For Parent Councils – sharing ideas

Here are some links and resources which may be of use in explaining what Curriculum for Excellence means to parents. If you have any others, that parents and Parent Councils may find useful please let us have them.

Shift Happens Presentation

Presentation for Parents on Curriculum for Excellence

Presentation for parents on Skills for Learning, Life and Work<a

Handout for Parents on Curriculum for Excellence

Example of a newsletter from East Lothian to parents on Curriculum for Excellence

Example of newsletter to parents in Shetland about Curriculum for Excellence

Link to Andrew Brown’s comments and resources from the New Technologies Workshop at the Conference

What is GLOW?

Consultation on National Qualifications

Latest information on Curriculum for Excellence

Determined to Succeed Enterprise Planner

“Parents have a crucial role to play in supporting children’s learning and the successful implementation for Curriculum for Excellence.”Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education in her opening address to the Conference.

“In a world of accelerating change, parents need to imagine the kind of education that will equip their children to lead fulfilled and successful lives.
We are preparing young people for jobs that don’t yet exist… requiring technologies that haven’t been yet invented….to solve problems of which we are not yet aware.” Keir Bloomer, the keynote Speaker at the Conference

What did you think of the Conference? What ideas has it given you to take back to your Parent Forum and school?