An introduction

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Context

• Government carried out extensive research
• Asked parents what they know and want to know
• Main concern was Whats happening to my child?
• Plea I want to hear about Curriculum for
  Excellence from the professional who knows my
  child
• Local context I want to hear how my childs
  school is implementing it
• Toolkit of information produced as support for
  staff
• Equips practitioners to talk to parents
• Developed in consultation with practitioners and
  parents

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Curriculum for Excellence

• Raising standards
• Improving knowledge
• Developing skills

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A coffee cup
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A kite
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A basketball
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• A cup of coffee, a kite, a basketball
• All familiar objects

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Look again

• There are opportunities for learning all around
  us
• in everyday life.
• Parents can have fun with this too.
• Thats bringing life to learning and learning to
  life.

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The challenge

• Equipping our children with the knowledge and
  skills we believe they will need
• to succeed in a future we dont yet know
• to secure jobs yet to be invented
• to build self-esteem and resilience
• to harness knowledge yet to be discovered.

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Whats the aim?

• Curriculum for Excellence the three pillars
• Raising standards
• Improving knowledge
• Developing skills
• Bringing life to learning and learning to life

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Why change?

• Preparing young people for an ever changing world
• Nurturing them to be
• successful learners
• confident individuals
• responsible citizens
• effective contributors
• Build on Scotlands reputation for having a great
  education system

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Whats different?

• A planned learning journey from 3 to 18
• Improved learning and teaching
• New qualifications
• More rigorous assessment
• Provides skills for learning, life and work
• Learning more relevant to the modern world

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The curriculum

• Broad and deep education
• General education till the end of S3, then
  options
• Covers expressive arts, health and wellbeing,
  languages, mathematics, religious and moral
  education, sciences, social studies, technologies
• All staff have responsibility for
• literacy
• numeracy
• health and wellbeing

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How does it work?

• Broad guidance
• National standards and resources
• Putting trust in the professionals
• Sharing best practice across the profession
• Unique Glow network joins up the country

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What will young people experience?

• A broad and deep education
• Learning according to needs and interests
• Better engagement
• More able to apply knowledge
• Support for learning and with lifes challenges
• Easier transitions between stages, beyond school
• Make useful links between subjects
• Active learning questioning, doing, thinking
• Sense of progress through assessment
• Options in the senior phase
• Achievements outside school valued whole picture

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What parents can do

• Sharing, planning and learning!
• Play, talk, read
• visit www.infoscotland.com/playtalkread/
• Spend time together
• Show interest, listen, share
• Praise, encourage, support
• Ask about their interests and challenges
• Ask for help
• visit www.infoscotland.com/justask
• Talk to them about how they are feeling

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What else can parents do?
Drink coffee
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What else can parents do?
Fly a kite
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What else can parents do?
Play ball
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Further information

• Parents can find out more
• www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk
• Teachers and other professionals
• www.curriculumforexcellence.gov.uk
• The partners working to deliver Curriculum for
  Excellence are
• Scottish Government www.scotland.gov.uk
• The government has responsibility for the
  national education system
• Learning and Teaching Scotland www.LTScotland.org.
  uk
• Develops the curriculum, provides information and
  guidance
• on learning and teaching
• Scottish Qualifications Authority www.sqa.gov.uk
• Develops, marks and manages the qualifications
  process