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Transforming lives through learning National Qualifications Support from Education Scotland

Transforming lives through learning Aims  Reflect on learning and teaching in the Broad General Education  Consider breadth, challenge & application in the senior phase  Engage with NQ support resources from Education Scotland

Transforming lives through learning Broad General Education Successful learners Confident individuals Effective contributors Responsible citizens

Transforming lives through learning Four contexts of learning CurriculumIDL Personal achievement Ethos

Transforming lives through learning Application Breadth Challenge Senior Phase

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National Qualification support resources  All levels from National 3 – Higher  Created by practitioners for practitioners

Transforming lives through learning Reflect main points of change  Change of subject – introduced in National 4  2D and 3D vectors, completing square, discriminant, y - b=m( x - a) – introduced in National 5  Lifeskills courses – include new topics: first-fit algorithms (L4 & L5) and precedence tables (L5)  Inverse of linear functions – now in Higher  For all courses, greater emphasis on skills development, including Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

Transforming lives through learning How can I access the NQ support resources?

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Using these resources Learning and Teaching support by topic, with suggested activities and links to online resources Links to online resources: Blue - activities Red - interactive - videos - stimulus Contents: Each page is hyperlinked to the relevant support/resource Additional photocopiable resources. Listed in purple. Resources at back of document Focus on new areas of content. Focus on specific approaches to learning and teaching in line with CfE briefing paper 7

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National 4

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Lifeskills 5

Transforming lives through learning Lifeskills 3 activity – could be adapted for any level and topic:

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Same structure and layout in all course support resources. Higher support includes a larger range of ready-made activities.

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Transforming lives through learning With your neighbour(s), look through the activity. Put yourself in the learners’ shoes. Discuss how you might use the activity to promote active, collaborative and challenging learning experiences. Consider what modifications you may want to make to suit your learners. Discuss how the resources can support a more holistic delivery of the curriculum.

Transforming lives through learning Other support from Education Scotland  Route maps  SSLN professional learning resources  Assessing progress and achievement professional learning papers

Transforming lives through learning Route Maps A route map is a sequential list of the key guidelines, advice and support for qualifications at National 4, National 5 and Higher. It includes important information about assessment, learning and teaching. qualifications/routemaps/index.asp.

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SSLN Professional Learning Resources  An annual sample-based survey which monitors national performance in literacy and numeracy at P4, P7 and S2  Assesses literacy and numeracy in alternate years  Provides a snapshot of Scotland's achievement in literacy and numeracy at a specific point in time and allows for comparisons over time to be made  Supports the development of improvements in learning and teaching

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How can I access the SSLN numeracy Professional Learning Resource?

Transforming lives through learning Education Scotland website

Transforming lives through learning Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy

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Assessing progress and achievement  Overarching paper  Numeracy and mathematics paper  Numeracy and mathematics progression framework

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On its way …..  Numeracy and mathematics progression frameworks  Higher order thinking skills  Advanced higher support

Transforming lives through learning Professional Learning Community Forum on GLOW:  Practitioner videos from national events  Opportunity for discussions 

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