disposed to learn more. We aim to be responsive to each child’s individual needs, including any additional support needs, and to build on the child’s prior learning and natural curiosity.
We will be guided by Realising the Ambition: Being Me, which builds on the original guidance Building the Ambition and Pre-Birth to Three, that our babies and children deserve the very best experiences throughout their learning journey; before birth and beyond. The guidance covers the period from birth through early childhood into primary education.
Pre-birth to Three (Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2010) reflected on four key principles of the Rights of the child, Relationships, Responsive care and Respect. All four principles are as relevant and current today.
We will be guided by the guidance to:
- make links between practice, theory, and policy guidance to reinforce aspects of high-quality provision and the critical role practitioner’s play
- build confidence and capability of those who work with children and families from pre-birth to starting school and beyond
- support improvement and quality by encouraging discussion, self-reflection and questioning about relevant practice
- provide advice on achieving the highest quality of ELC provision that will enable young children to experience and to play their own part in Scotland being the best place in the world to grow up
Realising the ambition: Being Me is the national practice guidance for early years in Scotland. It aspires to support practitioners in delivering what babies and young children need to give children the best start in life and for sector practice that reflects the principles of nurture, and the importance of relationships.
For older children, we will also be guided by Curriculum for Excellence: Early level whichbuilds on the solid foundations developed in the critical years pre-birth to three.
We embrace the values inscribed on the mace of the Scottish Parliament (wisdom, justice, compassion, and integrity) which underpin Curriculum for Excellence.
Our aim is to nurture each child’s capacity to become a:
- Successful learner
- Confident individual
- Responsible citizen
- Effective contributor
Our curriculum will provide experiences and opportunities to foster these capacities.
Curriculum planning will follow the design principles of:
- Challenge and enjoyment
- Breadth
- Progression
- Depth
- Personalisation and Choice
- Coherence
- Relevance
Experiences and outcomes will support progress in learning. Across the eight curriculum areas; Expressive arts, Health and wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Religious and moral education, Sciences, Social studies, and Technologies.
Children’s voices in their learning journey will be evident in the use of overarching principles of the CFE to include Play and the SHANARRI Wellbeing Wheel Framework for Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) which contributes to all of the outcomes in this framework.
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