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For the first time in over two years, the Council Chambers were alive with the sound of chatter and cheer this week as children and young people from schools across East Ayrshire gathered to celebrate first Clean, Green Education Awards.

Eight talented young musicians took part in a special recital recently, the Music Service’s first in person performance in over two years.

Grange Academy took second place at the all-Ayrshire Sir Tom Hunter Challenge Final, after delivering a very professional pitch for their food waste app, Unwasteful.

At the recent meeting of Cabinet, agreement was reached on a number of key issues relating to the new build Doon Valley Community Campus and the refurbishment of St Sophia’s Primary School.

Kilmaurs Primary was the venue for a very special Platinum Jubilee lunch celebration.

There was great excitement for children and young people from Crosshouse Primary and Communication Centre when they buried a time capsule filled with memories and images of life in 2022 within their new school. 

This Mental Health Awareness Week, Primary 5/6 from Muirkirk Primary has launched an exciting new project, in collaboration with Columba 1400.

We are consulting on Willowbank Primary relocation and addition of early years facilities, the incorporation of a Supported Learning Centre at Onthank campus, and Mount Carmel Primary School's addition of an Early Childhood Centre (ECC).

At the recent meeting of Cabinet, agreement was reached on the proposal for an inclusive educational development in North West Kilmarnock, on the sites of Mount Carmel Primary and Onthank Primary and Early Childhood Centre, and a full public consultation that will start on Monday 25 April. 

Children and young people across East Ayrshire have been benefitting from the East Ayrshire School Counselling Service, a service that has been providing counselling and wellbeing support since January 2021. 

Children and young people joined Head Teacher Tina Gaitens for a site visit to Crosshouse Primary School, Communication Centre and Early Childhood Centre to view the refurbishment work and progress on the new extension.