{"id":17,"date":"2015-05-05T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T09:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:46:24","slug":"curriculum-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/curriculum-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Curriculum<u> for Excellence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is Curriculum for Excellence?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland\u2019s national curriculum. It provides a coherent and inclusive curriculum from 3-18 years wherever learning is taking place, including early learning childhood centres, schools, colleges and community learning. It places children and young people at the heart of Scottish Education.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of Curriculum for Excellence is encapsulated in the four capacities- to enable each child or young person to be-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>a successful learner.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a confident individual,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a responsible citizen and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>an effective contributor<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stlucys\/uploads\/sites\/26580\/2025\/01\/20114501\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/curriculum-for-excellence\/picture1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stlucys\/uploads\/sites\/26580\/2025\/01\/20114501\/Picture1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"206,165\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stlucys\/uploads\/sites\/26580\/2025\/01\/20114501\/Picture1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stlucys\/uploads\/sites\/26580\/2025\/01\/20114501\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1064 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stlucys\/uploads\/sites\/26580\/2025\/01\/20114501\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These four capacities govern the entire curriculum from age 3-18 and aim to raise the standards of achievement for all learners.<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence is underpinned by the values inscribed on the mace of the Scottish Parliament \u2013 wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity.\u00a0 Throughout Curriculum for Excellence there is a strong focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing across all aspects of learning and every teacher will support learners with the development of these, including digital literacy skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum for Excellence is defined as: <strong><em>\u2018The totality of all that is planned for children and young people throughout their education.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opportunities for learning and teaching are governed by Four Contexts for Learning, which ensure that the education your child receives is informative, interesting, relevant and fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>These contexts are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ethos and life of the school as a community<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Curriculum areas and subjects<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Interdisciplinary Learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Opportunities for personal achievement <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the Curriculum for Excellence levels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are five levels, and these are flexible depending on pupils\u2019 needs and abilities <em>(some children and young people may achieve these levels earlier or later dependent on ability): <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early level pre-school to P1<\/li>\n<li>First level to the end of P4<\/li>\n<li>Second level to the end of P7<\/li>\n<li>Third and Fourth levels S1 to S3<\/li>\n<li>Senior Phase S4 to S6 and other forms of study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Broad General Education?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Broad General Education (BGE) is the first phase of two closely connected phases of education. The BGE phase stretches from age 3 until the end of S3 after which learners move into the Senior Phase which starts in S4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum for Excellence What is Curriculum for Excellence? Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland\u2019s national curriculum. It provides a coherent and inclusive curriculum from 3-18 years wherever learning is taking place, including early learning childhood centres, schools, colleges and community learning. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/curriculum-for-excellence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30238,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stlucys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}