What is it?
The materials have been developed to encourage parents to think of out-of-school learning in three ways:
Organised out-of-school learning
Organised out-of-school learning is about activities which take place outside of formal, timetabled lessons. Pupils take part on a voluntary basis.
Supporting school learning at home
Schools will sometimes offer special materials to help parents work with their children at home on subjects that are being taught in school. They also offer advice on how to help with school work generally.Anytime learning
This refers to day-to-day opportunities parents can take to help their child's learning.
Please note: The terms 'study support' and 'out-of-school hours learning' tend to be used interchangeably, though sometimes study support has been used to refer to activities which specifically cover school work, such as homework and revision for examinations.
Here, out of school learning is taken to mean any organised activities which take place outwith the formal timetable and in which pupils participate on a voluntary basis. Within this information we refer to these as ‘organised’ out-of-school learning to distinguish them from other ways in which parents can support their children’s learning out of school.