Teacher of the Year nomination

Good Luck to Head Teacher John MacKenzie who has been nominated as Teacher of the Year, in the Cream of Ayrshire Awards, for his sterling work and first-rate leadership of our school. Pupils and staff wish him every success.

Staff Appointments

Congratulations to Physics teacher Martin Richardson on his appointment as temporary PT of Leadership and English teacher Shona Borthwick on her appointment as temporary PT of Enterprise. Pupils and staff wish them well in their new roles.

Staff success

Congratulations to Miss Susan Miller, a teacher in the Supported Learning Centre, who has completed her Postgraduate Practice in Inclusion Education: Research, Policy and Practice.

Penine Way Success

During the summer holidays, Art teacher Justine Fuller walked the Pennine Way, with her father George, and raised, so far, the magnificent sum of £667 for the charity ‘Combat Stress’. The demanding walk of 268 miles took them 20 days to complete, Ms. Fuller said ‘We both really enjoyed it but as you can imagine at times it was really hard going!.” Well done to them both for this tremendous achievement. . Donations may still be given at Miss Fuller's Just Giving page.

English Dept commended

The English department has passed the verification of Intermediate 2 and Higher Language Study unit. In addition, the department was commended for the administrative handling of the process and for the variety and quality of tasks in writing. Well done.

Southern Upland Way

During the summer holidays, Art teacher Justine Fuller walked the Southern Upland Way, with her father John, and raised over £540 for the local Ayrshire charity Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA). The walk is 212 miles from Portpatrick on the South-West coast to Cockburnspath on the East coast and despite, at times, some appalling weather conditions they completed the walk in 16 days. Well done to them both for this tremendous achievement.

Southern Upland Way Walk

During the summer holidays, Art teacher Justine Fuller will be walking the Southern Upland Way, with her father, to raise funds for the local Ayrshire charity Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA). The walk is 212 miles from Portpatrick on the South-West coast to Cockburnspath on the East coast and they plan to complete the walk within 14 days. Staff and pupils wish them both every success.

New Principal Teacher Maths

Congratulations to Ms. Pamela McClue who was successful at interview and is now appointed as Principal Teacher of Maths.

Copenhagen visit

Mrs Bax had a very stimulating and informative trip to Copenhagen to look at Danish schools and how they manage inter-disciplinary learning. The group visited the Ministry of Education, Copenhagen City Council, Copenhagen University and several schools. She came back with lots of photos, interesting ideas and a long report to write!

Copenhagen visit

Mrs Bax, our librarian, has been lucky enough to be selected by Learning and Teaching Scotland to participate in a SCIPD visit to Copenhagen to study interdisciplinary learning in Danish schools. She will be away from 2nd to the 6th March. We hope that she will return full of good ideas for us to use.

Staff success

Congratulations to Mrs Dorans in the English Department who received her Certificate of Achievement at the East Ayrshire Educational and Social Work Awards Celebration. Mrs Dorans was presented with the award for gaining the General Teaching Council’s (GTC) Professional Recognition in Learning and Teaching.