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A Great Year at Sgoil an Iochdair, South Uist

  • Submitted by: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 July 2016
  • Motion reference: S5M-00793

That the Parliament congratulates the pupils, staff and community of Sgoil an Iochdair, which is on South Uist, on the primary school's many achievements over the last year, its first as a designated Gaelic school, which included being named runner-up alongside Sgoil Dhalabroig in the Gaelic award at the Scottish Education Awards for the joint drama initiative, in which pupils from both schools wrote and performed original plays in Gaelic; notes that the school also hosted both the Feis Tir A’Mhuran and the Uist provincial mod, at which it won the most points of any primary; considers the involvement of the community to be a key factor in its success, with parent volunteers making it possible to establish many clubs, such as football, music and drama; recognises in particular the contribution of Ronnie MacPhee, who has retired after 17 years of leading the school’s youth club, and thanks the members of the Parent Council for their warm welcome and generous offer of help to refugee families who have fled Syria and have arrived in the Outer Hebrides.


Supported by: Graeme Dey, Kenneth Gibson, Clare Haughey, Fulton MacGregor, Ivan McKee, Ash Regan, David Stewart, Andy Wightman