The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the national curriculum for Scotland.
The Four Capacities – the curriculum aims for all children to become:
Successful Learners
Confident Individuals
Responsible Citizens
Effective Contributors
The eight curriculum areas are:
Expressive Arts – including art and design, dance, drama and music
Health and Wellbeing – mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing; PE; food and
health; substance misuse; and relationships, sexual health and parenthood
Languages – listening and talking, reading and writing in English and modern
languages. In our school we also have a focus on British Sign Language (BSL)
Mathematics – including analysing information, solving problems and assessing risk
Religious and Moral Education about Christianity, other world religions, and developing values and beliefs
Sciences – understanding important scientific concepts across planet Earth, forces,
electricity and waves, biological systems, materials and topical science
Social Studies – understanding people, place and society in the past and present
including history, geography, modern studies and business education
Technologies – including computing science, food, textiles, craft, design, engineering,
graphics and applied technologies
While planning the curriculum for our St Andrew’s learners, we provide breadth and depth to support progression. We make links to ensure relevance and coherence and strive to challenge pupils at their level so that learning is enjoyable. We value our pupils’ views, providing personalisation and choice where possible.