Arran Outdoor Education Centre is North Ayrshire Council's purpose built and funded Outdoor Education Centre based in Lamlash Bay on the Isle of Arran.
There are something that you just have to share. This morning colours looking across to Holy Isle, and Lamlash Bay. From the Centre. It’s mornings like this we really miss having young people staying with us.
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@RhonaEA
@North_Ayrshire
@NAYouthServices
We can’t even begin to express our excitement at hearing young excited voices in the Centre today. We are supporting the Key-worker childcare provision, The joy of hearing children in the Centre is just wonderful,
#excited
@audreynolan
@RhonaEA
@NAActiveSchools
@NAC_Education
Very special day here at the Centre, We welcome Alexander, as he starts his Modern Apprenticeship with us. Here to meet him was Tom, who has recently finished his apprenticeship. Good luck Alex and welcome to the Team.
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@audreynolan
🌈As the childcare hub comes to a close this week, the children have helped design and paint a wall mural to reflect on their time and experiences at the Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic. 🌈
P7s loved their first day at AOEC,
@ArranOutdoors
lovely walks along the beach 🏖️ followed by team building🤔 activities at night. Fab first day,👍 now time for some supper and off to bed 😴
The staff at the Centre have created a pack to help both pupils and parents continue Outdoor Learning throughout the
#COVID19
Pandemic. We would love to hear from you and see what you have been up to! 😃 Using
#arranoutdoor
📲
It’s be a while since we’ve been able to take this shot. We think it’s the best view of the centre. Great session’s on the water with
@St_Lukes_Pr
, they’ve loved being on the water as much as we have! Here’s hoping for more days like these.
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@NAC_Education
@RhonaEA
We hope all Our NAC Schools are all safe and well. We want you all to know we are thinking of you all. We thought we would share the wonderful picture that’s greeted us as we came in today. The Centre is being utilised as The Community Support Hub for Arran,
4.Tom, we wish you all the success you deserve and I know you’ll make a huge impact within this new and exciting post. I will look from not so far at the progress and impact you’re going to make. Thank you for all you’ve done at the Centre and for being you.
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@RhonaEA
I’ve been told people pay a small fortune for this kind of treatment, I was able to get it free. They say working with young people keeps you young, I’m not so sure, I was called very old, within ear shot of
#SeniorInstructorMartin
, oh did he laugh.
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@ExtendedNac
Good Morning from a frosty but calm Arran. It’s nice to see after such a difficult week of weather, however that didn’t stop
@abbeyprimarysch
P7s from coming to stay with us, we hope you all had a great week and got home ok. Looking forward to see you all very soon.
@audreynolan
Very proud of
@glencairn_ps
P7’s abseiling today - amazing to see so many young people pushing themselves to face fears and approach challenges with a “can do” attitude - incredible skills to have!💪👏👏
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@audreynolan
@top_ayrshire
Today the Centre remembers one of its own, who was taken from us far to early, Archie severed his country, as well as the community in which he lived. Rest Easy Archie.
Can we say a massive Thanks to
@DykesmainsPS
for coming to visit us this week, you’ve all been amazing, special thanks to the Teaching Staff, who give up their own time to ensure young people get the opportunity come. 👏, safe trip back over the Clyde.
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@RhonaEA
It’s so exciting when we can get out on the water so early in the year.
@StMarksIrvine
exploring wild places, Discovering and learning about Arran’s No Take Zone. How lucky are our young people to have this kind of opportunity within its own Authority.
@JohnMuirTrust
@ArranCoast
3. It is with great sadness, but also great pride that we say goodbye to Tom. Today he is leaving us to begin the next chapter in his development, thankfully still within the authority, with our CLD Partners. Tom will take up a new post of Project Delivery Officer (Outdoor).
SVQ Level 3 in outdoor programmes - passed! ✅ Huge congratulations Tom and well done on all your hard work over the last 2 years of your apprenticeship at the Centre. It has finally paid off 👏🏻😃
@North_Ayrshire
@audreynolan
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@RhonaEA
What a week we have had with
@IrvineRoyalAcad
, thank you for coming and staying with us, it’s been great to see our Covid-19 working practices, used tested without any issues. Well done to everybody, huge thank to
@IrvineRoyalAcad
staff team you guys were amazing,
@audreynolan
Today whilst we continue to deliver activities on the mainland, we are also remembering one of our own, Archie passed away 9yrs to the day. His passion for equality, outdoor education, communities, is still at the very heart of the centres ethos, Rest easy our friend. Xx