Education

A bid to improve information triggered a furious reaction from administration councillors.

Pupils donned Father Christmas suits and other seasonal outfits as they took part in the first Santa dash held by Noss Primary School at the weekend.

The issue of the lack of printing facilities at Caithness libraries is now being resolved after a recent article highlighted the problem.

Pupils at Crossroads Primary School attended the Mey and District Senior Citizens Club earlier this month, to entertain the members.

Retired Thurso High School teacher and former Wick resident, Julie Adams, has just published her seventh novel.

Big Karen and Little Karen, as they are affectionately known by pupils at Crossroads Primary, received gifts for their combined 46 years of service.

The council insists that it is one of most improved local authorities in Scotland.

Award-winning Scottish theatre company Frozen Charlotte brought a family-friendly Christmas show ‘Too Many Penguins’ to Lyth Arts Centre last week.

An award-winning female engineering student from Wick has praised Dounreay for promoting equality during her work at the former nuclear site.

That is despite a large increase in Scottish Government funding announced in the draft budget.

Former Hearts and Scotland striker John Robertson chatted to hundreds of Thurso schoolchildren before taking part in two training sessions.

Pupils from Canisbay and Castletown primary schools came together to celebrate World Children’s Day.

The move to ‘better serve’ the north follows Kate Forbes’ call to dismantle the local authority.

A Caithness man talked about being on an endless paperchase as he takes the operator of the local libraries to task over its lack of printers.

The new agreement has been designed to improve student mental health and wellbeing.

After a recent Highland Council report warned that 26 Caithness play parks were under threat of closure a Thurso protest group made its views known.

A Keiss Primary pupil conjured up a brilliant new name for one of BEAR Scotland’s trunk road gritters.

Lybster Primary School celebrated becoming the first gold-level accredited reading school in Caithness with an assembly attended by special guests.

P6 pupils at Pennyland Primary have been learning about natural disasters, hearing from someone who knows about them all too well.

A Caithness book publisher has once again been awarded funding as a Book Week Scotland partner.