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Greater choice and opportunity for pupils
Choice and opportunity for young people to help each of them realise their own potential
Our young people have a very wide range of individual skills, talents, aspirations and enthusiasms and their success comes through realising their individual potential. All young people should have a secure foundation in literacy, numeracy and other essential skills and capabilities to help them achieve their potential. We will act to give young people the opportunity to gain these essential skills, and to give each of them the opportunity to choose and develop the other personal skills and talents most important to them.
Curriculum for Excellence 3-18 to give the right pace and challenge for young people
We are:
- reviewing the curriculum and ensuring it is built to deliver, from our schools, young people who are responsible citizens, effective contributors to our society, successful learners and confident individuals
Recognising achievement of all young people in S1 to S3
We are:
- working with local authorities to develop ways of recognising young people's achievement in areas such as sport, community activity and leadership as part of the wider curriculum review
- developing standards for this recognition of achievement to ensure it is valued by employers, colleges and universities
Partnership between schools and colleges to provide young people with the best possible learning environment and experience
We have:
- created new Skills for Work courses and are piloting these in construction crafts, sport and recreation, early education and childcare, and financial services
- published the Lifelong Partners strategy to give pupils better access to colleges
- made extra funding available to colleges to enhance school/college partnerships
More specialists in subjects such as PE, Music, Art and Drama, and in primary schools, to open up opportunities for pupils
We have:
- as part of the 53,000 teacher commitment by 2007, increased the number of postgraduate teaching courses in PE as part of our plans for an additional 400 PE specialists
- provided funding for CPD opportunities which allow primary teachers to develop specialist skills
More out of school hours opportunities across a wide range of activities to help young people develop their skills and confidence
We have:
- encouraged more opportunities for all pupils for out of school hours activities and commissioned Learning and Teaching Scotland to take forward a development programme on outdoor education
We are:
- ensuring shared good practice and innovation across Scotland through the Out of School Hours Learning Network (formerly the Scottish Study Support Network)
Personalising learning and personal learning planning
We have:
- developed personal learning planning as a central part of the Assessment is for Learning (AifL) programme to encourage involvement of pupils and their parents in planning their own learning
We are:
- developing new guidance that builds on good practice on annual reporting to parents to ensure parents' basic right to information on their children's performance
Promotion of better, more flexible parental involvement in their children's learning
We have:
- introduced the Scottish Schools Parental Involvement Bill into Parliament to improve parental representation and involvement in school decision-making
- published Making the Difference leaflets to help parents become more involved in their children's learning
We are:
- promoting good practice by publishing case studies so that schools and parents can build on what works well for others
- enhancing information for parents on school performance by launching a refreshed Parentzone website in spring 2006
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