Curriculum for Excellence
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Experiences and outcomes

The experiences and outcomes are an essential component of Scotland’s new curriculum and apply wherever learning is planned. They signpost progression in learning and set challenging standards that will equip young people to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Getting started with the experiences and outcomes

Essential reading that will help you to understand what the experiences and outcomes are and the contributions that you can make to the curriculum from early years to the end of S3.

Support for reflection, engagement and CPD

These annotated PowerPoint presentations can be used in CPD sessions or staff meetings to support familiarisation with the experiences and outcomes.

Guidance by curriculum area

Responsibility of all

Health and wellbeing across learning

Literacy across learning

Numeracy across learning

My experiences and outcomes

Find out more about this practical online tool that will help with planning and monitoring learning.

Fiona Hyslop launches the experiences and outcomes

Watch Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, launch the experiences and outcomes - an essential component of Scotland's new curriculum.

A screenshot of Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hsylop speaking at the publication of the Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes

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