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This resource will help young people to develop all 4 capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence. For example, it will help them to become:
- Successful Learners with enthusiasm and motivation for learning, who have an openness to new thinking and ideas and are able to link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations.
- Confident Individuals who are able to relate to others and manage themselves and assess risk and make informed decisions.
- Responsible Citizens with respect for others, who are able to make informed choices and decisions and understand different beliefs and cultures.
- Effective Contributors who are able to communicate in different ways and in different settings and solve problems.
Cross-Curricular Themes
Learning Outdoors
An ‘excellent’ curriculum needs to offer real-world learning experiences outdoors. Learning
outdoors engages and motivates learners through first-hand experiences and can develop the values
young people need to choose to live more sustainable lives. This resource seeks to enhance these
outdoor experiences further, through the introduction of rights and responsibilities in the outdoors as
they apply to young people in Scotland.
Education for Citizenship
Education for Citizenship is about learning to be a good citizen now – and having opportunities
to exercise that citizenship – as well as learning to be an effective citizen in the future. The
activities in this resource will help children to consider the exercise of rights and responsibilities
at local and national level and help them to make informed decisions and take thoughtful and
responsible action.