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Curriculum for Excellence
at
North Berwick High School
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 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
What’s the aim?
Curriculum for Excellence: the three pillars
• Raising standards
• Improving knowledge
• Developing skills
…Bringing life to learning and learning to life
Nurturing them to be:
– successful learners
– confident individuals
– responsible citizens
– effective contributors
The ‘four capacities’
What’s better?
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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’
What’s 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
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
C
D
2
C
S
Developing
Consolidating
Secure
D
3
C
S
D
4
S
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
• 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
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)
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 life’s challenges
• Make useful links between subjects, e.g.
China/Scotland unit, Catered Ceilidh, Holocaust
Memorial Day, Anne Frank, Malawi
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 don’t
fatten a pig by weighing it!)
•Assessment- ‘say, make, write and do’ e.g.
a film about transition, a talk, a cake, a report
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)
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
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
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
National 4: equivalent to General
Level at Standard Grade
• Assessed entirely internally (with external
moderation)
• No examination diet
• Series of Units
• Pass/Fail
National 5: equivalent to Credit Level
at Standard Grade
• Series of Units, assessed internally
• External examination
• Grades awarded: A, B, C, D
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
On to S4
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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
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
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
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
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
HMIE
The inspectors who monitor the quality of education
www.hmie.gov.uk