Archive | December, 2009
Last day of school visits
Last two school visits today to Greengairs Primary and Glengowan Primary. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Dykehead Rd,North Lanarkshire,United Kingdom
Continue reading...Today’s School Visits
18 December 2009
Today’s school visits are to Rochsolloch Primary, Calderbank Primary, Corpus Christi Primary and St Mary’s Primary in Caldercruix. This leaves only three more schools to visit on Monday, by which time I will have visited 32 local primary schools and handed out certificates to around 1000 P.4 pupils. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Kippen St,North Lanarkshire,United [...]
Continue reading...10 Years of Tackling Child Poverty
17 December 2009
It is now 10 years since Gordon Brown’s historic pledge to end child poverty within a generation. While we have made considerable progress, too many children continue to have their life chances affected by poverty. I joined Save the Children yesterday at the Parliament to remind politicians of all parties of the need to meet [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Card Winners
14 December 2009
Well, tonight it was great to see all of the boys and girls from each of the 32 primary schools that took part in my Christmas card competion. This years overall winners came from Petersburn Primary in Airdrie and Kirk o’Shotts Primary in Salsburgh. However, each of the school winners provided me with cards which I [...]
Continue reading...Visiting Chapelhall
14 December 2009
Among the schools I am visiting today, are Chapelhall Primary and St Aloysius Primary. Once again I am thanking the P.4 pupils for their efforts to help me design my Christmas card. Tonight is the award ceremony on Airdrie, where all of the individual school winners find out who is the overall winner. - Posted using BlogPress [...]
Continue reading...Serenaded by pupils from Newmains Primary
11 December 2009
The P. 4 pupils of Newmains Primary sang for me this afternoon. Beautiful. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Continue reading...Today’s school visits…
11 December 2009
Today’s school visits start at Petersburn Primary. I am about half way through visiting each of the 30 schools that take part in my Christmas card competition. Also included below are St Dominic’s Primary and Dunrobin Primary. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Petersburn Rd,North Lanarkshire,United Kingdom
Continue reading...Local Newspapers
10 December 2009
The Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee has launched a call for evidence on the the decline of the Scottish local newspaper industry. Falling circulation numbers across Scotland have convinced the committee that it is time to look at the reasons behind the decline and the impact on local journalism and on local communities. The committee will also [...]
Continue reading...Kilbowie Exhibition 2009
9 December 2009
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the 2009 Kilbowie art & design and musical composition exhibition, from Black Mountain to Blue Water, which has just opened at Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life in Coatbridge. The display showcases the work of senior pupils of Art & Design and Music who attended North Lanarkshire Council’s Kilbowie Centre during the summer break. [...]
Continue reading...School visits
7 December 2009
This morning’s school visits begin at New Monklands Primary. As ever, it is great to meet all of the children who have taken part in my Christmas card competition. Today’s photo is of P4 at Newonklands. In St. David’s Primary I was also asked to present the cycle proficiency certificates. And in Dykehead Primary the children were [...]
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