PLAYGROUND DESIGN COMPETITION IS CHILDS PLAY
Lucie Smith from Hurlford Primary was the proud winner of Leisure Development’s EA Positive Play ‘Big Play Experiment’ competition which was held during national School Grounds Week.
Forty four primary schools were involved in the ‘Big Play Experiment’ and took part in activities which promoted greater use of their school grounds. Each school was also given the chance to enter a playground games design competition.
Lucie’s design entitled ‘Space Catchers’ was chosen from hundreds of entries. She had demonstrated her school’s ..read more Read more
YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE HEDGES-GROW
East Ayrshire Council’s Countryside Services enlisted the support of local school children to plant a hedgerow along the Lugar Water Trail at Dumfries Estate.
Pupils from St John’s, Ochiltree, Netherthird, Greenmill, Auchinleck, Barshare, St Patricks, Logan and Hillside Primary Schools joined secondary pupils from Auchinleck Academy and Cumnock Academy to plant almost 6,000 trees.
Councillor Jim Buchanan, Spokesperson for Community Regeneration said: “The involvement of local schools in this project has helped to encourage our young people to take an interest ..read more Read more
YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE HEDGES-GROW
East Ayrshire Council’s Countryside Services enlisted the support of local school children to plant a hedgerow along the Lugar Water Trail at Dumfries Estate.
Pupils from St John’s, Ochiltree, Netherthird, Greenmill, Auchinleck, Barshare, St Patricks, Logan and Hillside Primary Schools joined secondary pupils from Auchinleck Academy and Cumnock Academy to plant almost 6,000 trees.
Councillor Jim Buchanan, Spokesperson for Community Regeneration said: “The involvement of local schools in this project has helped to encourage our young people to take an interest ..read more Read more
YOUTH LITERACIES SUCCESS GETS AN AIRING
As a result of the great work they have been doing locally, two Youth Literacies workers were recently interviewed for a Radio 1 programme to be broadcast in mid-April.
Youth Literacy workers Lewis Atha and Natasha Partington, who help 16-25 year olds to develop literacy and numeracy skills, took part in a Radio 1Xtra interview, along with one of their learners. The broadcast aims to raise young people’s awareness of the help available to them and the benefits of getting ..read more Read more
EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST GETS BUSINESSMEN ON BOARD
The Determined to Succeed team from East Ayrshire Council’s Education Department hosted a Business Breakfast in Kilmarnock’s Park Hotel last week.
Aim of the early start was to engage local employers in Curriculum for Excellence and hear more about what employers are looking for in terms of skills and attitudes in young people.
Councillor Jim Roberts, Spokesperson for Lifelong Learning, Graham Short, Executive Director of Educational and Social Services and members of Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce attended the Raising the Aspirations ..read more Read more
EASTER FUN AT THE DEAN
Join the Countryside Rangers this Easter weekend for some traditional fun and games. The Rangers will be at Woodroad Park, Cumnock on Saturday 3 April from 1pm for an afternoon of egg painting, rolling and hunting.
The fun will be repeated at Dean Castle Country Park on Sunday 4 April from 1pm! Visit the country park this weekend and enjoy some Easter egg-citement.
There are also a number of other events taking place at the country park during the ..read more Read more
WORK STARTS ON NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KILMARNOCK
The construction of ten new affordable houses at MacDonald Drive in Kilmarnock is now underway.
This development is Phase One of the Council’s affordable home building programme and will provide suitable housing for older / ambulant disabled people.
Councillor Douglas Reid, Leader of East Ayrshire Council, who performed the official turf cutting, said: “It was fantastic to be on site at the former St Matthew’s school to mark the start of the construction process. The new homes will allow the Council ..read more Read more
A RADICAL EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
Children who had been working with artists in their schools put on a ‘radical’ show of their own at The Dick in Kilmarnock last Friday.
Pupils from six East Ayrshire schools had met with visiting artists since February to explore themes linked to the Radical Nature art exhibition currently showing at the Dick Institute, The Baird and Cumnock and Doon Valley Museum.
Hands-on workshops focussed on environmental and recycling themes and children enjoyed dance, drama, music, visual art, animation and outdoor ..read more Read more
SCHOOL WINS PARTNERSHIP WORK AWARD
A local secondary school has won an award for its excellent school-college partnership, providing the best possible experiences for pupils.
James Hamilton Academy got the prize for Outstanding Good Practice in Tracking: School-College Partnerships, at the Skills Development Scotland awards ceremony in the Park Hotel last week.
The award was in recognition of an evaluation document the school produced (based on the HMIe document ‘How Good is our School?’ School-College Partnerships) and the work undertaken in relation to this in identifying good ..read more Read more
AN EGGS- ELLENT EASTER FOR NURSERY KIDS
Altonhill Youth Strategy’s young people have made sure that local toddlers will have a good Easter.
As part of a recent enterprise project, the Youth Strategy group made telephone calls around the local community, seeking donations of Easter eggs – and even organised and decorated collection boxes.
The kind-hearted kids then donated a grand total of 150 Easter eggs to under-fives at Hillbank Nursery and Family Centre in North West Kilmarnock Area Centre – making sure that every single child received ..read more Read more
