Engaging with parents
Parents are key partners in Curriculum for Excellence.
Parents prefer to receive information about their child’s education from the education establishment. So it is important to think about how to keep parents informed so they understand why and how the curriculum is changing.
Here are some resources that may help.
This leaflet has useful information for parents and carers about Curriculum for Excellence, why education is changing and where they can find more information.
PDF file: Curriculum for Excellence - A Guide for Parents and Carers (227 KB)
Information for parents and carers
A short video for parents explaining how Curriculum for Excellence will work and how it is already changing education.
It explains how schools are preparing children for jobs that don't exist yet, training them in the capabilities to use technology that has not been invented and helping them to solve future problems they may encounter.
Explaining active learning to parents
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This video looks at explaining active learning to parents and how Curriculum for Excellence can support the transition from nursery to P1.
Under the leadership of the school’s depute headteacher, the nursery and Primary 1 staff at Glenlee Primary School in Hamilton took a fresh look at planning, teaching and learning and organisation of the learning environment, to take forward Curriculum for Excellence and to improve the continuity of the learning experience for children in the transition from nursery into P1.
Helping parents understand how learning and teaching is changing in secondary
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In this film, two senior students discuss their experience of an enterprising interdisciplinary project involving music and business management at St Margaret's High School in North Lanarkshire.
Share this video with parents to encourage them to think about what skills the young people are learning as they undertake a study linking music and business management.
Related links
Parentzone
Information about Curriculum for Excellence for parents.