FIVE Aberdeenshire teachers have been recognised for promoting enterprise in education by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

Kay McIntosh, of Kinellar Primary, Graham Still, of Kemnay Primary, and Kim Hall, Sandra Ewen and Nicole Jeffrey, of Ellon Academy, all received certificates at the Scottish Parliament.

Ms Ewen, who has taught business studies and economics for three years, regularly invites business leaders to Ellon Academy to give the pupils real-life examples of the world of work.

She recently organised an event which helped link the school with local businesses and inform pupils about job opportunities. She said: “The enterprising activities we have involved the pupils in have served to make them much more forward-thinking and positive about the future.

“They have been able to see the value in going straight into employment to receive on-the-job training. Bringing external speakers into the classroom also makes my job more enjoyable and the pupils do feed off of the enthusiasm you have in the classroom. My aim is to give my pupils every opportunity to succeed in their future careers.”

Aberdeenshire Council’s education, learning and leisure committee chairman councillor Richard Stroud said it was good to see that their hard work had been acknowledged.

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