You only have tolook at the photograph above and read the list of projects and achievements receiving the 2009 Argyll and Bute Education Awards to grasp the spectrum of initiatives in Argyll schools.

Dunoon certainly ran a flag up the flagpole for its achievements, with Dunoon Grammar taking two awards and Dunoon Primary School taking one of the big two awards.

These are two additionally special awards: the Director’s Award and the Educational Spokesperson’s Award.

This year the Director’s Award went to Tarbert Academy’s Young Engineers’ Club. They designed, built and drove a sit-in electric racing car (pictured) which was used to take part in a four hour race in the Shell Greenpower Challenge. The team came in third and covered more than 70 miles.

Douglas Hendry, Director of Community Services said of it: ‘This project embodies everything that is innovative in education in Argyll and Bute today. Everything about it – from the car itself to the enthusiasm of the pupils who came to Kilmory to give their presentation – showed how dedicated everyone involved in the project was to making it work’.

The Education Spokesperson’s Prize went to Dunoon Primary School with its Music Box in the Learning Centre.

Councillor Isobel Strong, Spokesperson for Education, said: ‘This project stood out for me. While we know that music is an integral part of Curriculum for Excellence, Dunoon Primary School took this project beyond all expectations and turned it into a celebration.

‘For those children with language and communication problems, music enables them to express themselves in ways which they are otherwise denied. I was so impressed with the way the children interacted with their teachers and really made this project a joy, and I am proud to have been able to award the Dunoon children with the Education Spokesperson’s Prize’.

The full list of category winners were:

• WORKING TOGETHER: Rothesay Joint Campus with One Community, One Campus, One School
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Dunoon Grammar School with Costa Rica Expedition
• WHAT’S NEW: Lochgilphead Joint Campus (Primary) with The Battle of Culloden
• SWITCHED ON: Dunoon Grammar School with Dunoon Grammar TV
• A HEALTHY LIFE: Campbeltown Grammar School with Healthy Me
• EVERYONE COUNTS: Kilcreggan Primary School and Pre School Unit with Good to be Green Behaviour Programme
• ART SMART: Rockfield Primary School with Rockfield’s Got Talent
• DIRECTOR’S AWARD: Tarbert Academy with The Young Engineers’ Club
• EDUCATION SPOKESPERSON’S PRIZE: Dunoon Primary School with Music Box in the Learning Centre

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