Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

Last updated: 15 September 2009

Below are links to documents about all aspects of the proposed primary curriculum. All have been designed to be easy to read on screen or when printed.

• Diagram of the proposed primary curriculum
  This diagram explains how the proposed curriculum is designed and describes its components.
  
• Essentials for learning and life
  These are set out as:
  • literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology (ICT) capability 
  • learning and thinking skills, personal and emotional skills and social skills.

• ICT across the curriculum
  Explaining how ICT has been integrated across all areas of learning.

• Areas of learning
  Six statutory areas of learning are being consulted on. These are:

1. understanding the arts
2. understanding English, communication and languages
3. historical, geographical and social understanding
4. mathematical understanding
5. understanding physical development, health and wellbeing
6. scientific and technological understanding.

The non-statutory programme of learning for religious education is also part of this consultation.