Archive for 2021

A New Kitchen For Uphill

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What the school catering staff would really like for Christmas is a new kitchen for Uphill. 

New Tech for Uphill!

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What do you think when you see a photocopier? Is it just another bit of office equipment?

A Cracking Kiltwalk!

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Six Uphill Kiltwalkers took to the streets of Glasgow on Sunday 26 September 2021 for the first live Kiltwalk since 2019.

Examination Success!

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The Class of 2020 faced challenges in their final year at school: COVID lockdown, home schooling, then back to school to live in a…

Back in Lockdown

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On 7 June 2021 Uphill was looking forward to welcoming all the primary year groups into school for the start of the last term…

Red Hot Challenge

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Running 5km a day for 30 days straight doesn’t sound too bad, especially for two young fit firefighters. Now add 34kg of firefighting kit…

Rags to Radio

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The story of the Uphill Junior School Head Girl 2020-21. Uphill school director Elius first met J in 2014 when she was living with…

Education for All

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                  Elius Muhimbise has a dream: To transform society by offering a quality education to everyone…

Volunteers or Locals?

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Who would you choose? International development charities have different ways of dealing with construction projects, especially in rural areas. Some like to use overseas volunteers…

Inspirational Teachers

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Uphill Junior School has a staff of excellent teachers: Meet four people who are inspiring the next generation in rural Uganda. Teacher Joan Joan…

Sustainability

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Uphill Junior School serves a rural community of subsistence farmers and small traders. Income levels within the community are very low or non-existent. Fees…

Now We Are Six!

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At the end of January each year we pinch ourselves to check that we are not dreaming – has another year gone past already? …