Pitfour School, Mintlaw
Literacy and English Language: Listening, Talking Reading, and Writing.
Numeracy and Mathematics: Number, Money and Measure, Information Handling, Shape, Position and Movement.
Health & Wellbeing: Mental, emotional, social, and physical wellbeing, Physical education, activity and sport, Food and health, Substance misuse, Relationships, sexual health and parenthood.
Social Studies: People, past events and societies, People, place and environment, People, society, economy, and business.
Sciences: Planet Earth, Forces, electricity and waves, Biological Systems, Materials, Topical Sciences.
Technologies: Technological developments in society, Business technology skills and knowledge, Computing science, Food and textiles, Craft, design, engineering, and graphics.
Expressive Arts: Music, Drama, Art and Design and Dance.
Religious and Moral Education: Christianity, World Religions, Development of beliefs and values.
Modern Languages: French and Spanish
The Education and Children’s Service Directorate Plan update 2022 is intended for Aberdeenshire Elected Members, the citizens of Aberdeenshire and the wider public.
Our curriculum is designed based on the following 7 principles:
Challenge and enjoyment
Breadth
Progression
Depth
Personalisation and choice
Coherence
Relevance
Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is the Scottish Government’s Youth Employment strategy to better prepare young people for the world of work.
Developing the Young Workforce is embedded in Scotland’s Curriculum and along with the Curriculum for Excellence and Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) it is one the three main building blocks underpinning Scotland’s education offer for children and young people.