Rockinleck

On Wednesday 26 Novemer a team, consisting of Jaclyn Dunlop from S1, John Linden (S2), Keiran Lawson (S3) and Gavin MacKinnon (S4), went to Doon Academy in Dalrymple with Mr Hendry (Technical) to compete in the East Ayrshire Schools’ Quiz.  First of all the competitors were informed about the rules of the quiz and then [...]

On the morning of Thursday 30 October, a variety of fourth, fifth and sixth year pupils went to the Glasgow School of Art Open Day.  They had the opportunity to look around the school and the studios.  They also spoke to tutors and students about life as a student there and the courses on offer.  [...]

On Monday 27th of October the S2 music theatre elective got taken out of classes to enjoy a fun filled afternoon with two people from the Scottish Youth Theatre.  The afternoon was packed with fun filled games and activities and everyone one there enjoyed it. The afternoon was based on improvisation, this included preforming for [...]

Every year pupils from all over Scotland have the chance to participate in the Scottish Maths Challenge. There are three different challenges: Junior – P7-S2 Middle – S3-S4 Senior – S5-S6   The Maths Challenge is a series of problem solving questions. It’s aim is to get pupils thinking about maths outside the classroom. In [...]

Creative Cakes is a course at Intermediate 2 level for S5 and S6 pupils. The course allows pupils to learn about making different cakes and special techniques for decoration. This is the first year that the course has been running. Auchinleck Academy is the only school in East Ayrshire that runs the course. So far the pupils [...]