Curriculum

Our Curriculum

At Ben Wyvis Primary, we strive to develop and provide opportunities for pupils to achieve the aims of Curriculum for Excellence through taking on leadership roles within the class/ school, or taking part in, enterprise, global citizenship, performances, celebrations and events – for example, through the Pupil Council, House Captains, Visioneers, JRSO, Christmas, Cultural Concert performance and many more.  

There will be opportunities throughout the session for pupils to work with visiting specialists, for example,  Ross County, Aigas and Camanachd Association. Kodaly music, Feis chanter, strings and drums tuition are also offered at various stages.

All classes are encouraged to plan outdoor learning and trips throughout the session, to enhance their learning and make it `real`.

As we know, the curriculum is more than curricular areas and subjects. At all stages the curriculum will include learning through:

●      The ethos and life of the school as a community

●      Curricular areas and subjects

●      Interdisciplinary projects and studies

●      Opportunities for personal achievement

We aim to promote learning across a wide range of contexts and experiences and to equip our pupils with high levels of literacy, numeracy and thinking skills and to support the development of their health and well-being. At Ben Wyvis Primary we plan whole school theme weeks/days in Finance, Health, World Book Day, etc., as well as celebrating individual pupil’s achievements. We strive to work with parents and the wider community, learn from them and encourage them to be part of our celebrations.

The experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence are written at five levels.

Early Level   -    the pre-school years and P1 or later for some

First Level -    to the end of P4, but earlier/ later for some

Second Level -         to the end of P7, but earlier/ later for some

Third and Fourth -   S1 to S3, but earlier/ later for some

Senior Phase -   S4-S6 and college or other means of study

A pupil should experience a balanced curriculum in their seven years in primary school.

The curriculum should also offer challenge and enjoyment, breadth, progression, depth, personalisation and choice, coherence and relevance.

Organisation of the Curriculum

The curriculum Nursery to P7 is organised under eight headings but every effort is made to link areas of the curriculum together to make learning more real and relevant, providing opportunities for children to transfer skills learnt in new meaningful contexts. The eight areas are:

Languages, Mathematics, Health and Well Being,

Social Studies, Technologies, Expressive Art,

Religious and Moral Education and Science

Further information can be found in the school handbook and Education Scotland website.

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