The Building the Curriculum document series provides advice, guidance and policy for different aspects of Curriculum for Excellence.

Building the Curriculum 1: The contribution of curriculum areas

Building the Curriculum 1 (2006) (PDF, 412KB) introduces the curriculum areas and their contributions to developing the four capacities of children and young people.

Building the Curriculum 2: Active learning in the early years

Building the Curriculum 2 (2007) detailed practical ways to introduce a more active approach to learning and teaching in the early years. The approaches introduced in Building the Curriculum 2 have been updated and strengthened in the current national practice guidance Realising the Ambition: Being Me (2020) which replaces Building the Curriculum 2.

Realising the Ambition: Being Me (PDF, 16.3MB) - National practice guidance for early years in Scotland.

Building the Curriculum 3: A framework for learning and teaching

Building the Curriculum 3 (2008) (PDF, 391KB) is the framework for planning a curriculum which meets the needs of all children and young people from 3 to 18.

Building the Curriculum 4: Skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work

Building the Curriculum 4 (2009) (PDF, 661KB) contains key messages about how children and young people develop and apply skills as part of Curriculum for Excellence.

Building the Curriculum 5: A framework for assessment

Building the Curriculum 5 (2011) provides guidance on the main areas of the assessment strategy for Curriculum for Excellence.

Building the Curriculum 5 - A framework for assessment (PDF, 4MB)

Building the Curriculum 5 - A framework for assessment: Reporting (PDF, 615KB)

Building the Curriculum 5 - A framework for assessment: Understanding, applying and sharing standards (PDF, 773KB)

Building the Curriculum 5: A framework for assessment: Recognising achieving, profiling and reporting (PDF, 1.5MB)

Building the Curriculum 5: A framework for assessment: Quality assurance and moderation (PDF, 1.2 MB)