1. Qualifications are changing Curriculum Update Event – Stirling Management Centre Tuesday 25 th September 2012 National 1 and National 2

2. Key Points  Builds on principles and practices guidance and relevant level experiences and outcomes  Follows the design principles agreed by CfE Management Board and SQA’s Qualification Committee  Incorporates the best features of existing Access 2 Courses and feedback from engagement  Focuses on personalisation and choice  Provides opportunities for flexible delivery and curriculum planning

3. Curriculum areaCourses at National 2 Mathematics Lifeskills Mathematics Science Science in the Environment Languages English & Communication Modern Languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish) Expressive Arts Performance Arts Creative Arts Social Subjects / Business Social Subjects Business in Practice Health & Wellbeing Physical Education Food, Health & Wellbeing Technologies Practical Craft Skills Information & Communications Technology

4. Courses will:  Have strong focus on skills development and activity based learning  Be written in a very open way to encourage personalisation and choice  In many cases provide a mix of optional and mandatory Units  Encourage breadth, depth and application

5. Course and Unit Support Notes:  information on progression, hierarchies and fallback  advice on approaches to teaching, learning and assessment -sequencing -skills for learning/life/work -links to other Units/Course

6. Unit Assessment Support packages:  October – one package covering the Units in each Course: - suggested contexts for assessment -suggested learner activities with task / assessment sheets -observation checklists (where appropriate), teacher recording grids, advice on judging evidence

7. Awards  Personal Development Award at SCQF 2  Personal Achievement Award at National 1 and National 2 These are now available.

8. Personal Development Award  Hierarchical with PD Award at SCQF levels 3, 4, 5 and 6  Re –brand the existing Personal Development Course  Consist of nine Units in three groupings – select one from each grouping

9. Personal Achievement Award National 1 and National 2 The Award aims to develop, reinforce and strengthen skills associated with:  working toward independence  working with others  communicating  thinking  developing knowledge and understanding

10. Personal Achievement Award National 1 and National 2  recognises small but significant achievement of learners on an incremental basis  each Unit is 3 SCQF credit points in size  based around 40 new Units developed across both levels

11. Personal Achievement Award National 1 and National 2  All Units have same outcomes - prepare for - participate - review  Units grouped under two themes - Developing Independence - Taking part in the Community

12. Personal Achievement Award National 1 and National 2 Type of Award Number of Units (all 3SCQF credit points) Combination of Units Size of award (SQCF credit points) Bronze2 One from each theme 6 Silver4At least one from each theme 12 Gold6At least two from each theme 18

13. Personal Achievement Award Learners can :  build up achievement in small amounts  develop skills in very open contexts  focus on participation to develop skills  widen and deepen skills by working in a very wide range of contexts

14. Tasks Consider: Opportunities for developing breadth and depth of learning using Courses in a curriculum area and/ or a mix of Units from these Courses Opportunities to develop breadth and depth of learning using the full range of revised/new Courses at National 2 Potential to use Awards to recognise learning that has taken place Consider and provide feedback on future provision at National 1 level

15. Further development work For further information visit: www.sqa.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence