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Was a pleasure to meet with the Parent Council Chairpersons of our schools tonight. We covered a lot of business and had good discussions and engagements . Thanks to everyone who joined us online.

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Deagh chòmhradh le sgoilearan Sgoil Thunga an-diugh. Excellent visit to Tong School today. Such confident and engaged pupils. They spoke of their leadership roles in the school, their strong voice and how much they are listened to.

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Aig Sgoil a' Bhac an-diugh airson cluinntinn mun obair leasachaidh aca agus airson bruidhinn ri Comhairle nan Sgoilearan. It was good to visit Sgoil a’ Bhac today to hear about their development work and to speak to their Parent Council.

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Deagh thuras gu Shoil Lacasdail madainn an-diugh. Bha e math bruidhinn ris na caipteanan mun sgoil aca. Enjoyed a great visit to Laxdale Primary today. Discussing progress with our strategic priorities and meeting with school captains to hear their views on their school.

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Rare and exciting opportunity to join our Education and Children’s Services leadership team. We are recruiting a Chief Officer for Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer. Please share amongst your networks. Closing date 31/03/25. myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/com...

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Great presentation from Stornoway Primary at the Islands Literacy Symposium this morning sharing their #ReadingSchools journey with support from @wilibraries.bsky.social and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

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Tha co-labhairt litearrachd nan eilean a' tòiseachadh ann an Steòrnabhagh an-diugh le Pàdraig MacAoidh a' fosgladh an tachartais. @wilibraries.bsky.social Literacy Symposium gets under way in Stornoway. @saoghalbeag.bsky.social is at the helm and Makar Peter Mackay opened proceedings.

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Ann an Obar Dheathain an-diugh airson coinneimh ‘Northern Alliance’. Co-obrachadh cudromach airson foghlam dha na h-ùghdarrasan ionadail sa cheann a tuath. Meeting of the Northern Alliance in Aberdeen today. Important collaboration between education services across the north of Scotland.

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Tòrr spòrs is ionnsachadh aig Fèill Saidheans an-diugh aig Sgoil MhicNeacail. Lots of fun and learning at today’s Science Fair at the Nicolson Institute. Lots of great stalls.

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✨ World Gaelic Week ✨ 📚 We’re excited to announce our upcoming Islands Literacy Symposium with the Scottish Book Trust & Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay 📅 Tues 18/3, 9-10.30am 📍 Stornoway Town Hall 🥐 Breakfast by OnBoard Hebrides 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1216611891... 📸 John Maher

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Bha e math tadhal air farpais EuroQuiz an-diugh. Mealaibh ur naidheachd gu Bun Sgoil Steòrnabhaigh a bhuannaich an fharpais. At Laxdale Primary today to see the EuroQuiz competition. Well done to winners Stornoway Primary who will go on to represent the Western Isles in the National finals.

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An latha mu dheireadh den cho-labhairt airson àrd-mhanaidsearan foghlaim an-diugh. Fòcas mòr air leasachadh làthaireachd sgoile. Final day of our education senior managers’ conference today with a major focus on improving school attendance.

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Fàilte bhlàth gu na h-Eileanan an Iar! Delighted to have North Ayrshire colleagues Elaine Sanderson from Glebe Primary and Linzie Sloan from Irvine Royal Academy with us at the Western Isles Education Senior Managers Conference in Stornoway today to share their school journeys.

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Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig a' tòiseachadh an-diugh. Bidh a’ Chomhairle agus na sgoiltean againn a’ craoladh ar tachartasan agus naidheachdan airson seo fad na seachdain. #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2025

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It was a pleasure to attend and present prizes this evening at the Western Isles Young Musician of the Year in the beautiful setting of the Lews Castle. So much young musical talent in our islands.

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Driving up through the Isle of Harris is always a pleasure.

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Last ferry trip of the week heading from Berneray to Harris on the way home.

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Tuigsinn gur e cuspair mòr a tha seo airson coimhearsnachdan an dà sgoil agus is ann air sgàth sin a tha e cudromach gun cluinn sinn beachdan a h-uile duine. This is an important issue for both school communities and that’s why we need to hear from everyone affected. www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

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Round two this afternoon and tonight of community engagement in consideration for rezoning of South Uist schools. Many thanks to everyone who attended Sgoil an Iochdair in your numbers for tonight’s meeting. Online survey is open to 28th March: www.cne-siar.gov.uk/council-and-...

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Thanks to Castlebay School Parent Council for the invitation to their meeting tonight. Very good discussions in challenging circumstances as we all try to work together to secure a new school for Barra.

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Second ferry crossing of the week. Heading from Eriskay to Barra for the next few days.

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An afternoon and evening spent meeting parents and members of the community at Sgoil Dhalabroig as part of engagement activity looking at rezoning of catchments in South Uist. Online survey open now: www.cne-siar.gov.uk/council-and-...

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A week of work across Uist and Barra ahead. First ferry crossing of the week this morning over to Berneray. Beautiful morning for it.

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CNES Education & Children’s Services department are holding preliminary engagement sessions and are surveying for views about school catchments in South Uist. More information: www.cne-siar.gov.uk/council-and-...

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Excellent meeting in Aberdeen of the #NorthernAlliance. Great to see our collaboration continuing beyond the imminent end of RIC funding.

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Well worth a read of this article in the #TESScotland where @emmaseith.bsky.social meets our #ADEScotland president Laurence Findlay. Real insight to the challenges facing Scottish education.

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Pleased to welcome our Head of Inspection, Louise Turnbull, to Stornoway yesterday. The day included excellent visits to Stornoway Primary, The Nicolson Institute and e-Sgoil. @educationscotland.bsky.social

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Barrachd naidheachd mhath a tha a’ toirt taic don Ghàidhlig bho @wilibraries.bsky.social

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Deagh chothrom do neach-ciùil a thighinn a dh’ obair còmhla rinn gus ceòl is òrain Ghàidhlig a theagasg nar sgoiltean. #Gaidhlig #EduSky #GaelicEduSky myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/com...

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It’s the last sitting of the year of our Education, Sport and Children’s Services Committee today.

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Good morning Glasgow!

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What are the pros and cons of schools venturing into the changing social media landscape? @nuthmani.bsky.social weighs them up: tes.com/magazine/tea... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

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Work has now begun on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. As part of our commitment to keeping you updated on the progress being made last week we published a discussion paper with findings from the pilot curriculum reviews work in 23/24. 👉ow.ly/zAtv50U6QMO

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It’s Book Week in Scotland 🥳 We thought we’d kick off the celebration by introducing ourselves to our new followers, starting with our resident rock. For those missing #OrkneyLibrary may our chunk of Lewisian Gneiss fill the void 🪨 #BookWeekScotland #libraries

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30 Western Isles accounts in this pack now. Hopefully useful for fellow islanders arriving on #bluesky for the first time and looking for local accounts. Feel free to share and get in touch if you want to be added. #lewis #harris #uist #benbecula #barra go.bsky.app/TcoNuJN

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Starter Pack of Western Isles accounts for anyone intereted. Reply or get in touch if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/TcoNuJN

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Almost 500 followers, thank you!! It’s getting exciting over here…🦋 Let’s create an ethical, educational, safe, supportive, interesting, & enjoyable community together. 👋

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New #StarterPack! 📢 Calling all Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 educators. Here's a wee space for us all. If you're an early years practitioner, school teacher, lecturer or are all about Scottish education, let me know and I'll add you to the list 📃 Pls share x go.bsky.app/U92yyzH

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Gàidhlig ann an Alba Gaelic in Scotland go.bsky.app/LzQKe7M #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic

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It was also #ScotCareersWeek24 this week and it was great to visit a very busy careers fair in Stornoway. Good to see so many young people making connections and exploring post-school options for education and training locally.

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's e seachdain na Gàidhlig a bh' ann an sgoiltean nan Eilean Siar an t-seachdain seo. Bha e cho math an obair fhaicinn a’ dol air adhart airson neartachadh na Gàidhlig. It was great to see the success of Gaelic week in our school this week.

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It’s Friday which means next week is #BookWeekScotland 🙌 Love your library? Share a photo using #BeaconsofHope & you could win a stack of books for you and your favourite library (that’s definitely us!) www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...

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