An introduction

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Curriculum for Excellence at North Berwick High
School
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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 with
  jobs yet to be invented
• to build self-esteem and resilience
• to harness knowledge yet to be discovered and
  take account of new knowledge about the brain and
  how we learn
• to use new technology, which is so familiar to
  young people

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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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• Nurturing them to be
• successful learners
• confident individuals
• responsible citizens
• effective contributors
• The four capacities

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Whats better?

• A planned learning journey from 3 to 18 (not
  5-14)
• Better transition and tracking of skills from
  primary to secondary
• Better transition and tracking of skills from
  school to life after school

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Whats different?
Levels Early pre-school and P1 (later for
some) First to end of P4 (earlier/later for
some) Second to end of P7 (earlier/later for
some) Third and Fourth S1-S3 (earlier/later
for some) Senior S4-S6 and college
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Curriculum for Excellence Level Map Second
level to end of P7, but earlier or later for
some Third and Fourth levels S1 to S3, but
earlier for some. D Developing - the pupil has
started to engage in the work of the new level C
Consolidating has achieved a breadth of
learning across most of the experiences and
outcomes (Es Os)for that level. S Secure -
the pupil has responded consistently well to the
level of challenge set out in these Es Os
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C
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C
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4
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D
S
D
D
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Developing Consolidating Secure
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The curriculum

• Broad and deep education
• General education till the end of S3, with
  increasing personalisation and choice
• All staff have responsibility for
• literacy
• numeracy
• health and wellbeing

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• Expressive Arts Art, Music, PE
• Health and Wellbeing HE, PSE, PE
• Languages English, Modern langs, Classics
• Mathematics
• Religious and Moral Education
• Sciences Biology, Chemistry, Physics
• Social Studies History, Geography, Modern
  Studies, Business Education
• Technologies CDT, Computing, Business
  Education, HE

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How does it work?

• Experiences kind of activities which promote
  learning (e.g. outdoor learning, maps in
  Geography)
• Outcomes what a pupil will be able to explain,
  apply or demonstrate (e.g. explain why people
  from beyond Scotland have settled here, in
  History)
• Skills skills learned which can be applied
  elsewhere (e.g. developing reasoned and justified
  points of view, in Modern Studies)
• Relevance (e.g. budget by identifying sources
  of income and items of expenditure, in Business
  Education)

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What will young people experience?

• Learning according to needs and interests
• Better engagement through more choices
• More able to apply knowledge and learn how to
  learn
• Support for learning and with lifes challenges
• Make useful links between subjects, e.g.
  China/Scotland unit, Catered Ceilidh, Holocaust
  Memorial Day, Anne Frank, Malawi

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What will young people experience?

• Active learning questioning, doing, thinking.
  Involvement in own learning e.g. Viking museum,
  Crime symposium
• Sense of progress through assessment (Assessment
  is for Learning you dont fatten a pig by
  weighing it!)
• Assessment- say, make, write and do e.g. a film
  about transition, a talk, a cake, a report

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Moving into S2 next year

• Year 2 of a three year S1-S3 stage
• English, Mathematics, French, PE, RME, PSE,
  Social Subjects, Science, HE, CDT, Art, Music and
  BEF as in current S2
• Levels 2,3 and 4
• Two periods of enhanced choice (new for our
  pupils)

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The enhanced choices in S2

• 1.Project work (one period per week).
• For example,
• Local environment and heritage
• Research, design, advertising and production
• Drama production / film project
• 2. Enhancement (one period per week)
• Extra choices for all pupils to follow interests
• Choice 1 June to December
• Choice 2 January to May

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On to S3

• Year 3 of S1-S3 stage
• Summer of S3 an end-point in its own right
• Keep building on personalisation and choice
• Looking ahead to certification S4 to S6

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The qualifications landscape

• Two new examinations from 2014 National 4 and
  National 5
• Access, Higher and Advanced Higher remain
• All subjects and examinations will be updated and
  revised by SQA
• In S4, most of our youngsters will study National
  5

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National 4 equivalent to General Level at
Standard Grade

• Assessed entirely internally (with external
  moderation)
• No examination diet
• Series of Units
• Pass/Fail

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National 5 equivalent to Credit Level at
Standard Grade

• Series of Units, assessed internally
• External examination
• Grades awarded A, B, C, D

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The S3 curriculum

• All pupils will continue to study English,
  Mathematics, PE, RME, PSE
• They will study another eight subjects
• Allows fuller choice than at present, and a
  broader education
• Certificated work will be covered over S3 and S4

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On to S4

• Pupils now entering the Senior Phase
• Studying largely for National 4 and 5
• English, Mathematics
• Six other subjects for certification
• First sitting in May 2014

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On to S5 and S6

• At the moment, envisage a similar curriculum to
  the present
• Students study five subjects
• Enhanced options beyond the academic curriculum
• First sitting 2015 for S5 and 2016 for Advanced
  Higher for S6

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What will young people experience?
Options in the senior phase transition/moving
on skills for work/life skills work
placement/college combinations of subjects at
different levels Partners to deliver this phase
Youth Café, Community Learning Development,
Skills Development Scotland, Outdoor Education
Service Achievements inside and outside school
valued John Muir Award, Riding for Disabled,
Coaching, Duke of Edinburgh. In school
citizenship awards, music, art, sport, clubs
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What parents can do

• Sharing, planning and learning!
• Spend time together
• Show interest, listen, share
• Praise, encourage, support
• Ask about their interests and challenges
• Talk to them about how they are feeling

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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