1. a curriculum for excellence 22 March 2011

2. Curriculum for Excellence §ambitious educational change §co-ordinated approach – 3 to 18 §Future needs

3. BtC 3 P13

4. School Aims §successful learners §Determination to reach high standards of achievement §Every child/young person aiming to achieve his/her best

5. confident individuals Ambition Self-belief

6. responsible citizens Commitment to participate – Challenging themselves to be involved Every child/young person taking responsibility for his/her own actions/learning

7. effective contributors Every child/young person being able to do things by himself/herself Having initiative.

8. What your child is entitled to §experience broad Scottish curriculum §skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work, §focus on literacy and numeracy, § an active, healthy and environmentally sustainable lifestyle §an appreciation of Scotland and its place in the world Every child and young person should:

9. What your child is entitled to §learning and teaching that strikes a better balance between equipping them with the skills for passing exams and skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work §no need for groups of young people to take examinations before the end of S3,

10. What your child is entitled to §learning and achievements recognised by an assessment system that supports the curriculum rather than leads it § transition into qualifications is smooth.

11. Rationale for the curriculum framework §Aims §Overview of the six years of secondary schooling in Balfron High School

12. Aims To provide a curriculum (‘the totality of all that is planned’) in S1 to S3 which §allows the development of the four capacities, §is underpinned by the principles of Curriculum for Excellence, §develops skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work, §provides opportunities for interdisciplinary learning to develop an understanding of the connections within and across the learning experiences, §is broad and general, §allows preparation for transition to specialism in the upper school (S4 to S6).

13. Aims To provide a specialist curriculum for the senior phase which §to achieve the qualifications and experiences, skills and capacities necessary to move to a positive destination at the end of the S4, S5 or S6 or at the end of the second term in the S6.

14. Transition from Primary to Secondary Build on good practice: §Visits to Primary Schools by promoted and teaching staff, responsible for supporting learning, to find out about achievement, learning needs and personal needs of children §Based on this information, provide targeted support §Joint working between primary and secondary staff on curriculum and learning and teaching e.g. active learning strategies, literacy, numeracy etc

15. Transition from Primary to Secondary during S1 Build on good practice: §Personal Support for child - Form Class Leader §Build relationships with parents §Residential §Support from Senior Pupils- Buddying §Support from Senior Pupils – paired reading. paired Mathematics §Participation - Freshers Week, Interhouse etc §Taking on responsibility §Recording and recognising achievement

16. Transition – Assessment §Better recording and reporting information about a child’s progress -  Primary to Secondary,  during the ‘broad, general education phase’  transition from ‘broad, general education phase’ to ‘senior phase’ §Use of management information system to track and monitor progress

18. First Year period allocation

23. Transition from Broad, General Education phase to Senior Phase Build on good practice: §Personal Support §Working with parents §Choice in December of S3 §Course choice for the Senior Phase

24. New qualifications The Scottish education system is world-renowned and our qualifications are highly valued. Highers, Advanced Highers and Access qualifications will remain and will be updated to reflect changes to the curriculum. There will be new qualifications for all in literacy and numeracy from 2012/2013 and other qualifications e.g. Skills for Work

25. New qualifications §From 2013/2014 there will be new National 4 and National 5 qualifications to replace Standard Grades and Intermediate 1 and 2. §Young people can now study for Scottish Science and Scottish Language Baccalaureate (a stage on from Higher/Advanced Higher).

26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Access 1 Access 2 Standard Grade Foundation / Access 3 Standard Grade General / Intermediate 1 Standard Grade Credit / Intermediate 2 Higher Advanced Higher Higher National Diploma Ordinary Degree Honours Degree Masters Doctorate Access 1 Access 2 Access 3 *National 4 *National 5 Higher Advanced Higher *Literacy 3 *Literacy 4 *Literacy 5 *Numeracy 3 *Numeracy 4 *Numeracy 5 SCQF Levels Next Generation of National Qualifications Qualifications New qualifications are marked * Others qualifications, like Highers, remain and will be reviewed to be in keeping with Curriculum for Excellence

27. What parents can do Sharing, planning and learning! §Listen, talk, share and encourage – this has a big influence on children's learning §Do things together – learn together and have fun together §Praise effort §Encourage a ‘can do’ approach – ‘give it a try, you might just like it’ §Help them to respect others §Talk to them about their strengths and interests, and help them make choices based on these §Find out what learning is happening at school and do what you can at home to build on that

28. What parents can do §Help them work on tasks on their own and then talk about it with you afterwards §Encourage any reading – books, online, it all helps! §Encourage them to make their own choices §Help prepare for change – talk about it together §Look for opportunities at home to develop literacy and numeracy skills: money, number problems, time, measuring, matching, size, reading, writing, understanding instructions, questioning information §Ask for extra help if you think your child needs it for any reason. Visit www.infoscotland.com/justaskwww.infoscotland.com/justask §Be there – help, listen, support and encourage § Talk to them about how they are feeling

29. Other information §Website: www.balfronhigh.org.ukwww.balfronhigh.org.uk §Google – Curriculum for Excellence §Parent Zone Scotland and search for Curriculum for Excellence