Our PSA Hallowe’en Discos were held on Friday night, and both were very well attended!

Our PSA decorated the hall to give it a spooky feel, provided lots of tasty treats for sale, and of course organised lots of dancing and fun for everyone!

There were so many fantastic costumes, people really made a great effort to get into the Hallowe’en spirit!

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The PSA made a total of £1090, which is a fantastic total! Huge thanks must go to our PSA for organising such a successful event, and also thanks to pupils, parents, carers and staff who attended for helping reach that great amount!

We hope you all have a happy Hallowe’en! If you are out guising tonight, remember to always go with an adult, and only to people that you know, to stay safe!

We are planning the annual ‘Big Tidy’ of our school grounds on Saturday 12th November between 10am and 1pm. All volunteers of help from families would be welcome- even if you can only spare an hour, please come along with your child/children.

Refreshments will be provided from the PSA and we will also be sharing our ‘Loose Parts Play’ equipment.

Please let us know by email if you and your child/children plan to attend this event.

Thank you for your continued support!

Since we launched our new website in January, it has been viewed an amazing 47,600 times, with almost 6,500 visitors!

It would be great to hit 50,000 views by the end of January, our first anniversary!

Let’s see if we can do it!

Class Information pages have been updated and are now being used to share class newsletters, homework challenges and examples of successful learning, so even more reason to check in with us regularly to keep up to date with the life and work of Broughton Primary.

Thanks again for your support!

Our cluster high school, Drummond Community High, is holding an Open Evening on Thursday 10th November from 4.30-8.30pm.

This is a great chance to visit the school and find out more about the curriculum and opportunities offered there. Parents and pupils of all ages are invited to attend.

Below is a link to the Open Evening poster, and also a link to Drummond’s website. We have also attached a document giving pupil and parent views of Drummond School.

Drummond Open Evening poster

Drummond High School website

Drummond Pupil and Parent Views

On the last day of term before the October break, we held a house morning in school.

The children worked together in their houses,sometimes across stages, and carried out a range of activities under the theme of ‘Team Building’, so they had to collaborate and co-operate well with each other to succeed!

Lots of fun and quality learning opportunities were had, as you can see by our selection of photos below!

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Today we gathered our Harvest Collection, which will be donated to Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church Foodbank.

Huge thanks to everyone who donated something- no matter how big or small, all donations will help people in need, and will be very gratefully received.

We’d like to also thank our House Captains and Vice captains, who organised our harvest collection for our special Harvest Assembly today, and helped to pack it all, ready for the Foodbank staff to collect.

We’d like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and relaxing October break!

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Our Harvest Assembly for the pupils will take place on Friday 14th October.

We would like to be able to continue supporting Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church Foodbank.
If you are able to make a donation to our collection here is a list of suitable items you could donate-

UHT Milk (carton full fat)
Fruit Juice (long life)
Cereals (500g or 1Kg)
Pasta Sauces
Rice or Pasta or Noodles (500g)
Jam
Biscuits or Chocolates
Tinned Meat, Fish, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Vegetables, Fruit, Rice Pudding, Sponge Pudding
Sugar (500g)
Tea Bags (40 packs)
Instant Coffee (Small Jar)

Below is a link to our Harvest letter with details of our Harvest collection-

Harvest Letter October 2016

Please bring any food straight to the school gym hall on the morning of October 14th from 8.30am. School staff,our house captains and vice captains will be there to accept your contribution.

Thanks, in advance, for any donations you can make- they really are appreciated!

Is your child 4 years of age by 28 February, 2017?
If so, he/she is eligible to begin school in August 2017.

We would like to invite you to see our school in action and meet the Leadership Team.

There are 2 time slots available to do this on WEDNESDAY 2nd NOVEMBER at 9.15a.m. or 1.30p.m.

The following week, registration for new P1 to start in August 2017 will take place, here at Broughton Primary. Dates and times below:

Monday 7th November   1.30 – 3.00
Tuesday 8th November    8.00 – 11.00 and 1.30 – 3.00
Wednesday 9th November   1.30 – 3.00
Thursday 10th November   8.00 – 12.00
Friday 11th November   9.00 – 11.00

Below are links to the Open Day information poster, and registration information.

New P1 Open Day November 2016

New P1 Registration Details November 2016

We look forward to seeing you then!

The PSA Lunchtime Cafe was held on Friday 30th September and raised £288!

Huge thanks to everyone who helped run this event. The PSA plan on having further lunchtime cafes later on this session, and are always looking for people to help.

If you can help, contact the PSA through our ‘Contact Us’ section, or the PSA Facebook page.

P7 returned from their very successful residential excursion to Lagganlia on Friday.

We all had a fantastic week, full of a range of different outdoor activities. Among the activities we were lucky to take part in were-

• Gorge walking
• Mountain Biking
• Kayaking
• Archery
• Snowboarding
• Hill Walking
• Shelter Building
• Rock Climbing
• Mapping and Compass Skills
• Abseiling

We also had the chance to practice important life skills that developed independence- being away from home for 4 nights, making beds, keeping dorm rooms and communal areas tidy and organising ourselves to follow detailed instructions.

Lagganlia staff were very impressed with the efforts of our pupils. They were enthusiastic about their activities, persevered when things were challenging, and supported and encouraged each other to keep going to succeed.

We are very proud of such glowing reports- huge well done P7! We hope you enjoyed yourselves! You’ve made some very special memories.

Below are a selection of the many photos we took last week!

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