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Willowbank School has just achieved their eighth Green Flag Award while Riccarton Early Childhood Centre (ECC) has achieved their seventh Green Flag Award; proving they are leading the way with awareness of and care for the environment.

Willowbank School in Kilmarnock has become the first school in East Ayrshire to achieve Allergy Aware status as part of a new allergy awareness initiative developed by Catering Services, Health and Safety, and Educational Services.

Leader of the Council, Councillor Douglas Reid officially broke the ground at the site of the new Dunlop Early Childhood Centre with Calvin, George, Sophia, Isabel and Sandy from the ECC.

Super Tattie, the Council’s new school meal mascot dropped into Dalmellington Primary recently to meet his creator - Carson from P7.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is coming to Patna thanks to funding from The Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

Loudoun Valley Trust has donated £400 to five local schools to ensure that all children and young people can participate in fun and educational trips.

The Robert Burns Academy and Grange Academy competed in the Enterprising Maths in Scotland national finals at the Glasgow Science Centre this week taking fourth and sixth place respectively.

Depute Provost Claire Leitch officially opened the innovative Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Doon Skills Academy recently by cutting a ribbon with Tiegan and Casey from Doon Academy.

25 years of Gaelic Medium Education in East Ayrshire has been celebrated with a week of special events including a traditional Ceilidh.

90 young people from S2 at Grange Academy were presented with a John Muir Award recently for environmental work within their local community.

At the recent meeting of Full Council, it was agreed to submit a final funding bid to the Scottish Government Learning Estate Investment Programme (LEIP) Phase 3 for an inclusive educational development in North West Kilmarnock, on the sites of Mount Carmel Primary and Onthank Primary and Early Childhood Centre.