Developing interactive and hands-on learning activities for the teachers and pupils is one of the priorities at Uphill. We help when and where we can and gradually new strands of teaching are becoming embedded in the classrooms. In the first of two blogs on this topic we introduce you to developments in IT and science. […]
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 her mother and four younger siblings. She possessed one raggedy dress, had a challenging home life, and had never been to school – but she was clearly a bright child. He […]
Another in our series of posts about some of the children being supported in school by the Pupil Support Fund: R joined Uphill Junior School in April 2016. At the end of his first academic year he achieved top marks across all subjects and he continued to do well, maintaining his position at the top […]
Another in our series of posts about the children being helped by the Pupil Support Fund: L has four brothers and one sister and they live with their mother and grandmother, approximately 2 kilometres from Iruhuura Trading Centre. He walks to school, and back home home again, each day. His family make a meagre living […]
The first in our series of posts about some of the children being supported in school by the Pupil Support Fund: We first met M when she was 10 years old in October 2014. Her father had died of HIV AIDS and her mother was sick with the same disease. She and her two siblings […]
