CPD Team

This is a guest post from the ‘Curriculum for Excellence – Moving Forward Together’ event in Aberdeen

The Minister for Schools and Skills, Keith Brown MSP, delivered a speech to the delegates at the event this morning. He began by saying that is was quite clear that there has been a real embracing of the change that CfE brings by teachers. He reiterated that the aim of CfE is to give a more rounded education, breadth of education, and for all children to achieve the four capacities.

The minister told delegates that CfE, together with the Early Years Framework, places unprecedented focus on supporting our youngest learners, and that the curriculum can help ensure continuity of learning, ease transition and ensure smooth progression.

Mr Brown assured the audience that assessment practices will follow and support CfE, and allow more autonomy for teachers, providing a wider and more challenging range of learning across which learners can demonstrate their achievements.  

There will be further support for assessment in CfE, including the National Assessment Resource and the updated National Qualifications. The current P7 will be the first of the new cohort to sit the new qualifications.

Mr Brown finished by acknowledging the input of people in classrooms across Scotland. He said “As we move forward through implementation, the shape of things becomes clearer,”  and reassured the audience that the Scottish Government and the educational profession are working on creating an educational system that meets the needs and the aspirations of every child in Scotland.

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