One of the very first outings from the new school building was in May 1976 to Stirling Castle and Doune Veteran Car Museum. Regular trips have been made to Glasgow over the years and popular venues in the city include Kelvingrove Art Gallery, the Transport Museum and the People's Palace. On one occasion in March 1981 P.5-7 pupils visited the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University as an extension activity to their project on the Romans in Britain. The pupils were able to take part in representations of life at that time, some boys dressing as Roman soldiers, senators or centurions while girls tried the costumes of Roman ladies. They were also able to practice grinding corn in a quern and spinning thread. In 1990 pupils from P. 6 & 7 returned to Glasgow's Glasgow exhibition, and most recently in April 1996 a trip was organised to Glasgow airport as part of a project on Flight. After Mr Kay took up the post of Head Teacher in the 1980s, he organised regular outings with parents and pupils to international football matches in the city, proving very enjoyable for all involved.

On occasion the school also managed to venture as far as Edinburgh, for special events such as the "Sweat of the Sun - Gold of Peru" exhibition in September 1990, when a parent kindly managed the transport for P.6 & 7 pupils. In May 1987 P.4 & 5 visited a science festival and the Museum of Transport. In addition an annual institution from the earliest days was the school visit to the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston.

Several entertaining theatre visits over the years have impressed pupils: from an early outing to what was then Inveraray Grammar School, in 1976, to see a marionette show; to 1980 when the Pitlochry Theatre group visited what had become Inveraray Primary School - though on the latter occasion the Head Teacher felt the 25 minute performance was a less rewarding investment. With pupils from Letterwood and Bridge of Orchy, the school visited Cumbernauld Theatre in 1980 to see the pantomime "Goldilocks", though the lasting impression of this occasion for at least one young pupil concerned the large number of chip suppers supplied by the Head Teacher on the journey home. Unfortunately it was after this trip that Mrs Burns, long-serving auxiliary, met an accident escorting a pupil home in the dark. The log book details her injuries but apparently matters were not too serious though a new policy of picking up children by parents after such events was established. The theatre-going tradition continues and in December 1993, for example, the school attended a performance of "Cinderella" at the MacRobert Centre in Stirling.

The many interesting and beautiful local sites in Argyll itself have been frequently visited of course, particularly in relation to specific curricular projects. For recent project work on the theme of Water, in 1993 for example, the school managed to inspect the local coast guard, Dunstaffnage marine laboratory, Crinan canal and trace the source of the river Orchy. In 1980 P.5 & 6 visited the Sea Life centre in Barcaldine. Auchindrain, Inveraray Castle, the Wildfowl Park, and Cruachan Power Station have all been regular favourites too. Other memorable local trips included a visit to Dunoon Police H.Q. organised by then P.C.McIntyre in May 1979, when pupils were much impressed by the technological equipment, including a communication link-up to the Polaris submarine in the loch and the demonstration of a speedy car registration number check via a central computer. On the same occasion younger pupils visited the Dunoon pottery. In November 1984 P.4-7 pupils went on an interesting prospecting expedition to a new gold-mining development in Tyndrum. Each child was allowed to select a piece of rock containing traces of gold.

Special journeys have also been organised on local forms of transport, including trips on "SS Walter Scott" on Loch Katrine and on the West Highland Railway line from Fort William to Mallaig in 1992. In 1985 the school also visited the Isle of Mull and despite heavy rain everyone had an enjoyable time. From the late 1980s a popular excursion has involved residential visits of up to a week at outdoor centres such as Castle Toward or Glaisnock in Cumnock. During these stays pupils were able to take part in various physical activities and sports such as orienteering and canoeing. Another series of sporting trips has been a regular seven-a-side football league - matches have been played in past years in Paisley and Perth for instance.

As the main local conurbation, Oban has of course been a frequent location for many different outings. Apart from regular educational liaison with the High School, particularly at times of transition for P.7 pupils, there have been some interesting events there. In 1984 the music instructor Mr Mason took five pupils to see the Band of the Argyll Regiment perform in the High school. One pupil, Kenneth McDougall, was actually allowed to conduct the band while his friends accompanied the particular band member who played the same instrument as themselves.