Our community

Applying knowledge and understanding of community and society in a task of promoting different aspects of the local community to potential residents. Find out about community and its future.

Broad Outcomes of learning

• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. how Modern Studies helps us to become responsible citizens and be part of our community, why it is important to be part of the community
• Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity, confidence, positive attitude; increasing motivation to learning; taking responsibility and making decisions; consideration of others through group work and discussion; raising achievement and fostering ambition
• Developed employability skills: communication, planning, organisation, time management, researching, co-operating, contributing, sourcing, negotiating, analysing, reporting, presenting, marketing
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led lessons demonstrated by setting own targets, deciding on roles, carrying out research, negotiating resources and managing time as a group.
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making decisions about assessment, roles within the group, timescales for activities, important areas of research.
• Learners have developed 4 capacities of CfE

Relevance to curriculum

• Supports CfE Social Studies