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Wellington School's art spectacular takes place

WELLINGTON School's annual Art Spectacular Exhibition will take place at the school on Tuesday, June 3.Read

Fizzing fun to raise cash for African kids at Belmont Academy

SECOND year science pupils at Belmont Academy certainly put the spark back into lessons when they made bath fizzes to raise funds for Namatapa School in Malawi.Read

Fatty foods to be scrapped from South Ayrshire school menus

SWEETS and fatty foods will disappear from primary school menus from this August.Read

Pupils prepare to move up a year at Ayr Academy

FOLLOWING interviews on Friday, May 9, the following well deserved appointments have been made for the new session 2008/9.Read

South Park School gets own minibus thanks to donations

THE kids of South Park School can continue to be transported by their own minibus because of generous donations from parents, the community, and Nestlé in Girvan.Read

Prestwick Academy football team heading to Tynecastle

PRESTWICK Academy boys are heading to Tynecastle.Read

Four-year-old artist wins Prestwick church design contest

BUDDING artist Corale Fraser has every reason to look thrilled.Read

S1 Prestwick pupil wins poster competition

CONGRATULATIONS to Lauren Noble in S1 who won the poster competition which recently took place in all S1 PSE classes.Read

Cathy Jamieson meets Cumnock Academy's MSYP

LOCAL MSP Cathy Jamieson was delighted to meet Amy Frew, Cumnock Academy's newly elected Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, on her recent visit to the school.Read

Wasp nest stirs up interest for everyone at Ayr Academy

DURING renovation of her house, Mrs Searle (mother of former pupils Bethany and Lynsey) discovered a wasp nest (called a byke) under her floorboards.Read

Ruaridh takes gold in maths challenge at Kyle Academy

EIGHTEEN junior school pupils took part in the Scottish Mathematical Challenge this year and four of these pupils will be heading off to the awards ceremony at the University of the West of Scotland on Thursday, June 12.Read

Staff and pupils draw up new school rules at Belmont Academy

THE year councils met last week and are now engaged in working with teachers to draw up a set of rules which would operate in the new school. Read

Wellington pupils join Euro debate

THIRTEEN senior pupils will represent Wellington School at the biennial UCAPE youth conference later this month where they will meet fellow pupils from schools in France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Hungary.Read

Football: Carrick Academy are top of the form

CARRICK Academy won the Ayrshire Schools Under 16 Cup, beating Garnock Academy 2-1 in the final.Read

Ayrshire Kids safety event to be funded by fire service cash

KIDS all over Ayrshire will reap the rewards of a donation made to the local fire service.Read

Holmston Primary kids learn values

A VALUES Week at an Ayr school reinforced ideals of trust, fairness, co-operation, respect and responsibility.Read

Belmont and Marr bank school rugby titles

ALMOST 800 spectators saw Belmont Academy and Marr College win two Royal Bank of Scotland Ayrshire development schools League Cup finals at Millbrae.Read