Please see below our latest update regarding coronavirus. A paper copy has been sent home in school bags today, as there is a tear off slip to be returned, so please check bags for this.

Thank you.

Update Letter and Questionnaire-16.03.20

This week the Trinity House team led the lunchtime Art Club, and the theme was ‘Initial Art’. The children created designs within their initials, using black pen to create a range of detailed patterns. Some added a burst of colour to their designs too! Thanks to Hendeke, Elliot and Isaac for planning and organising today. Lots of fun!

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Drummond House team’s turn next week! Let’s see if they can continue the success of this fab club!

Our PSA held a Family Fun Night on Friday. Here is an update of the event from Rachel Blythe, the vice-chair of the PSA-

Thank you very much to everyone who attended the Family Fun Night “Beetle Drive, Books and Baguettes” on Friday 06 March. Thank you very much to everyone who helped and / or kept things going at the event (including: Haris [father of Fajr, p1b], the Desborough family: Lori, Michael and Abbey [p7a] and also to Kayla [p4], Brooke White [p7a], Bence Solymar and Imre [p5b], Rebecca Winterstein, and Anna Robiczkova). Thank you very much to Mrs Gowans, Mr Borthwick and Miss Bradley, who kept things going and gave great on the spot advice. Thanks to Ailsa McMullan, Jenni Longstaff and Haris [father of Fajr, p1b] for helping to plan the event. 4 Beetle Drive prizes were won at the event and also a book prize for the evening story read to younger children. I hope that all who attended enjoyed the event.

Thanks Rachel, for overseeing the organisation of this lovely event. Here are some photos of the evening.

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Please see the letter below for an update on Coronavirus from the City of Edinburgh Council.

Coronavirus Update-10 March 2020

Thank you.

 

This week we celebrated Book Week at Broughton. The school focus was on the author Julia Donaldson, and our Literacy Team planned a great week, packed with lovely activities!

We had teachers swapping classes to read to children and a House Morning where we created hats, and then paraded them for others to see! We’ve had regular Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) times, and lunchtime story sessions. We even had story times with Crumble the Jackapoo! The week ended with our Parent and Carer drop-in. We hope the children enjoyed this week, and enjoy using their Book Token to either buy one of the books below, or put towards another book!

Here are just some of the activities we’ve seen this week!

We made hats based on characters from Julia Donaldson books, and held parades!

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P1a used story spoons during book week.

P2a worked on a Julia Donaldson booklet during Book Week. They also enjoyed some Gruffalo craft and reading different books.

Here are some pictures from World Book Day on Thursday.

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Pupils had a lovely time reading to Crumble the Jackapoo during Book Week. She gave them lots of encouragement and enjoyment.

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What a lovely week!

Today was our 3rd Parent and Carer drop-in of this session, and it was lovely to see classrooms so busy. It seemed like there were lots of Book Week activities on the go!

Following parental feedback at the end of last session, we have held our Drop-ins on different days and times this session. In order to plan our final Drop-in for this session, we’d like to hear which day/time suited best.

Please follow the link below to a very quick survey to give your feedback.

Parent and Carer Drop-In Survey

Alternatively, there are paper copies of a feedback sheet available at the school office. We’d love to hear your views.

Here are some pictures of today’s drop-in session.

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This week it was Pilrig’s turn to organise lunchtime Art Club.

Their activity was practising the ‘Chalk Brush Off’ technique, and again, the captains were well organised, demonstrated well and supported the children who attended nicely.

Well done Mija, Seth, Aymen and Maya!

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It’s the Trinity House captain team’s turn next week- we’ll look forward to seeing what they’ve got planned for their house!

Just a reminder that this Friday 6th March is our next Parent and Carer drop-in. It’s Book Week this week, so you may have the chance to see some Book Week activities.

Here are the drop-in times-

P1-2 classes-  11.25am-11.55am

P3-7 classes-  11.55am-12.25pm

This is also an opportunity to return your child’s Snapshot Jotter, if you have not already done so.

See you on Friday!

Please see below the latest Head Teacher’s newsletter from Mrs Gowans.

Head Teacher’s Newsletter- February 2020

Please see below a post from Miss Bishop, our LC1 teacher, sharing an amazing opportunity and adventure she experienced during the February holiday!

Broughton Primary has a new school partnership with Mboreni Primary School in Tanzania and I had the privilege of going to visit during the February break. I spent the week with other teachers from across Edinburgh making connections with our partner schools and learning about a different culture and education system.
This was a great opportunity, and the children, teachers and community were very welcoming. I took some gifts such as books and footballs which they were very grateful for and it was amazing to see how a school runs in a completely different country.
The focus of our partnership is global citizenship and sustainability at the moment and we look forward to sharing work between our schools.
In September, we hope that Mrs Chewa, head teacher of Mboreni primary can come to visit us at Broughton too.
Here are some photos from the best experience I have ever had!
Miss Bishop

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