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Pupils from Forehill Primary school, in partnership with the Bridge of Don Men’s Shed, today launched their garden project with a planting workshop. 

The Men’s Shed funded and constructed a poly-tunnel in the school grounds to create a space for the school children to grow plants,…

Primary Four pupils from every school in Aberdeen took part in the Big Sing at Duthie Park today (Wednesday 22 May).

Aberdeen Big Sing 2024 is a celebration event that brings together 3,000 pupils to sing as one large choir. The choir performed six songs, including the “Northern Lights of…

Aberdeen City Council is to use Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 13 May-Sunday 26 May 2024) to highlight the need for more foster carers.

As of April 2024, the council’s Foster Care team has:

A primary school and two high schools are to get major building improvements after the projects were approved at Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee today.

Outline approvals were agreed for the construction works at Ferryhill Primary School, St Machar Academy, and…

Primary Four pupils from every school in the city are busy rehearsing for Aberdeen Big Sing 2024, which will be held at the Duthie Park later this month.   

Aberdeen Big Sing 2024 is a celebration event that will bring 3,000 pupils together to sing as one large choir. The choir…

Pupils across Aberdeen are becoming responsible global citizens thanks to their participation in a wide range of educational initiatives on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Net Zero throughout 2023 and 2024.

A report on those activities and the progress…

The feeling of health and wellbeing has improved amongst school-age children and young people in Aberdeen according to the pupils themselves.

A report on two Health & Wellbeing surveys undertaken by Aberdeen City Council schools in September-November 2023, was presented to members of…

A book written in Doric by pupils at Riverbank School about a naughty herring gull has been launched today (Thursday 28 March). 

‘Summer, e Magic Scurry’, tells the story of a herring gull that does all the things a ‘scurry’ –the Doric word for a gull – usually does, but then, using…

Three decades of a bp education scheme, which has provided around 3,000 students with an opportunity to inspire north-east pupils, was recognised at the company’s North Sea headquarters last night.

The enduring success of the bp Student Tutoring scheme is thanks to the partnership between…

Seaton School Nursery has received an excellent inspection report from the Care Inspectorate yesterday (Thursday 21 March 2024).  

During the visit in the week beginning 22 February 2024, the inspectors accessed the following key areas:

Dietetics students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) have partnered with Seaton Primary School to teach pupils how to cook quick, tasty meals and snacks while learning about the key nutritional benefits of a healthy relationship with food.

The five-week pilot project with primary seven…

The Brimmond School community was today (Friday 15 March) celebrating a UNICEF UK Gold Award in recognition of the school’s commitment to children’s rights.

The gold award is the ultimate stage, after silver and bronze, of the Rights Respecting Schools Award, and is granted by UNICEF UK,…