Blog post by Liddy Laird I’m sure many of us had an inspirational teacher during our days at school or university. These teachers made lasting impressions on us and were often responsible for setting us off on our future career pathways. My own family is now it its 5th generation of teachers and I am […]
North of Scotland junior tennis players Katie, Katie, Rosie and Niamh, along with their coach Steven Birrell, organised MUDDY MAYHEM – a sponsored assault course event on Saturday 22 October 2016 at Errol Airfield – to raise funds to help provide sports and playground equipment for Uphill Junior School. The children at Uphill need the […]
The reading glasses project began late in 2014, when Elius told us that the elders of his church in Iruhuura were struggling to read their bibles – they just couldn’t see the small text any more. In the west we are very familiar with the 50 + age group reaching for their reading glasses but […]
During the first part of 2016, when the McNabb Classroom Block was under construction, it became clear that a good quality security fence was needed around the school site as a matter of urgency. In the short term, it was essential to keep domestic livestock away from the new building (cow prints in the new […]
Trustee Liddy and her husband Calum undertook the 48 Hour Fence Loupers – sponsored endurance motorcycle event – around Scotland on the weekend of June 25/26 2016 to raise funds to buy a much needed security fence for the new Uphill Junior School site. The route began in Newport-on-Tay at 7am on Saturday 25 June and […]
Whenever we visit Uphill Junior School we spend time observing classes at all levels of the school. Lessons are delivered in english, the current national examination language for the Primary Leaving Certificate which pupils sit at the end of Primary 7, with further explanations in local language if needed. However, due to the lack of […]
