An introduction scotsystem

Context

• Government carried out extensive research• Asked parents what they know and want to know• Main concern was: ‘What’s 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 child’s 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

Curriculum for Excellence

• Raising standards• Improving knowledge• Developing skills

A coffee cup

A kite

A basketball

A cup of coffee, a kite, a basketball

All familiar objects

Look againThere are opportunities for learning all around us in everyday life.

Parents can have fun with this too.

That’s bringing life to learning and learning to life.

The challenge

Equipping our children with the knowledge and skills we believe they will need

• to succeed in a future we don’t yet know• to secure jobs yet to be invented• to build self-esteem and resilience• to harness knowledge yet to be discovered.

What’s the aim?Curriculum for Excellence: the three pillars

• Raising standards• Improving knowledge• Developing skills

…Bringing life to learning and learning to life

Why change?

• Preparing young people for an ever changing world

• Nurturing them to be:– successful learners– confident individuals – responsible citizens – effective contributors

• Build on Scotland’s reputation for having a great education system

What’s 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

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

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

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 life’s 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

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

What else can parents do?Drink coffee

What else can parents do?Fly a kite

What else can parents do?Play ball

Further information

Parents can find out morewww.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.ukThe government has responsibility for the national education system

Learning and Teaching Scotland www.LTScotland.org.ukDevelops the curriculum, provides information and guidance on learning and teaching

Scottish Qualifications Authority www.sqa.gov.ukDevelops, marks and manages the qualifications process

HMIE www.hmie.gov.ukThe inspectors who monitor the quality of education