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Children and young people from New Cumnock Primary School put the wow into the World of Work with fun events and activities and welcomed visitors who helped them learn more about a range of careers.

Provost Jim Todd and Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Sheriff Iona McDonald OBE, cut a ceremonial ribbon to officially open the innovative Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Park School Skills Academy at The Grange Campus recently.

Nine very talented young musicians took part in the Music Service’s East Ayrshire Young Musician of the Year competition held at Grange Academy.

Stewarton Academy has won the Ayrshire area final of the Young Enterprise Scotland awards and will now represent Ayrshire at the Festival of Youth Enterprise at Hampden this May.

Four boys from S5 and S6 at The Robert Burns Academy - Daniel, Zain, Jake and Sandy and Cameron from Grange Academy - lifted the U18 Boys Shield at BT Murrayfield recently.

170 young people took part in this year's Schools’ Spring Spectacular Concert, which showcases star performances by talented young musicians from schools across East Ayrshire.

Kayla, Jaxon, Logan, Brooke and Ben from Onthank Primary and Kilmarnock Academy helped to launch a new school app this week for East Ayrshire parents, carers and staff.

Grange Academy’s annual Maths Camp took place recently and it was the biggest yet, with 108 young people and 14 staff taking part in the revision weekend.

Dance Fest, Ayrshire’s biggest celebration of dance, made a welcome return to the Palace Theatre with three sell out shows recently.  

Provost Jim Todd cut a ceremonial ribbon to officially open the innovative Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Robert Burns Skills Academy at The Robert Burns Academy recently.

The annual PiDay celebrations at Grange Academy were literally electric this year, as young people from the school took part in a Pi Voltage experiment to approximate pi.

Exciting plans for Stewarton Academy were unveiled at a special community event recently, where parents, carers, young people, the local community and local elected members could view plans for the new extension and internal alterations.