5-14

Personal and Social Development

A Curriculum for Excellence asks teachers to think about their educational aims and values and their classroom practice. It will give teachers more responsibility to use their professional judgement and creativity within broad parameters.

Although the 5-14 curriculum will be with us for the immediate future, use this short Reflection Guide to help you think about adapting your classroom practice in accordance with the principles and purposes of A Curriculum for Excellence.

Photograph of primary-age children walking away across a grassy field

Citizenship in the great outdoors

A primary school uses the local moors, woodlands, farmland and seashore for a programme that links environmental education and citizenship.

Photograph of primary-age boy and girl paying attention to unseen speaker

Community focus creates citizens

Focusing on the school as part of the local community helps primary pupils to see themselves as citizens.

Photograph of two primary-age boys concentrating and thinking

School for philosophers

The philosophy programme in this primary school enables the pupils to understand and participate in making choices and taking decisions.

Photograph of two primary-age girls with their arms round each other's shoulders and smiling

Pupils care for their community

Bonds within a primary school and its external links boost the pupils' self-esteem and care for their community.

Photograph of primary-age boy in school uniform and smiling

Peer mentoring in making video stories

In this Primary 3 after-school video club the pupils mentor one another in their ICT skills as they work on creating digital video stories.