Bringing learning to life and life to learning.  

Curriculum for Excellence spans learning from 3-18 year olds - wherever they learn.  It aims are to improve children’s life chances, to nurture successful learner, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens, building on Scotland’s reputation for excellence in education. 

The curriculum develops skills for learning, life and work, bringing real life into the classroom, making learning relevant and helping children apply lessons to their life beyond the classroom.  It links knowledge in one subject area to another allowing children to make connections in their learning.  It develops skills which can enable children to think for themselves, make sound judgements, challenge, enquire and find solutions.  

Curriculum for Excellence balances the importance of knowledge and skills.  Every child is entitled to a broad and deep general education, whatever their ability and level.  All teachers are responsible for the development of literacy, numeracy and health and well being 

All children have an entitlement to personal support to help them fulfil their potential and make the most of their opportunities with additional support, wherever it’s needed. There is a lot of emphasis by all staff on looking after  children’s health and wellbeing – to ensure that the school is a place where children feel safe and secure. 

The curriculum is all the experiences that are planned for learners wherever they are being educated.  It takes account of all the experiences that learners have through learning out with school and in any extracurricular activity.  There are four different contexts for learning for all children:    

• The ethos and life of the school as a community 
• curriculum areas and subjects 
• interdisciplinary learning 
• opportunities for personal achievement  

Planning the Curriculum   

• At all stages of P1 – P7 children's curricular learning experiences are planned under the areas of:   

Literacy & English - reading, writing, talking and listening and modern languages 
Mathematics & Numeracy
Social Studies 
Technologies 
Expressive Arts – Drama, Art, Dance and Music 
Health & Well Being – including P.E. 
Religious and Moral Education 
Science   

All class teachers plan carefully a range of learning activities for all children.  To ensure children make the best progress in their learning these activities are planned using the following principles:  

• Challenge and enjoyment 
• Breadth 
• Progression 
• Depth 
• Coherence 
• Relevance 
• Personalisation and choice 

Children and young people should find their learning challenging, engaging and motivating.    

At every stage, children and young people should experience an appropriate level of challenge, to enable each individual to achieve his or her potential.   

They should be active in their learning and have opportunities to develop and demonstrate their creativity.   

All children and young people should have the opportunities for a broad range of experiences.     

Their learning should be planned and organised so that they will learn and develop through a variety of contexts within both the classroom and other aspects of school life. 

Children and young people should experience continuous progression in their learning from 3 to 18 years.    

Each stage should build upon earlier knowledge and achievements.   

Children and young people should be able to progress at a rate which meets their individual needs and aptitudes.

There should be opportunities for the children and young people to develop their full capacity for different types of thinking and learning. 

Children and young people’s learning activities should combine to form a coherent experience. There should be clear links between different aspects of learning.  

Children and young people should understand the purpose of their learning and related activities. They should see that value of what they are learning and its relevance to their lives, present and future. 

The learning planned for children and young people should respond to their individual needs and support particular aptitudes and talents. It should provide opportunities for personal choice.  

• A variety of after school classes are offered to children during the year eg ICT and art clubs, football, dance etc. 
• The school has within its ground an all weather games pitch which is used for football, games and sports. 
• All classes take part in 2 day trips as part of their social studies programme. 
• Primary 7 participate in a residential week. 
• The local area is used regularly to support learning. 
• A chess club meets weekly and takes part in local tournaments. 
• The children run a variety of clubs within the school day.