It all looks a bit different from schools now - but these photos from the Evening News archives show that kids had fun and a chance to develop their talents beyond the classroom just as they do today.
There was the boys' mouth organ band at Carrick Knowe, the Edinburgh Corporation Primary Schools orchestra, a golf demonstration at Boroughmuir Secondary School and an opera put on by James Gillespie's and George Heriot's. And of course, plenty football teams and sports days.
These great pictures from several decades ago capture the atmosphere of the times. See if you can spot yourself - r your parents or grandparents.
13. Golf demonstration
Golfer Eric Brown gives a lesson to some schoolboys at Boroughmuir Secondary school in October 1968. | TSPL Photo: TSPL
14. Silverknowes primary concert
The Fairy Queen, Helen Ward (7), casts a spell over her helpers (from left Gillian Nicol, Jillian Gilhooley, Lynn Cranston, Carol Lawrie, Lynn Dickson, Lorna McLeod) during the Silverknowes Primary School concert in November 1968. | TSPL Photo: TSPL
15. Tynecastle School Football Team
Tynecastle School Football Team in February 1964. | TSPL Photo: TSPL
16. Opera time
The pupils of James Gillespie's and George Heriot's school at the rehearsal of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera Patience, February 1969. | TSPL Photo: TSPL