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A creative proposal to help pupils with additional support needs was approved by Aberdeen City Council today (Tuesday 26 November).
Councillors at the Education and Children’s Services committee instructed the Chief Officer Education and Lifelong Learning, to build on the hard…
Councillors today approved a programme to help parents and carers build confidence and skills in supporting their children’s learning.
Members of the Education and Children’s Services Committee approved the Parental Involvement and Engagement Plan (PIE) 2024-2027, which focuses on…
Secondary school pupils have been making their views known about Phase 2 of Aberdeen City Council’s budget consultation 2025/26 thanks to engagement sessions delivered by the Aberdeen Youth Movement (AYM).
Phase 2 provides additional proposed savings options and invites…
Aberdeen Football Club player Angus MacDonald and Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT) visited pupils at Northfield Academy to deliver refurbished football boots on Thursday 31 October. The visit was a part of a CIF initiative called Re-Kicks that aims to provide ‘free kicks’ to budding young…
Aberdeen City Council’s catering team is celebrating after it was awarded its Food for Life Served Here Bronze certification for the ninth time by adding more local and climate-friendly peas to the school menu.
The Council, which first received the award for its primary school meals in…
A commemorative bench for June McCombie, a former lollipop lady at Walker Road School, was unveiled at the official opening of Greyhope Community Garden, in the Torry area of Aberdeen, on Friday 11 October 2024.
June helped pupils to safely cross the street for nearly three decades…
A book written in Doric by pupils at Riverbank School about a naughty herring gull has won Scots Bairns Book o the Year at the Scots Language Awards.
‘Summer e Magic Scurry’ was written by the Primary 5F class at the school with the book launch held on 28 March 2024.
The book …
Aberdeen City Council will assess long-term options for providing denominational primary schools.
A meeting of Full Council agreed a report that had been referred to Full Council from the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 17 September.
Officers had recommended that the…
Aberdeen City Libraries is celebrating the success of its annual reading challenge, which saw more than 800 children read close to 3,000 books over the summer holidays.
The Aberdeen Reads initiative was established in 2019…
A new School Age Childcare (SAC) Policy, in recognition of the increased need for wraparound care once children start primary school, has been approved by Aberdeen City Council today (Tuesday 17 September 2024).
Following the national implementation of Early Learning and Childcare…
Councillors today (Tuesday 17 September) voted for even more opportunities for Aberdeen’s budding young musicians to benefit from free tuition and live performance.
The decision taken at the Education and Children’s Services committee followed discussion…
Pupils from two Aberdeen primary schools, today joined forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) at an interactive workshop and performance at The Lemon Tree.
With the aim of showing that music is for all, the RSNO have partnered with Aberdeen City Music Service to provide…