{"id":3534,"date":"2017-08-21T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/?page_id=3534"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:56:56","slug":"curriculum-rationale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/curriculum-rationale\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Rationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is a Curriculum Rationale? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a school has a rationale for its curriculum, it means that everyone involved with the school can answer the questions \u2018What is it we want for these children?\u2019 and \u2018What are we going to do to achieve it?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is a Curriculum Rationale necessary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is important to ensure that everyone within the school is clear about what they are aiming to achieve through the curriculum, which is the totality of a child\u2019s experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/uniform\/img_0258\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad (7th generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1761836023&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0258\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11401\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/10\/30154939\/IMG_0258-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please click on the link below to access our Curriculum Rationale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/09\/24175104\/NEW-2023-Curriculum-Rationale-Poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum Rationale Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information correct as of Sept 25<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Curriculum Rationale? When a school has a rationale for its curriculum, it means that everyone involved with the school can answer the questions \u2018What is it we want for these children?\u2019 and \u2018What are we going to do to achieve it?\u2019 Why is a Curriculum Rationale necessary? It is important to ensure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/curriculum-rationale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curriculum Rationale<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28168,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11417,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3534\/revisions\/11417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}