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18 February 2025
Revamped Stronsay play area gets the thumbs up!
Work continues to breathe life into other parks across Orkney
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18 February 2025
Daring duo reach for the sky in aid of air ambulance charity!
A daring duo from Stronsay Junior High School are going from the sea to the sky in a bid to raise funds for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).
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14 February 2025
Tenth ‘paper costume’ show at KGS helps ‘rustle’ in the Island Games
Third year Art and Design pupils from KGS showcased winning designs on Wednesday (12 Feb 2025), during the tenth annual Paper Costume show - with this year’s theme of course being the Island Games!
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11 February 2025
Love grows where our lollipop lady Rosemary goes!
Edison Lighthouse sang ’Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’ - and that’s certainly the case with one of the Council’s school crossing patrol officers - Rosemary “Rosie” Stewart – who has been…
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5 February 2025
Councillors back new composite class policy
Councillors have agreed a policy on how composite classes are made up in primary schools where more than one age group needs to be put together.
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24 January 2025
Shapinsay named a UNICEF Silver “Rights Respecting School”
Shapinsay Community School has achieved a Silver accreditation as a UNICEF “Rights Respecting School”.
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23 January 2025
Council highlights disruptions are likely as Amber alert issued for Orkney
With an Amber weather warning issued by the MET Office for Orkney for very high winds tomorrow (Friday 24 January) and into Saturday, the Council is expecting significant disruption across our…
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20 January 2025
Nursery and P1 registration opens soon - forms go live 3 February 2025
It’s almost that time of year where the Council’s Education team asks parents and carers to register their young children for nursery and P1, to help schools and nurseries plan for the school year…
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14 January 2025
New Kirkwall nursery tender reminder
There’s still time for operators to express an interest and complete the first stage of the tender to apply to run the new Kirkwall nursery service.
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13 January 2025
Free Communication Course for adults!
A free Communication Course for adults has been developed by The Learning Link.
