Curriculum for Excellence

The Scottish curriculum is currently going through a national review called Curriculum for Excellence with the aim of developing a streamlined curriculum for 3-18-year-olds and implementing new approaches to assessment.

The purposes of the curriculum, underpinning A Curriculum for Excellence, are to enable all young people to become:

successful learners

with:

• enthusiasm and motivation for learning
• determination to reach high standards of achievement
• openness to new thinking and ideas

and able to:

• use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
• use technology for learning
• think creatively and independently
• learn independently and as part of a group
• make reasoned evaluations
• link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations.

confident individuals

with

• self-respect
• a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
• secure values and beliefs
• ambition

and able to:

• relate to others and manage themselves
• pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
• be self-aware
• develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world
• live as independently as they can
• assess risk and make informed decisions
• achieve success in different areas of activity.

responsible citizens

with:

• respect for others
• commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life

and able to:

• develop knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland's place in it
• understand different beliefs and cultures
• make informed choices and decisions
• evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues
• develop informed, ethical views of complex issues.

effective contributors

with:

• an enterprising attitude
• resilience
• self-reliance

and able to:

• communicate in different ways and in different settings
• work in partnership and in teams
• take the initiative and lead
• apply critical thinking in new contexts
• create and develop
• solve problems.