Education

Families in the area sprang into action by taking part in a community-wide Easter egg hunt competition, raising more than £800 for Cults Primary School.

Banchory Primary School is celebrating after securing an environmental award for the third year running.

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Andrew Bowie has helped pupils at a local primary school stage a mock UK parliament vote as part of a project on democracy.

Cromar Future Group recently organised its largest science festival.

It has been a big week for Banchory Academy S6 pupils.

A Deeside pupil was runner-up in the annual John Byrne National Drawing Competition.

Aberdeenshire Council has vetoed a move to develop a policy on flexi-schooling for the region’s children.

Teams from five local schools recently took part in Banchory Rotary’s annual Primary Schools Quiz which was held at Banchory Christian Fellowship Church.

The start of the Easter holidays marked the departure of a Deeside head teacher.

Aberdeenshire Council is to run a consultation on the pattern of school holidays, term dates and in-service closures for the five academic years from 2020-2025.

It was designed as a nature exercise for the kids at Banchory Primary, but even they were surprised by the results.

Crathes Primary School pupils celebrated World Book Day last Thursday with a bundle of new books for their library, donated by local supermarket Morrisons.

Cromar Future Group has launched its popular Mad March science festival.

Parents have condemned vandals who again targeted a Banchory school.

All four academies within the Marr area have posted strong attainment levels for the last session.

Banchory Academy Parent Council is organising a social media information evening for parents this Thursday.

An author who hails from Deeside has written an illustrated beginners guide to Scottish Gaelic.

A team from Aboyne Academy reached the shortlist for the Vodafone Challenge as part of Digital Day 2018.

The annual Banchory Academy S2 enterprise project has been in full swing.