Strawberry Tea

A Strawberry Tea morning was held, in school, on Friday 31 May 2013. The S3 Performing Arts group organised the event to raise money for Breast Cancer Care.

A big thank you is due to several people: Mrs Riggans and the canteen staff for donating the strawberry tarts, pink meringues and cream scones which were really delicious and enjoyed by all; Mrs Reid for her help in organising the event; ASDA Ayr for donating the pink balloons. The girls worked extremely hard and the room looked lovely!

 The Strawberry Tea Game was won by Mrs Hetherington (DHT) and other members of staff were successful in the raffle. A total of £192 was raised for the charity.

Comic Relief

Senior students organised various fundraising activities for Comic Relief ranging from a bake sale, sponsored silence and leg waxing. All monies raised will be donated to Comic Relief. Well done to our senior students for organising these events.

Alistair having his legs waxed while on a sponsored silence!

Dillan doing his bit for Comic Relief.

Bounce-a-thon

Social Subjects held a Boune-a-thon on Friday 15th March to raise funds for the trip to the battlefields of France and Belgium. The bounce-a-thon was well enjoyed by both students and staff. Well done to all students and teachers who took part in. This has raised almost £200. If you have not yet collected all your sponsor money please do so immediately and hand it into Miss Steele in the Social Subjects department.

France and Belgium trip

To raise funds for the France and Belgium trip Miss Steele in the Social Subjects Department will be hiring a bouncy castle for a Bounce-a-thon! Pupils going on the trip have been asked to collect sponsor money; however pupils who are not going on the trip can still join in at a charge of £1.50. The Bounce-a-thon will take place throughout the day on Friday 15th March in the Gym; staff are more than welcome to come along for a bounce! The more the merrier! See Miss Steele for more details.

Beatle Drive

Doon Academy will be having a Beetle Drive on Monday the 18th of February at 6:30pm until 8pm. Tickets will be priced at £3 and will include a complimentary tea or coffee. There will be a prize for the highest score and all funds raised from this evening will help support the students involved in the Vex Robotics project to go to London in March 2013 where they will be competing in the British finals. Please see Miss Steele in the Technical Department for more information. Tickets can be purchased from the school reception.

Micro tyco Quiz Night

On Wednesday 28th November the senior Micro Tyco team, consisting of Frazer Buchanan, Lauren Shaw, Peter Featherstonehaugh, Sophie Dobbie and Fiona Kennedy, held a quiz night. Participants took part in six gruelling rounds, testing their general knowledge to the limit. Our winners for the evening were Doon Nothing comprising of: Mr Wilson and some members of the Pupil Support department. The evening finished with a buffet and a live performance from local band ‘Wasted Years’. Thanks to all who attended or donated raffle prizes; the group raised the £212.00 for the charity Wild hearts in Action. Well done!

Micro-Tyco Marketplace

On Wednesday 14th November, Doon Academy's Micro Tyco participants held a market place event. The pupils, who were given £1 to spend, came up with many stall ideas to turn their capital into cash for the Wild Hearts in Action charity. In the market place pupils from other classes were given the opportunity to attend the nail bar, pin the hat on Santa, guess the sweets in the jar and stock up on stationery supplies. The afternoon was a great success with one team raising £24 from an 80p investment! The challenge runs from 1st to the 30th of November. Good luck to our teams for the rest of the month.

Micro Tyco

Doon Academy is participating in the Micro-Tyco Challenge this year, run by the charity Wild Hearts In Action.  The participants are given £1 seed capital and their challenge is to make as much profit as possible between the 1st and 30th of November. All profits raised from the Micro Tyco challenge are donated to the Wild hearts In Action charity.

Pupils involved are those in The Miner's Lamp master class and a team of senior pupils: Frazer Buchanan, Lauren Shaw, Sophie Dobbie, Fiona Kennedy and Peter Featherstonehaugh. 

Good Luck to all our budding entrepreneurs; let's hope they raise lots of money!

