Marching together for Scotland's independence in the EU 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺💛

📚 I'm encouraging every school to join Reading Schools, a Scottish Government funded programme that supports attainment and benefits pupils’ health and wellbeing.

At Claypotts Castle PS, Jenny Gilruth and I heard from pupils and teachers how Reading Schools is inspiring a culture of reading.

First Minister Humza Yousaf and Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth visited Claypotts Castle PS to hear how the Reading Schools programme is benefitting pupils.

Reading Schools has been shown to boost attainment and improve pupils’ health and wellbeing.

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First Minister Humza Yousaf and Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth visit Claypotts Castle Primary School in Dundee to launch the next chapter of the Reading Schools programme and look ahead to the opening of Read Write Count with the First Minister in the autumn Claypotts Castle PS

Join #CostoftheSchoolDay Voice, an exciting new network of children and young people taking action on school costs and having their say on poverty and education.

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The latest figures, from Skills Development Scotland, mark the highest since reports began in 2016.
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✊🏼 The power of the people will take us to independence.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This Saturday let’s come together, re-energise and move forward on our journey to a better future as an independent country!

⏰ The march begins at Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh at 1.30pm.

Pleased to visit Northfield Academy this week & to meet HT Doug Watt. Interesting to learn more about their approach to supporting transition with the new S1 intake.

Our partnership with persimmonhomes means we're able to offer even more high-quality, highly energy efficient affordable homes in Markinch.

You can find out more here:
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🏫Productive visit to Northfield Academy with Head Teacher, Douglas Watt and Scottish Government Cab Sec for Education & Skills, Jenny Gilruth

📈We discussed how to make schools more welcoming & improve education outcomes

👂Lovely to hear the perspectives of the pupils that showed me around

On Ukrainian Independence Day, we reaffirm our solidarity with Ukraine.

We remember and pay tribute to those who have been martyred and those who are on the frontline. They fight for us all.

As Europe, we must stand united against Russia's continued aggression. #SlavaUkraini

Nursery and school libraries can now apply for a share of £200k to support projects that put equality, diversity and inclusion at the forefront.

To date, over 150 projects have benefited from the Scottish Government funding.

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Sounds like we should brace ourselves for another bout of fine print reading to find out exactly what the UK had to surrender to get a quickie trade deal with India.

(In the Australia and NZ trade deals, for example, the Tories threw British farmers under a bus.)

It’s been great to hear more this morning from Jenny Gilruth about her commitment to the reform of education and about the vital role ES continues to play in supporting the profession.

Education Scotland staff are coming together today to hear more from Jenny Gilruth about her vision for Scottish education and to discuss and plan how we’re changing our ways of working to ensure we can work more closely with the profession.

Scots Health Secretary offers to sort out English talks amid doctors pay dispute dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

⁦The SNP⁩ Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Assembly today in Kinross with ⁦Humza Yousaf⁩ ⁦Shirley-Anne Somerville⁩ ⁦⁦John Swinney⁩ ⁦Keith Brown⁩ ⁦Jenny Gilruth⁩ ⁦Stewart Hosie MP⁩ and many others. Independence is front and centre for GE 24

🥀 Labour is in lockstep with the Tories on everything from social security to an austerity economy.

⏰ Time is up for Westminster - it’s failed our most vulnerable for too long.

👇 Read more on how we can escape this broken, Brexit Britain
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🙋🏼‍♀️ Jenny Gilruth MSP was invited along to persimmonhomes’ West Mill development in Markinch this morning, to learn more about their affordable housing programme.

🤝 Funded with over £1.5m of Scottish Government investment, the site also includes 23 Kingdom Housing Association homes for those in need.