Stenhouse Primary School
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Stenhouse Primary School is a school for grades nursery to P7 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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, Scotland
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. It was built in 1930 http://www.stenhouse.ik.org/.

Africa connection

In 2005, the school hosted the award ceremony of the Scottish Schools Africa Challenge, attended by First Minister
First Minister of Scotland
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 Jack McConnell
Jack McConnell
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale is a British Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was third First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, making him the longest serving First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament...

 http://www.thehunterfoundation.co.uk/news/?news_id=8.
In 2006, staff members visited Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

 in order to train 40 local headteacher as part of its "Stenhouse School Leadership Project", funded by Scottish Executive international development http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1656812006. The school is twinned with Embangweni Primary School in northern Malawi.

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