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Hightae Primary pupils enjoy homegrown veg

HIGHTAE Primary School pupils have had their cash ... and eaten it!Read

School meal plan hard to swallow

PLANS to expand the availability of free school meals in the region took another step toward fruition on Tuesday.Read

Lockerbie Academy welcomes new staff members

LOCKERBIE Academy is pleased to welcome several new members of staff to the school.Read

Wallace Hall pupils get front row in Scottish Parliament

A GROUP of Wallace Hall Academy pupils travelled to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Monday past to listen to the political debate over Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill releasing the Lockerbie bomber.Read

Hefty price for children's school meals

FREE meals for primary school children could cost the council more than £1 million a year.Read

Pupils urged to heed litter message

PEOPLE’S Project organiser Mark Jardine has urged school pupils to start the new term litter-free.Read

Degree courses available at UWS

THE UNIVERSITY of the West of Scotland still has places on some degree programmes starting in September.Read

Moffat Academy receives science cash bonus

NEW scientific equipment has been bought for Moffat Academy with a £1,000 grant under the Magnox North Chapelcross SEE Project.Read

University's Scandinavian link

TWO lecturers from the School of Health Care at Kymenlaakson University in Kotka in Finland recently visited University of the West of Scotland’s Dumfries campus.Read

Pupils good behaviour praised by report

HUTTON Primary School’s 23 children have been praised for being “very well behaved” and “well motivated” in the latest HMIE report.Read

Thornhill rounds-up former pupils

AN APPEAL has gone out to former pupils and staff of Morton Academy and Wallace Hall Academy.Read

Room to improve

CALSIDE Primary School needs to improve children’s learning and attainment according to its latest HMIE inspection report.Read

Head highlights

A POPULAR head teacher was given a wonderful send-off when she retired at the end of the school term.Read

Room for improvement at Calside primary

CALSIDE Primary School needs to improve children’s learning and attainment according to its latest HMIE inspection report.Read

Snapshot of an excellent year at Sanquhar Academy

THERE was a full house for Sanquhar Academy Awards Ceremony with pupils, parents, families, friends, and school staff.Read

Wallace Hall awards

THE annual Junior Awards Ceremony was held recently in the Assembly Hall at Wallace Hall Academy.Read

Lochside pupils are ship-shape

PUPILS in P4 and P5 at Lochside Primary School held a pirate party recently to raise money for the Mwandi orphanage in Zambia.Read

Junior road safety officers hold comp

JUNIOR Road Safety Officers in Dumfries and Galloway were recently invited to enter the annual competition.Read

Primary pupils enjoy Kwik games

LOCAL primary schools have not quite been hearing the smack of leather on willow this summer – more the thump of plastic on plastic.Read

Langlands pupils do a bit of digging into aviation history

PUPILS from Langlands School have had a victorious time at the Aviation Museum in Dumfries.Read

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