curriculum RATIONALE and GUIDE

'It is important to ensure that everyone within the school is clear about what we are aiming to achieve through the curriculum. When a school has a rationale for its curriculum, it means that everyone involved with the school can answer the question ‘What do we want for our children and how will we work together to achieve this?’  (Education Scotland).

Scotland’s curriculum, Curriculum for Excellence, places learners at the heart of education. At its centre are four fundamental capacities (Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors). These capacities reflect and recognise the lifelong nature of education and learning. 

• They recognise the need for all children and young people to know themselves as individuals and to develop their relationships with others, in families and in communities

• They recognise the knowledge, skills and attributes that children and young people need to acquire to thrive in our interconnected, digital and rapidly changing world

• They enable children and young people to be democratic citizens and active shapers of that world.

CfE Experiences and Outcomes.pdf

As part of their learner journey, all children in Scotland are entitled to experience a coherent curriculum from 3 to 18, in order that they have opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to adapt, think critically and flourish in today’s world.

'Curriculum' is defined as the totality of all that is planned for children and young people from early learning and childcare, through school and beyond. That totality can be planned for and experienced by learners across four contexts:

Curriculum areas

There are eight curriculum areas: Expressive arts, Health and wellbeing, Languages (including English, and modern languages), Mathematics, Religious and moral education, Sciences, Social studies, and Technologies.

Literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing are recognised as being particularly important – these areas are seen as being the ‘responsibility of all’ staff.

At Kellands, we have developed a Curriculum Guide 'Road Map' to see the route our children take as they progress from Nursery to Primary 7 and the breadth of experiences from Early level through to First and Second Level.