Argyll and Bute Council Community Services: Education

Welcome to the new Education online area for Education in Argyll and Bute. These pages have been developed for the purpose of providing information on the work of Education and access to a range of resources that are used for administration and curricular purposes. Information on individual schools is available on the Argyll and Bute Council Website.

Argyll and Bute's Quality Improvement Team will make a major contribution to their areas of responsibility and future plans include links to the services and resources currently being developed for the Scottish Schools Digital network (SSDN). It is essential that this site is of use to you and if you have any suggestions on how we can improve it, please let us know by emailing web.master@ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk.

About this website

Statement about this website from Douglas Hendry - Director of Community Services and Councillor Dick Walsh - Council Leader.

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Argyll & Bute's latest Education News

This section of the website will contain up-to-date information on a range of issues that are of high importance and interest to school staff and managers. In turn, schools are invited to submit articles related to projects and events that would be of interest to others. Click here to view a news archive of recent articles.

British Food Fortnight: Putting the 'Ooo' back into food 20 Sept - 5 Oct 2008

This is an excellent opportunity to involve pupils in projects about the food they eat. ...more

Curriculum for Excellence Maths Planners: Easdale Primary have been working on producing Maths Planners related to the Numeracy outcomes. Early and First level Planners are now available for primary school use on the Maths Section of the website. ...more

Argyll & Bute Schools Concert Band: will be making their debut appearance at the Festival of British Youth Orchestras next week. This excellent young band, consisting of around 70 of our secondary school pupils, will be performing in The Central Hall, Edinburgh on the 15th and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow on the 16th. Both performances commence at 7.30.

Tickets for the Edinburgh concert can be obtained by phoning the National Association of Youth Orchestras - box office number 0131 229 2921, and for the Glasgow concert call the RSAMD box office on 0141 332 5057 or online at www.rsamd.ac.uk

Arrochar Primary: used the BBC Breathing Places award as a springboard to transform their school playground into a welcoming, restful and inspiring area that can be used by the school for learning and teaching. The ongoing work has enhanced the biodiversity of their school grounds. Click here for more information and how you can become involved in the Breathing Places programme.

Scottish Education Awards 2008: Congratulations to Islay High School and Tom Paterson (Inveraray Primary School) for their recent success at the Scottish Education Awards. Islay High School was awarded the “LTS Ambition Award” whilst Tom was honoured with the title of “Education Supporter of the Year”. Further information can be found here .