Curriculum for Excellence is the new curriculum for Scottish Schools for learners from age 3 to 18, to be introduced in August 2010.
- What is Curriculum for Excellence? (Learning Teaching Scotland)
- Curriculum for Excellence – Experiences and Outcomes (Learning Teaching Scotland)
- Curriculum for Excellence - Building the Curriculum (Learning Teaching Scotland)
- Journey to Excellence (HMIE)
- Q&A: Curriculum for Excellence (BBC Scotland)
Modern Languages are within the Languages area of the curriculum.
Essential reading for Modern Language practitioners can be found on the Curriculum for Excellence - Modern Languages pages from Learning Teaching Scotland.
- Modern Languages: Principles and Practice
- Modern Languages: Experiences and Outcomes
- Modern Languages: Support materials
Further information on the Languages area of the curriculum can be found on Curriculum for Excellence - Languages.
Under the previous Curriculum (5-14), there was an entitlement for all primary pupils to receive 500 hours of Modern Language input over 6 years. With Curriculum for Excellence, there are no more input measures. Rather, ‘Outcomes’ are a measure of what pupils are entitled to have achieved by the end of each Level.
Modern Languages Experiences and Outcomes (downloadable from LTS) list the tasks that pupils should be able to achieve by end of P7 (Second Level).
In addition, the Modern Languages: Principles and Practice paper (LTS), states the following on page 3:
'As teachers use these statements of experiences and outcomes to support their planning, by the end of Primary 7, the majority of children will have learned the skills necessary to:
- give a short presentation about themselves
- take part in simple conversations and transactions
- understand classroom instructions and personal information
- enjoy listening to a story, song or poem
- read aloud a simple text
- read and understand a short text
- write a few sentences about themselves and others.'
For an overall view of the entitlements of children and young people in Curriculum for Excellence, please read the document Building the Curriculum 3 (LTS).
Curriculum for Excellence specifically refers to young people 'developing a knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it'.
- Further information and resources to support International Education can be found from Curriculum for Excellence - International Education (Learning Teaching Scotland).
- Or read Scottish Government’s agenda for International Education
- HMIE published Learning Together: International education - responsible, global citizens as part of the Learning Together series, which aims to support schools and centres as they implement Curriculum for Excellence. It aims to help teachers reflect on and improve their practice in international education. Inspectors have visited a number of schools and centres, and worked with a wide range of practitioners and stakeholders to develop this resource.
Literacy and Gàidhlig and Gaelic Learners are within the Languages area of the curriculum. Further information on the Languages area of the curriculum can be found on Curriculum for Excellence - Languages (Learning Teaching Scotland).
Curriculum for Excellence - Literacy and Gàidhlig
Essential reading for Literacy and Gàidhlig practitioners can be found on the Curriculum for Excellence - Literacy and Gàidhlig pages from Learning Teaching Scotland.
- Literacy and Gàidhlig: Principles and Practice
- Literacy and Gàidhlig: Experiences and Outcomes
- Literacy and Gàidhlig: Support materials
Curriculum for Excellence – Gaelic Learners
Essential reading for Gaelic Learners practitioners can be found on the Curriculum for Excellence - Gaelic Learners pages from Learning Teaching Scotland.
- Gaelic learners: Principles and Practice
- Gaelic learners: Experiences and Outcomes
- Gaelic learners: Support materials
Please visit the websites of our sister organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for information on languages and the curriculum in the rest of the UK.
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CILT, the national centre for languages |
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CILT Cymru |
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NICILT |