Out of School Hours Learning

Sharing practice

This section contains a range of sharing practice, drawn from OSHL practice across Scotland and selected from many areas across the Learning and Teaching Scotland online service.
A still image of a group of children learning how to use a microphone

Carleton Primary

How the Radio Waves after-school club has encouraged children to teach each other different skills, including script writing, sound effects and editing.

A still image of a white board with writing on it

Perth Primary

Read how the Family Club encourages families to have fun and learn together within a school environment.

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Lunchtime clubs at Bo'ness Academy

A range of lunchtime clubs in different areas of interest have been a great success at Bo'ness Academy.

Photo of pupils on a school trip

Trips to the great outdoors

How George Watson’s College ‘3rd Year Projects’ have been taking pupils to a wide range of inspiring locations.

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Perth High School explores the outdoors

How a plan to re-engage disaffected pupils grew to involve the whole school community.

Children from St Brendans with a display of Fairtrade fruit

Promoting fair trade

St Brendan's Primary pupils take action to raise awareness of fair trade issues and encourage their community to try fair trade products.

Volunteer parents and pupils in the gym hall

Success of the volunteer parent

Lochend Learning Community in Glasgow has enjoyed success using parents as volunteers to promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.
Welcome to Killearn Primary School poster

Pretty smooth

Killearn Primary School formed a School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG) to develop a healthy tuck shop.
Photograph of primary-age children walking away across a grassy field

Citizenship in the great outdoors

A primary school uses the local moors, woodlands, farmland and seashore for a programme that links environmental education and citizenship.

Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat

Blackburn Primary School - Staging Joseph

Read about Blackburn Primary School's staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, 'Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.

Pupils in a walking bus

All aboard the walking bus

Bellsquarry Primary School in Livingston has forged links with family and community members through the development of a walking bus.
Photo of a girl with facepaint

Organising a summer fair

Sighthill Nursery School used its summer fair as an opportunity for whole community involvement.

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