The 3–18 curriculum aims to ensure that all children living in Scotland develop the knowledge, attributes and skills they will need to flourish in life, learning and work.
The attributes and skills children will develop will enable them to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
Successful Learners:
Attributes
- Enthusiasm and motivation for learning
- Determination to reach high standards of achievement
- Openness to new thinking and ideas
Capabilities
- Use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
- Use technology for learning
- Think creatively and independently
- Learn independently and as part of a group
- Make reasoned evaluations
- Link and apply different types of learning in new situations
Confident Individuals:
Attributes
- Self-respect
- A sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Secure values and beliefs
- Ambition
Capabilities
- Relate to others and manage themselves
- Pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
- Be self-aware
- Develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world
- Live as independently as they can
- Assess risk and take informed decisions
- Achieve success in different areas of activity
Effective Contributors:
Attributes
- An enterprising attitude
- Resilience
- Self-reliance
Capabilities
- Communicate in different ways and in different settings
- Work in partnership and in teams
- Take the initiative and lead
- Apply critical thinking in new contexts
- Create and develop
- Solve problems
Responsible Citizens:
Attributes
- Respect for others
- Commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life
Capabilities
- Develop knowledge & understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it
- Understand different beliefs and cultures
- Make informed choices and decisions
- Evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues
- Develop informed, ethical views of complex issues
The experience and outcomes are set out in lines of development which describe progress in learning organised into 8 curriculum areas:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Languages
- Mathematics
- Expressive Arts
- Sciences
- Social Studies
- Technologies
- Religious and Moral Education