Doon Academy

A great wee case study on the work we are doing with our Partners @genplus_ developing Meta Skills in all of our young people across the Curriculum. genplus.co.uk/category/case-…

Our S2 pupils enjoyed a brilliant day out with the English Department at the Robert Burns Museum, Burn's Cottage and surrounding sites. They were learning about Burns and his contribution to Scottish life and poetry.

Well done to Doon pupil Logan McLurkin whose Cello Trio came first in their class at The Ayrshire Music Festival

Congratulations to our S5-6 pupils who completed their Powering Futures Awards by presenting their work to Local Employers at an event at Ayr Racecourse.

Come along and join us for a fun filled evening of Art and Music on Wednesday the 25th of March for our Young Musician Competition and Art Exhibition. Tickets can be purchased from Miss Romaniuk for £2 #expressivearts

The S3 Physics class had a great day visiting Dumfries House STEM Centre to learn about Aerospace careers and develop their practical skills by soldering circuits and repairing RC cars to race against each other.

30 pupils S3-5 attended the @EastAyrshire Pathways to Careers event at @AyrshireColl. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to network around the 60+ employers in attendance. This event was crucial to the development of their career planning and management skills.

Our former pupil, George Carrick, was in school yesterday to provide a powerful presentation to S4 about his recent Testicular Cancer diagnosis. George has had surgery and is going through treatment. His progress has been positive and his strength of character inspirational.

EAC Pathways to Careers Event - the school is running a bus to the event below, if your child would like to attend please ask them to speak to Mr Kelly.

A great article from the Scotsman featuring our pupils and Mr Kelly at Dumfries House learning a range of skills to help improve their employability. scotsman.com/education/we-a…

Brilliant work from our Pupil Council who have prepared a toolkit of resources to help young learners in all of our classes.

Keir not only discussed his job role but delved into deeper areas of employability and his own pathways to becoming a Modern Apprentice, at SHIRE housing. He was able to encourage and promote MA pathways and inspire the students to be thinking about their own career planning .

We were delighted to welcome Keir McClounie from @Shire_HA to Doon Academy, to deliver his informative and very important presentation, about SHIRE housing opportunities, systems and processes, to our senior cohort.

A fantastic win for our S1/2 Netball Team against Kilmarnock Academy! An amazing score of 19-0. Well done to all the girls 💜

Georgie and Emily in S2 attended EAC HQ to deliver a presentation as part of Holocaust Memorial Day.  Following their presentation the pupils also took part in a candlelit vigil and silence to commemorate past and present victims of genocide. Well done girls!

Thanks to @TheCumnockTryst composer Gillian Walker for supporting our Music students with their compositions. Thanks to the musicians who played the students work and @DalmellingtonB who played at our concert celebrating their work.

Huge thanks to our S6 Leadership pupils for organising Wednesday’s Christmas disco🎄

Thanks to Rae at the Dalmellington Community Centre for hosting our pupils for a Xmas movie this afternoon.