Aberdeenshire Council

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• Double success for Aberdeenshire Council as sustainable transport project wins two national awards
  It has been a successful year for Aberdeenshire Council's Transportation Strategy team as they have won two national awards this year.
• Aberdeenshire Adoption Service praised by inspectors and applauded by bosses and parents
  Inspectors have praised Aberdeenshire Council’s Adoption Service for the ‘safe, nurturing care’ experienced by children who are adopted. The Care Inspectorate also acknowledged that adopters felt ‘confident’ and ‘well prepared’ for the task. The inspection ranked the service as ‘very good’ for quality of care and support and for quality of management and leadership following an inspection carried out in June.
• Game on! Competition for pupils across Northern Alliance launches
  Primary school pupils from across the Northern Alliance – from Aberdeenshire to Shetland and right across to Argyll and Bute – are to benefit from the opportunity to take part in a competition to create a game using coding software, SCRATCH.
• New Aberdeenshire Council leaflet highlights the right materials to recycle
  Aberdeenshire Council is issuing a new leaflet to residents this week detailing what household waste can and cannot be recycled.
• Inspection praises effective relationships at St Andrews Primary School and Nursery
  Effective working relationships and information sharing were just some of the positive areas acknowledged by inspectors after they visited St Andrews Primary School and Nursery in Fraserburgh.