Posts Tagged ‘The Uphill Trust’

New Home for Uphill

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When the Uphill Trust came into being, Uphill Junior School comprised a wooden building on a rented site in the centre of Iruhuura Trading…

Teaching in the Genes

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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…

Muddy Mayhem Event

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North of Scotland junior tennis players Katie, Katie, Rosie and Niamh, along with their coach Steven Birrell, organised MUDDY MAYHEM – a sponsored assault…

What can £1 buy?

The reading glasses project began late in 2014, when Elius told us that the elders of his church in Iruhuura were struggling to read…

Security Fence for Uphill

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During the first part of 2016, when the McNabb Classroom Block was under construction, it became clear that a good quality security fence was…

48 Hour Fence Loupers

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Trustee Liddy and her husband Calum undertook the 48 Hour Fence Loupers  – sponsored endurance motorcycle event – around Scotland on the weekend of…

Joy of Reading

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Whenever we visit Uphill Junior School we spend time observing classes at all levels of the school. Lessons are delivered in english, the current…

Meet Our Supported Pupils (1)

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The first in our series of posts about some of the children being supported in school by the Pupil Support Fund: We first met…

How it Began

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 How it Began’  – the backstory for The Uphill Trust – was written by Uphill Trust Chairman Max for the Dollar Academy school magazine,…