Our Curriculum

Our curriculum design is based on Curriculum for Excellence;  the National School Curriculum for Scottish children aged between 3-18. 

How is the Curriculum Structured? 

Curriculum areas

There are eight curriculum areas:

• Expressive arts

• Health and wellbeing

• Languages (including English, Gaidhlig, Gaelic learners and modern languages)

• Mathematics

• Religious and moral education

• Sciences

• Social studies

• Technologies

Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing are recognised as being particularly important – these areas are seen as being the responsibility of all staff.

How do we plan for teaching and Learning? 

When planning for teaching and learning, the principles of curriculum design are taken into consideration. These principles are: 

• Challenging and enjoyable

• Broad and varied 

• Progressive 

• Depth 

• Open for personalisation and choice

• Coherent

• Relevant

How is our Curriculum Unique to Cockenzie? 

Staff and pupils are continually involved in developing and improving  our school curriculum. Using the guidelines from Curriculum for Excellence, we offer a wide and varied learning experience for our pupils. 

There are a range of effective examples of quality learning experiences across the 4 contexts of learning within our school. Each year group constantly reviews planned yearly and termly learning opportunities to ensure learning remains relevant and challenging for our learners. Below is a snapshot of learning experiences delivered across our school which embody our school values, 7 principles and cross cutting themes of enterprise and learning for sustainability.

• Our progressive Cockenzie Curriculum from Nursery through to P7, which includes learning about our rich local history, businesses and our local area, for example, The Waggonway, Cokcnezie Power Startiona nd the importance of fishing

• Engaging and inspiring contexts for learning, including the Homefront in P6, The Vikings in P2 and The Scottish Parliament in P7

• Learning outdoors and participating in The John Muir Award in P5

• Encouraging and promoting a wide range of sporting activities including swimming and football 

• Working in partnership with our local community