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.

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!

Sponsored Walk

The school’s annual sponsored walk took place on the afternoon of Wednesday the 31^st of October through Craigengillan Estate. Despite the poor weather spirits were not dampened and all students and staff took part. Mrs Chapman and Mrs Reid supplied refreshments at the half way point. Well done to the PE department for all their hard work in organising this event.

Sponsored walk

The annual school sponsored walk will be held on Wednesday the 31st of October at 1.05pm finishing at 2.45pm. The route of the walk will be through Craigengillan and then back to the school. For every £5 that a student collects they will receive one raffle ticket. The grand prize for the student with the winning ticket will be a mountain bike. Good luck to everyone and get collecting!

Volunteering Abroad

S6 students are aiming to undertake a volunteering project in Malawi in summer 2012. We want to take on some practical challenges which will improve the lives of needy children. We are working in partnership with East Ayrshire Council and Mary’s Meals - the Scottish charity which feeds thousands of African school children every day. We hope this will be a pilot trip for others involving other schools in East Ayrshire. We aim to raise the money we need by fundraising events and through sponsorships. We will keep you informed of our progress throughout this session. 

by Kirsty Millar, Hayley Bone, Paisley Gray and Shannon Jones, S6.

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

Thanks from Samaritan's Purse

    Thank you to Mrs. Parnaby from Samaritan’s Purse – Shoebox Operation Christmas Child who wrote to Doon Academy stating:

“As Area Coordinator I would like to say a HUGE Thank you for all the lovely shoeboxes your school donated for the children in Belarus and Ukraine. Thanks to you 1740 shoeboxes were collected, checked and packed in cartons and sent off from the checking centre in St. Leonard’s Church, a fantastic result from all in Ayrshire.”

Rag Bag collection

   The Eco Group have organised a Rag Bag Recycling collection. Pupils and staff are asked to fill the bags with any unwanted clothes, textiles, shoes and books. The bags are then weighed by the ragbag company and a donation is made to the school.

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. 

Christmas shoe boxes

On Wednesday 23rd November, S1 pupils Megan Baird, Mitchell Ewing, Chloe Halliday, Jade McClymont, Shannon Miller, Samantha Torbet and Saffron Wightman delivered 28 shoe boxes to St. Leonard's church in Ayr.

Anne Parnaby, the area co-ordinator, met us there and explained what happened to the shoe boxes after they were delivered. The pupils then spent some time helping to check the boxes and filling them up with extra items. Anne also gave the pupils a sweet when they left. All in all, it was a really interesting and fun afternoon that passed far too quickly!

Thanks to everyone in school and in the wider community who supported this year's appeal.

Children in Need Talent Show

Pupils and staff pulled out all the stops to raise the magnificent sum of £827.85 for Children In Need. There was a non-uniform day, talent show, face painting and bake sale. Well done to S6 boys Kieran Boyle, Callum Stevenson and Steven Slider who had their chest and legs waxed and Gavin McFadzean who had his hair shorn. Well done to everyone who took part in fundraising for such a worthy cause.

Shoebox Appeal

The Christmas shoebox appeal is still ongoing and we are still seeking donations of goodies for the boxes to send to needy children in the Ukraine.  

Operation Christmas Child

Anne Parnaby, from Operation Christmas Child, is visiting the school to speak to S1 pupils about filling shoe boxes with goods to send to needy children in the Ukraine.

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.

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.

Shoebox Appeal

S3 Asdan pupils, Zoe Gibson, Demi McCreadie, Amy Fulton and Rachel Maxey together with Mrs Woods delivered 18 shoe boxes to St Leonard’s Church in Ayr for the Operation Child Appeal. The area coordinator, Anne Parnaby, told them some very interesting information about the recipient countries for the shoe boxes and how much they are appreciated by the children who receive them.