Curriculum for Excellence
The displays across our venues feature a rich variety of objects and artworks, with opportunities to link to areas such as Technologies (discovery, curiosity and imagination), Science (exploration through senses and discovery of past scientific study) and Religious and Moral Education (valuing diversity). A visit to the museum offers lots of opportunities for pupils to develop skills including observation, investigation, exploration, expression, discussion and creativity.
Schools programmes organised by Museum Collections aim to meet the four purposes set out in the Curriculum for Excellence:
Successful learners
Our sites provide opportunities for pupils to engage with a new environment, new objects and new ways of learning that encourage them to use the techniques and methods they have learnt in the classroom in a different context. Artefacts and artworks act as physical links with subjects they have encountered at school and can motivate and inspire enthusiasm.
Confident individuals
Pupils can gain confidence and an appreciation of their surroundings by understanding their cultural heritage. Our venues give pupils access to exciting collections that help them feel connected with explorers, inventors, scientists, artists and innovators of the past.
Effective contributors
Visiting our venues provides opportunities for pupils to discuss and debate the things they see and do there. They can also apply classroom learning to a new context. All our sites offer opportunities for developing team work and communication skills. Our collections act as sources of inspiration that encourage creativity and ambition.
Responsible citizens
Visits to museums encourage pupils to think about the responsibility they have to take care of their heritage and each other. The beliefs, inventions and scientific discoveries they can find in many of our displays act as springboards that encourage them to think about their place in society and how their actions affect those around them.
