{"id":304,"date":"2021-10-06T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:45:53","slug":"c-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/c-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"C OVERVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last has-background builder-section-full-width builder-text-columns-2 layout-3\" style=\"background-color:#9aba93;background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12123856\/background5.png&#039;);background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7722\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12122031\/T3-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12122031\/T3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12122031\/T3.png 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The Curriculum<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The curriculum encompasses all aspects of learning and ensures the development of skills, content knowledge, and learning dispositions. The aim of the curriculum is to create <cite>&#8220;effective contributors, responsible citizens, successful learners and confident individuals&#8221;<\/cite> (<a href=\"https:\/\/scotlandscurriculum.scot\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland&#8217;s Curriculum for Excellence<\/a>, Education Scotland and Scottish Government)<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Early Level, the curriculum must:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be created within the setting, taking into account the children and families&#8217; wants and needs.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect the context of the setting and the local community.<\/li>\n<li>Align with the setting&#8217;s vision, values and aims.<\/li>\n<li>Be guided by the Curriculum for Excellence documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Be flexible and strike a balance between planned and responsive experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/media\/3bjpr3wa\/realisingtheambition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Realising the Ambition<\/a> (Education Scotland, 2020) states,<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Children learn and develop at different rates personal to themselves. They are continually trying to make sense of the world around them.\u00a0 Children learn best when they are active, busy learners.\u00a0 It could be said that they are learning all of the time from all of their experiences. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In essence, this is their curriculum.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the other hand, the curriculum is also about what the practitioner wants children to learn within a warm, caring, nurturing environment \u2013 the intentional promotion of experiences and interactions which are important for young children to learn.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(p. 62)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Curriculum The curriculum encompasses all aspects of learning and ensures the development of skills, content knowledge, and learning dispositions. 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