Out of school learning

Our out of school learning strategy aims to:

‘Support the achievement and personal development of children and young people in Camden’

Out of school learning projects

Take a look at our current out of school learning projects

Out of school learning is a planned activity that takes place outside school curriculum time, either

• before school
• during lunch or break time
• after school
• at the weekend or
• during the school holidays.

Participation is voluntary and activities usually run at no charge to the pupil.

Our aims

The out of school learning and varied menu of activities strategy has set out a vision to meet the needs of Camden’s children and young people, in line with the priorities of the Children and Young People’s Plan; by increasing their engagement in quality learning based projects and initiatives that directly raise their educational attainment, enthusiasm, and motivation to learn beyond the classroom, to extend their skills, and widen their involvement in inspiring, collaborative and creative opportunities both in and out of school time.

We support all schools by providing enriched arts and cultural based cross curricular projects that support teaching and learning. We also provide resources, toolkits and INSETS for schools to further embed the work.

We provide children and young people access to a variety of new opportunities, to extend and enrich their wider learning experiences. Out of school learning forms an integral component of the learning cycle, with significant benefits to children, parents, schools and providers. Out of school hours learning takes place in a variety of different settings, in:

• schools
• community centres
• playcentres
• youth projects
• arts organisations
• public buildings.

Projects and news

Individual projects and programmes produce a wide range of resource material. Camden Learning Education Arts Programme (LEAP ) produces a termly newsletter. Pupils also produce anthologies, newsletters, scripts and stories, which are all available on request. A guide to practice also provides examples of a range of different activities that take place across the borough.

We provide:

• advice and guidance to schools and other out of school learning providers in relation to quality and policy
• advice and information on the development of activities and projects
• advice and information on the recruitment of specialist tutors
• advice and guidance in working with external partners

• Out of school learning documents and publications
• Study Support Quality Development Programme