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EMF 2020- November 2019 Newsletter
Here are some certificates we’ve been awarded recently.
First we have a certificate of appreciation from the Edinburgh Foodbank, thanking us for collecting 184.5kg of food donations at Harvest time! Amazing!
We were also awarded a certificate of thanks and congratulations from the NSPCC, for attentive listening and enthusiastic participation during the NSPCC assemblies and workshops last week.
Well done, and thanks, to everyone who contributed towards the school receiving these certificates!
Allow us to introduce you to this year’s Broughton Primary Pupil Council.
Here are all the members of the group this year-
P2a- Alexia
P2b- Evie
P3a- James
P3b- Luke
P4a- Darcey
P4b- Ishaq
LC1- Alfie
P5a- Hazel
P5b- Gregoire
P6a- Rory
P6b- Maja
P7a- Vlad
P7b- Liam
LC2- Samuel
We have had our first couple of meetings and had the chance to meet each other. We have discussed what we see our role to be in school, and that is- to be involved in making decisions on behalf of the Pupil Voice! Today, we carried out our first important job- tidy and organise the playground cupboard! The playground is going to be an area of interest for Pupil Council this year, so it’s important we know what resources we have already, before we think about what we would like to add and how we are going to organise playground activities.
The Pupil Council worked hard to remove all the items, organise them into ‘keep’, ‘bin’ or ‘keep for loose parts’, and then organise them further into containers. There’s more room in the cupboard now! Well done team!
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A reminder that this Wednesday 30th October is the Edinburgh Council School’s Open Day for children starting P1 next session.
Please see the poster below for details of this, and for Registration in the week beginning Monday 4th November.
BPS Open Day and Registration Poster
Below is the agenda for this week’s Parent Council meeting. All are welcome to attend, this Wednesday at 6.30pm-8pm in the Link building. A free crèche for children is provided.
Agenda
-Introductions and apologies
-Drummond head girls
Actions from last PC meeting, 24th June 2019
-Football coach
-Opal reboot
Senior leadership report
Parent Council Chair report
-Broughton Decides
-Powderhall redevelopment
-Lagganlia future assistance
Friends At Broughton report
-Halloween disco
-Cafe – Lagganlia review, Christmas plans
-March Family Night
-EMF 2020 – Sandra Bagnall
-Cooking together event – David Michie
-Gardening project
-Treasurers report
-Projection of funds based on current fundraising
-Amazon account
Next meeting date: Wednesday 29th January 2020
We’ll see you on Wednesday!
Thank you to the 84 children who took part in Round 2 of Broughton Decides.
The children voted on the top 7 options from Round 1 and were able to give us a top 4 suggestions to vote for – see pictures for what they chose from and their results.
The vote for Round 3 is now open until Tuesday evening with the top result being announced at the Parent Council meeting, Wednesday 30th October, in the Link building 18:30-20:00.
Vote now: https://forms.gle/3urnyD4j7NQdGGCY6
Parent Council
This week we had a visit from the NSPCC to deliver their ‘Speak Out.Stay Safe.’ programme.
At assembly we met Buddy, the NSPCC mascot. We learned about different ways that people can be unsafe, and why it is important to share and ‘speak out’ to trusted adults if we feel unsafe.
P6 and P7 classes also had a workshop with our visitors, and everyone in the school was given a special sticker to remind them of the important messages we learned.
Thanks to our lovely visitors for coming to share this important learning with us!
Wednesday 30 October is the Edinburgh Primary School Open Day for prospective new P1 parents.
Broughton Primary will be open from 9.15 – 10.15 in the morning and 1.30 – 2.30 in the afternoon.
We hope to meet lots of possible new Primary One parents and families during these times. The session will begin with a chat from myself and our Depute Head, Mrs Rushforth, followed by a tour of the school.
Mrs Maria Gowans
Head Teacher
Following feedback from the last school Drop In, we have changed some of the days and timings for the next three Drop Ins. These are as follows:-
Friday 8 November –8.50 – 9.30 for P1 – P7
This will give parents an opportunity to see the first part of the morning in classes.
Thursday 30 January – 2.15 – 2.45 for P1 and P2 and 2.45 – 3.15 for P3 – P7
This is in response for some parents requesting a different day of the week.
Friday 6 March – 11.25 – 11.55 for P1 and P2 and 11.55 – 12.25 for P3-P7
The final drop in date will be confirmed following feedback from the above three sessions.
Broughton Primary 