ON SALE NOW – YOUNG MUSICIANS’ GALA CONCERT TICKETS
Music lovers are in for yet another treat, when this year’s Instrumental Music Service Gala Concert takes place later this month.
Talented young people from schools all over East Ayrshire will take part in live performances featuring a wide variety of instruments and styles. The Gala Concert will include brass, wind, pipe and jazz bands; vocal groups; string orchestra; soloists; and woodwind, guitar and percussion ensembles. These groups highlight the skill and commitment of the young musicians and the high-quality service ..read more Read more
LETTER TO PARENTS – GARGIESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY CLASS
Letter from Graham Short, Executive Director of Educational and Social Services
GARGIESTON PS PARENTS – 18 08 10
Our Ref: GS/JP
18 August 2010
To: Parent / Carer of Gargieston Primary School and Nursery Class
Dear Parent / Carer
UPDATE ON GARGIESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY CLASS
In my letter to you dated 13 August 2010 I indicated that the Council would receive a report from the consultants who were conducting ground condition survey work around the present Gargieston Primary School building and that Council staff ..read more Read more
PUPIL DECANT ARRANGEMENTS – Gargieston Primary School
Pupils at Gargieston Primary School will be decanted to four other school locations on Monday 23 August, following the unexpected advice of building contractors and engineers to vacate the site, after initial survey work revealed a series of shallow mine workings in the vicinity of the proposed new school.
The decant arrangements are as follows:
Nursery classes will be accommodated within Crosshouse Nursery School Primaries 1 and 2 will be accommodated at Shortlees Primary School Primaries 3, 3/4, 4 and 5 will be accommodated at Bellfield Primary ..read more Read moreCROSSROADS PRIMARY SCHOOL
East Ayrshire Council has now received a letter from the Scottish Government indicating their decision on the future of Crossroads Primary School. This follows the decision by the Cabinet of East Ayrshire Council to close the school following last year’s discovery of structural problems at Crossroads Primary School which were making the building unsafe. Children have been educated at the campus of Bellfield Primary School over the past year until the future of the school has been resolved.
The ..read more Read more
PICTURE THE CHANGE – SCOTTISH YOUTH PARLIAMENT CONSULTATION
The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Youth Parliament was held in Livingstone recently and East Ayrshire’s members of the SYP – Mark Rodger, Shannon Nani and Lesley Baird – made sure they were on hand to convey the views of our local young people.
A new Board of Directors was elected at the meeting and full discussions took place around the next Manifesto of the Scottish Youth Parliament. This manifesto will be informed by a consultation with young people conducted ..read more Read more
VERY GOOD REPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE
East Ayrshire Council’s Educational Psychology Service (EPS) has received a very good report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) following a recent evaluation of the service. The service evaluated very highly, and is one of the top performing services in Scotland.
The EPS was evaluated externally to determine the impact it has on improving outcomes for children, young people and families across East Ayrshire.
The report highlighted a number of key developments. In particular, the EPS was recognised ..read more Read more
FITNESS IS FUN AT SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR
Keeping healthy and getting active were the themes for a recent busy day at Loudoun Academy.
Second year pupils had a full timetable of activities in a fun-packed ‘Health Fair’ day, both inside and outside school.
On offer were dance classes run by Y-Dance, boxing, softball, Double Dutch skipping, as well as football, badminton and the more usual school sports.
Community Firefighters Alan Coughtrie and Carol Cairns led Fire Safety workshops, while Campus Cop Liam Dickson explained the dangers of drugs to the ..read more Read more
EAST AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS FOOTBALLING SUCCESS
Two young East Ayrshire teams celebrated sporting success recently in separate events.
The East Ayrshire Under-15 football team beat Glasgow 2-0 at Lesser Hampden in an exciting finale to take the Scottish Schools Under-15 National Trophy. Both goals were scored by Adam Fraser, 15, of James Hamilton Academy, Kilmarnock.
Proud coaches John Wilson and Graeme Kidd said: “The boys played really well, but perhaps more importantly, their conduct during the match was impeccable. They were a credit to their parents, their ..read more Read more
KILMARNOCK SCHOOL HOSTS CHINESE VISIT
Grange Academy played host to an important visitor from China last week in a move to strengthen the school’s cultural links with the country.
Vice Principal Honglin Zhang from Xinhua High School in Tianjin, China’s third-largest city, visited Grange Academy and took a tour of the impressive new-build school, before meeting pupils and staff.
Grange Academy is home to the Ayrshire Confucius Hub – a specially dedicated classroom which serves schools across the whole of Ayrshire, offering a range of language ..read more Read more
SALMON IN THE CLASSROOM
Taking a new angle on education, East Ayrshire pupils are learning by looking at live salmon in the classroom.
In a project run by Ayrshire Rivers Trust, children at Loanhead, Kilmaurs, Nether Robertland and Crossroads Primary Schools have been finding out not only about fish, but also river life.
For the Salmon in the Classroom project, Trust volunteers go into schools for three sessions, beginning with a lesson on local rivers, including threats to wildlife such as pollution and over-fishing. They ..read more Read more
