S1-3 will provide a curriculum which
- enables learners to experience challenge and success in learning across a broad curriculum
- is underpinned by the 7 principles of curriculum design
- allows the development of the four capacities
- provides opportunities for interdisciplinary learning to develop an understanding of the connections within and across the learning experiences
- develops skills for learning, life and skills for work with a focus on stretching levels of literacy, numeracy and developing all aspects of health and wellbeing
- provides opportunities for celebrating learners’ progress and achievements at the end of S3
- allows for preparation for transition to specialism in the upper school (S4 to S6)
(Building The Curriculum 3 – a framework for Learning and Teaching, 2008)