{"id":1206,"date":"2016-03-22T22:13:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T22:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/sgoilnanloch\/?page_id=1206"},"modified":"2026-03-17T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:42:09","slug":"ar-sgoil-our-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00e0ilte bhon Cheannard \/ Welcome from the Head Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00e0ilte gu larach-l\u00ecn Bun-sgoil agus Sgoil-\u00c0raich \u00d9ige. Welcome to the website for Uig Primary School and Sgoil-\u00c0raich. Our school is situated on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the rural village of Timsgarry, Uig. We are a bilingual school with both G\u00e0idhlig Medium and English Medium (Gaelic Learners) provision within the primary and a G\u00e0idhlig Medium Sgoil-\u00c0raich (Nursery). We currently have 30 pupils on the school role from Sgoil-\u00c0raich to Primary 7.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this site will provide you with all the information you and your child need about important aspects of school life \u2013 our vision, values and aims, our achievements, our policies and information on school improvement. It contains lots of practical details about school routines and procedures and signposts you to find information required which will assist you in becoming familiar with the life and work of your school and your child\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>I hope too that it will answer some of the questions you may have about how the school is organised, how we learn, and most importantly about how we care for the pupils entrusted to us. If, however, we have missed out anything that you need to know, please take the chance to ask me or one of my colleagues during any of our meetings or by contacting us by telephone or email.<\/p>\n<p>If you are moving to the area and would like your son\/daughter to visit the school, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange a visit. You will be given the relevant documentation and a tour of the school.<\/p>\n<p>We have a great sense of pride in our wonderful little school and our beautiful community. We believe in partnerships between pupils, parents, staff and the local community. By building on these partnerships we hope to offer your child the best learning and teaching possible and to help them exceed their expectations.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of all the staff I extend a warm welcome to you and we look forward to having a very long and happy relationship with you and your child.<\/p>\n<p>Cuimhnich, ann an Sgoil \u00d9ige \u2013 Ri Ch\u00e8ile, Ruigidh Sinn na Reultan.<\/p>\n<p>In Uig School \u2013 Together, We Will Reach for the Stars!<\/p>\n<p>Leis gach deagh dh\u00f9rachd<\/p>\n<p><strong>AM Beaton<br \/>\n<\/strong>Head Teacher<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/2024\/12\/04\/failte-bhon-cheannard-welcome-from-the-head-teacher\/picture3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"434,681\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3-191x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3.jpg\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone size-medium wp-image-6501\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/public\/uigschool\/uploads\/sites\/2195\/2024\/12\/08112311\/Picture3.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00e0ilte gu larach-l\u00ecn Bun-sgoil agus Sgoil-\u00c0raich \u00d9ige. Welcome to the website for Uig Primary School and Sgoil-\u00c0raich. Our school is situated on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the rural village of Timsgarry, Uig. We are a bilingual school with both G\u00e0idhlig Medium and English Medium (Gaelic Learners) provision within the primary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">F\u00e0ilte bhon Cheannard \/ Welcome from the Head Teacher<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1389,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6706,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1206\/revisions\/6706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/uigschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}