In developing resource materials and courses it is important to take account of what children can achieve with appropriate pace and challenge. You will constantly be observing and judging progress using a broad range of approaches. You will also need to take stock through broad summative judgements when you believe that a child has a secure grasp of a significant body of learning. Have you considered the implications of this approach to progression for:

Planning?              Assessing?            Reporting?

It is intended that curriculum areas should provide the basis for learning and the development of skills across a broad range of contexts. They will offer opportunities for citizenship, sustainable development, enterprise, creativity and cultural aspects.

• Will the resources you choose and develop adjust the current balance towards cross-curricular learning?
• What are the implications for your future planning?

• What opportunities are there to introduce personalisation and choice into your classroom through the development of the resources you have chosen?

A goal of the curriculum review is to give teachers more freedom to teach in innovative and creative ways.

• In using and developing the resources you have chosen, will you take into account your current teaching styles and consider how they contribute to the development of the four capacities of A Curriculum for Excellence?
• What changes to your teaching would lead to further development of the four capacities?