On Thursday evening 2nd October, the annual Focus of Achievement awards ceremony, the Education Oscars for Dundee City, took place in the Caird Hall. The outstanding achievements by pupils and staff at Ferry Schools were very well represented amongst the winners.
Grove Academy won the 'Al-Maktoum Institute Award for Multi Cultural Education' based on The Grove Menu partnership led by an RME Teacher at the school.
Barnhill, Eastern and Forthill Primary Schools, working together as the Grove cluster of feeder primary schools, won the award for 'Innovation Through Curriculum for Excellence Early Years/Primary and Secondary' based on joint work developing a thematic project about World War Two which culminated with a Tea Dance.
Five Grove pupils received awards for their remarkably high performance in SQA examinations (five from fourteen in the City):
In S5
* Caroline Hope,
* Sarah McLuckie,
* Claire Pollington and
* Catriona Goldman.
In S6
* Jason Leong.
