Dr Alasdair Allan blog – ensuring pupils reap the benefits of learning about food as part of their education
Schools have made a lots of progress in recent years to provide healthier meals and help pupils to think about the food they are...
Curriculum for Excellence
In August 2010 Curriculum for Excellence was officially introduced in all public-funded Scottish schools. This was with the aim of making the curriculum more flexible, exciting, engaging and relevant, enabling Scotland’s children and young people to be better prepared for our ever-changing world, equipping them with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to help all learners get the best from their education, wherever they are on their learning journey.
One and a half years in and we are seeing more and more examples of how the flexibility of CfE is enabling our children to learn in different ways from the way past generations have, with far greater opportunity for more interesting and stimulating learning and teaching, more active participation and input from the learners themselves, raising engagement and subsequently their enthusiasm for learning.
Curriculum Unit,
Scottish Government
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Positive destinations – Examining the first measure on the Senior Phase Benchmarking Tool (SPBT)
The first measure on the Senior Phase Benchmarking Tool is about what’s happened to pupils after they’ve left school. It's aim is to...
Bill Maxwell blog – major milestone reached in delivery of new curriculum materials
Today marks the successful completion of a major programme of work designed to help support the on-going development of the new curriculum in schools.
First national literacy survey shows more than 90 per cent of pupils at expected level
Under Curriculum for Excellence, more than 90 per cent of pupils are within or above expected reading and writing levels Learning Minister Alasdair...
Podcast: The Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education
The podcast for The Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education is available here. The findings of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural...