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Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities

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All parts of the curriculum emphasise the development of Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities. These skills help children to think critically and creatively. They also help them to develop personal and interpersonal skills and dispositions that are essential for functioning effectively in a changing world.

The Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities are:

  • Managing Information;
  • Thinking, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making;
  • Being Creative;
  • Working with Others; and
  • Self-Management.

See the Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities section for more details.

Resources

  • Scileanna Smaointeoireachta agus Àbaltachtai Perasabta SRO

    SEN Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Framework

    The SEN Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities framework aims to help learners develop their skills for lifelong learning and operating effectively

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    Other Skills (at Key Stage 4)
  • Think Pack - Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities

    Think Pack - Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities

    The Think Pack is a collection of resources that will support you in embedding and developing Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities in your

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    KS1&2
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    Language and Literacy
  • The Northern Ireland Curriculum Primary

    The Northern Ireland Curriculum Primary

    This document sets out the requirements of the revised Northern Ireland Curriculum (hereafter referred to as the Northern Ireland Curriculum) and is

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    Communication
    Using Mathematics
    Using ICT
    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    Physical Education
    The Arts
    The Arts: Art and Design
    The Arts: Drama
    The Arts: Music
    Science and Technology
    Religious Education
    Physical Development and Movement
    Personal Development and Mutual Understanding
    Mathematics and Numeracy
    Mathematics (with Financial Capability)
    Language and Literacy
    The World Around Us
  • Thinking Skills & Personal Capabilities

    Thinking Skills & Personal Capabilities

    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities (TS&PC) are a set of approaches to improving learning outcomes. They are central to the Northern Ireland

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  • Listen & Think Story Books

    Listen & Think Story Books

    Our Listen and Think and Wise Up and Think storybooks can help you to introduce and support the Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities framework in

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    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    Language and Literacy
    The World Around Us
  • Thinking Skills in the Early Years

    Thinking Skills in the Early Years

    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities is an integral feature of the Foundation Stage Curriculum (CCEA, 2007), which is to become a requirement in

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  • Interactive Levels of Progression

    Interactive Levels of Progression

    We have created a new interactive resource for the Communication Levels of Progression including all key stages: SEN, Foundation Stage and Key Stages

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    Communication
    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
  • RCSLT Resource Buddy Chat

    Buddy Chat

    An external video-based resource on speech, language and communication needs from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

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    KS1&2
    SEN
    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    Personal Development and Mutual Understanding
    Language and Literacy
  • Northern Ireland @ 100

    Northern Ireland @ 100

    This hub explores life in Northern Ireland and provides fun, inspiring and engaging resources for Primary and Post-Primary pupils and teachers.

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    KS3
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    Communication
    Using Mathematics
    Using ICT
    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    The Arts
    Environment and Society
    Geography
    History
    Personal Development and Mutual Understanding
    Mathematics and Numeracy
    Learning for Life and Work
    Language and Literacy
    The World Around Us
  • Wellbeing

    Wellbeing Hub

    This Wellbeing Hub shows how the Northern Ireland Curriculum promotes the learning and development of skills that support pupils’ wellbeing and mental

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    Personal Development and Mutual Understanding
    Learning for Life and Work
    The World Around Us
  • Revised Lines of Development for Mathematics and Numeracy

    Lines of Development for Mathematics and Numeracy

    Teacher information about when to introduce learning that may be useful when developing Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 schemes of work

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    KS1&2
    IM
    Using Mathematics
    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    Mathematics and Numeracy
  • Learning Outdoors in the early years

    Learning Outdoors in Pre-school and Foundation Stage

    This resource provides guidance for those working with children in pre-school and foundation stage. It aims to support delivery of all areas of

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    FS
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    Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
    The Arts
    Physical Development and Movement
    Mathematics and Numeracy
    Language and Literacy
    The World Around Us

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