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All-Day Care for Primary School Children – Pedagogy in Hort and OGS

All-day care in primary school: self-study course on pedagogy in the after-school care centre (Hort) and the open all-day school (OGS) – legal entitlement under Section 24(4) SGB VIII, study time, participation, child protection.

Self-study course for practitioners in the after-school care centre (Hort), the open all-day school (Offene Ganztagsschule, OGS), all-day care and care for school-age children – 8 modules, approx. 8 hours, at your own pace, with confirmation of participation after working through all modules. Sources in APA 7, legal position as of September 2026.

The modules:

All-day provision in primary school: forms, stakeholders and mandate
Legal entitlement to all-day support: Section 24(4) SGB VIII
Children aged 6 to 10: development and needs
Shaping leisure, play and participation in all-day provision
Study time and schoolwork (Hausaufgaben): supporting pedagogically instead of giving extra lessons
Cooperation with school, parents and the local community
Inclusion and child protection in all-day provision
Developing quality in all-day provision and reflecting on your own practice

📘 Background reading (in German): Rechtsanspruch auf Ganztag ab 2026: Hort und OGS

Self-study without supervision, assignments or evaluation of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.

Learning objectives

What you will learn

You can clearly distinguish the after-school care centre (Hort) as a day-care centre within child and youth welfare services from the all-day school as defined by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs …
You explain what a legal entitlement is, who holds it and who has to fulfil it – and you clearly distinguish it from an obligation to attend.
You can explain the concept of developmental tasks in your own words and distinguish it from rigid ideas of age or stages.
You can justify leisure time in all-day provision as an educational area in its own right and distinguish it from mere “left-over time” after lessons.
You can distinguish, in terms of concepts, between traditional supervision of schoolwork (Hausaufgaben) and study time (Lernzeit) that is embedded in a concept, and you can give professional reasons for this difference.
You can distinguish between cooperation, networking and educational partnership with parents (Erziehungspartnerschaft) in all-day provision in terms of concepts, and relate them to the three levels of management, team and individual case.
You can define inclusion and child protection in all-day provision and explain why both tasks belong together in the guiding principle of a safe place for all children.
You can define the term educational quality in all-day provision and distinguish between the structure, process and outcome perspectives.

Self-study at your own pace
Confirmation of participation after working through all modules

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