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Schoolchildren took part in Netball Festival

MORE than 100 pupils from Annandale and Eskdale’s primary schools took part in the fifth annual Active Schools Netball Festival held at Hecklegirth recently.Read

Marchmount High School reunion

FORMER pupils of Marchmount High School class of 81 are having a get-together 30 years down the line.Read

Top marks for St Andrew’s nursery

ST ANDREW’S Nursery has received a glowing report from the Care Commission.Read

Singing success for Aisling

EAGLESFIELD Primary School pupil Aisling Anderson celebrated singing success at a top competition recently.Read

Wallace Hall Academy pupils and staff settle in nicely

EDUCATION in Thornhill has come a long way since 1723 when the foundations for Wallace Hall Academy were first laid.Read

Wallace Hall Academy welcomes all to new school

WALLACE Hall Academy will be showing off its new school at a public open day on Sunday, April 18.Read

Schools win cash to revamp playgrounds

TWO primary schools have struck it rich thanks to the National Lottery.Read

The new all-though Moffat Academy is officially opened

A RIBBON-cutting ceremony was held on Monday to officially launch the new Moffat Academy.Read

Dumfries and District Music Festival Association country dancing results

THIRTY-FIVE teams of young Scottish country dancers from Dumfries and Galloway took part in the dance festival at the weekend.Read

Outstanding dancers take to the floor

THIRTY-FIVE teams of young Scottish country dancers from Dumfries and Galloway took part in the dance festival at the weekend.Read

Moffat Academy will be officially opened on Monday

THE NEW Moffat Academy will be officially opened by Council Leader Ivor Hyslop on Monday.Read

Wallace Hall Academy Cross Country results

WALLACE Hall Academy recently held their school cross country championships.Read

Table tennis table delights St Col’s pupils

YOUNGSTERS at St Columba’s RC Primary School in Annan have been gifted a table tennis table by the town’s new Tesco superstore.Read

Chapelcross schools SEE project to run again

ANNANDALE and Eskdale’s primary and secondary schools are to share in an £18,000 windfall from Magnox North Chapelcross.Read

Schools have a gander at geese

SCHOOLS have been given the chance to take a gander at geese during the Wild Goose Chase 2010.Read

Lockerbie Academy takes on engineering challenge

LOCKERBIE Academy is taking part in a national engineering challenge.Read

Children consider mental health

PRIMARY and secondary pupils across the region have been thinking about what positive mental health means to them, and how they might portray this in a photograph.Read

St Joseph's pupil gets into cooking final

A ST JOSEPH’S College pupil has shown off his culinary skills by making it to the regional final of a cooking competition.Read

Dumfries youngsters secure haul of medals at swimming championships

TALENTED Ellie Minto and Morven Clements returned to DG One this week to show off the medals they secured at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships.Read

Musicians earn place in Young Musician of the Year finals

THE ROTARY Clubs of Dumfries and Thornhill and District recently joined forces to present their Young Musician of the Year Competition in Dumfries’ Cairndale Hotel.Read

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