Charity fundraising

The non-uniform day organised by S5 pupils raised the fantastic sum of £113 donated to children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent Scotland. Well done S5

Successful Poppy Appeal

Well done to Mr. Ellis and his team who organised the local Poppy Scotland appeal this year and raised the magnificent sum of £1600 for the British Legion. 

Smarties for orphans

As part of Doon Academy’s fund raising activities all S1 pupils are collecting money in smartie tubes to raise funds to take children from a Bulgarian orphanage on holiday.

Art Trail

Mr Stuart Fearns, Hydro Manager at Scottish Power’s Glenlee Power Station, visited pupils from the Dalmellington Art Trail project on Friday 21st January. Mr Fearns presented the school with a cheque for £500 as a contribution to the next sculpture project, which will add to existing artworks, and is part of a walking route for families, art lovers and walkers.

Pupils who have been working on the project accepted the cheque and Lisa Teasdale of S6 thanked Mr Fearns for his company's generous support for this exciting school and community enterprise.

Two projects are well underway and pupils have already learned from working with living willow sculptor, Geoff Forrest, and Laura Antebi who uses re-cycled wire and steel.

The next project will involve Dalmellington Primary School and a group of their pupils attended the presentation ceremony.

Coffee Morning

The Supported Learning Centre held a Community Coffee Morning which was very well attended by parents who were generous in their support. There were home baking goods, crafts and gifts made by the pupils, ginger wine, quiz sheets, bingo and a raffle. The event raised the magnificent sum of £380. All SLC pupils had a specific task for the morning which they carried out admirably and a thank you to them all, from SLC staff, for their support. This was an excellent example of pupil learning through all four capacities of a Curriculum for Excellence.

Children In Need Talent Show

Congratulations to our own Oasis tribute band, Gavin McFadzean, Darren McLelland and Connor Adam, who were the winners of the Children in Need Talent Show. The show featured some very talented pupils and we were delighted that Elvis, also known as guidance teacher Steven Kelly, was in the building and available to compere the event. The tremendous sum of £388.55 was raised at the show. The staff versus pupils football match was closely contested by all taking part with the final score 6-3 to staff. Well done to everyone who took part in our Children in Need activities.

Poppy Collection

All pupils in the SLC have been very busy over the remembrance period distributing and collecting Poppy Scotland collection cans to local business and community venues throughout the Doon Valley area. Pupils and staff would like to express their thanks to the outlets that have helped us to raise money through Poppy Scotland. Thank you as well to all the local residents who donated so generously especially those who frequent Drongan Spar who raised the single highest amount in excess of £150. The SLC pupils have been learning about enterprise and community participation during this project and have worked well with Mr. Ellis recording and counting the £1300 that has been raised. Well done to all staff and pupils involved in this worthy cause.

SLC Coffe Morning

The Supported Learning Centre is hosting a Community Coffee Morning on Friday 3rd December 10am – 12 noon. There will be a nearly new sale, arts and crafts, raffle and a game of Bingo at 11.15am. All are welcome to attend and entry is by donation.

Shoebox Appeal

The shoeboxes for the Christmas appeal have now been completed and will be delivered to St. Leonard’s church. Thank you to everyone who supported this worthwhile appeal and to Mrs. Wood, Ms. McClue, Mrs Murray and the S3 Asdan group for organising the boxes.

Remembrance Day Assemblies

Mr. Ellis has been holding year group assemblies to inform pupils about the significance of Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal.

Shoebox Appeal

Thank you to everyone who has donated items for the Shoebox Appeal. Ms. McClue and Mrs Woods still need stationery items, hats, scarves and gloves, non-chocolate sweets, soap, facecloths, toothpaste, toothbrushes and toys. Pupils may give donated items to maths teachers at the start of their lessons.

"Wear it Pink"

The S4 Care Group organised a fundraising event for ‘Wear it Pink’ to raised money for Breast Cancer Research. They held a non-uniform pink day, cake sale and raffle which raised over £190. A special mention to Mr. Paton who deservedly won Best ‘Pink’ Dressed Male with his pink shirt, pink belt and pink furry boots!