Good morning everyone,

Please see below a flyer containing information on some upcoming online workshops for parents and carers of children who are experiencing anxiety.

Thank you.

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter from Ms Gowans with information on our Marathon and Sports event next Thursday and Friday.

Have a lovely long weekend!

Please see the Craigmillar community flyer below with information around COVID testing.

Thank you.

Message from Maria Gowans, Head Teacher and NHS Lothian

As you may already know, we are aware of a person in the school (nursery class) who has tested positive for COVID-19. We have been working closely with NHS Lothian Health Protection Team and following all national guidance. Persons have now been contacted because they have been in close and sustained contact with the case and the tracking process is now complete. These contacts will need to self-isolate and have been asked to book a COVID-19 test. Appropriate guidance and advice have been given. If there are any further cases of COVID-19 in the school/setting, we will ensure these individuals, and any of their close contacts, are advised to self-isolate promptly.

If you have not been contacted and your child remains well, you should continue to follow the school’s existing arrangements for your child. Enhanced cleaning and infection control measures are in place in line with national guidance. The school is safe and remains open. If you have any concerns in the meantime, or if you need to book a COVID-19 test because your child has developed symptoms (high temperature, a new continuous cough and/or a loss or change in sense of smell or taste) please visit the NHS Inform website http://www.nhsinform.scot or for non-clinical advice call 0800 028 2816. Please note that a test should only ever be booked if you or your child has these specifics symptoms. Remember to stay at home if anyone in the household has symptoms of COVID-19. For further information you may find this Frequently Asked Questions document useful : https://www.nhslothian.scot/Coronavirus/Parents/Schools/Pages/default.aspx 

Best wishes,

Maria Gowans

Head Teacher

Message from Maria Gowans,  Head Teacher and NHS Lothian 
We are aware of a person in the school (nursery class) who has tested positive for COVID-19. We understand this is a worrying time but would like to reassure you that we are working closely  with NHS Lothian Health Protection Team and following all national guidance. Persons are currently being contacted because they may have been in close and sustained contact with the case and will need to self-isolate and asked to have a test for COVID-19. They will be given appropriate guidance and advice. An update via email will be sent to you as soon as the tracking and tracing process is complete. If there are any further cases of COVID-19 in the school, we will ensure these individuals, and any of their close contacts, are advised to self-isolate promptly. If you have not been contacted and your child remains well, you should continue to follow the school’s existing arrangements for your child. Enhanced cleaning and infection control measures are in place in line with national guidance. The school is safe and remains open. If you have any concerns in the meantime, or if you need to book a COVID-19 test because your child has developed symptoms (high temperature, a new continuous cough and/or a loss or change in sense of smell or taste) please visit the NHS Inform website http://www.nhsinform.scot or for non-clinical advice call 0800 028 2816. Please note that a test should only be booked if you or your child has these specifics symptoms. Remember to stay at home if anyone in the household has symptoms of COVID-19. For further information you may find this FAQs useful https://www.nhslothian.scot/Coronavirus/Parents/Schools/Pages/default.aspx 
Best wishes, 

Maria Gowans Head Teacher

Good morning everyone,

Please see below an update letter from Ms Gowans.

Thank you.

Last week saw the end of Ramadan, and the celebration of Eid-al-Fitr for many families at Broughton. Please see below some photos we were sent by some of our families, showing how they celebrated this special day!

Eid-al-Fitr

This week saw Broughton participate in the annual Euro Quiz event. This event is for pupils in P6, and schools across Edinburgh participate in the Edinburgh heat, for a place in the national final later in the year. We would normally attend the quiz at the City Chambers, but this year the event was held on-line.

Our P6 team were Georgiy, Erica, Orla and Mariyah, and they worked very hard to prepare for the quiz. They undertook extra homework tasks, spent time in school doing practice quizzes, and did a lot of personal research, so have learned lots about European history, geography and culture in the process.

They represented the school very ably, and we are very proud of them! We will find out how we placed soon, but we reckon the team are all stars! Well done!

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Please see below a letter from Nur, one of the members of our Pupil Equalities Group, regarding this week’s upcoming Eid celebrations.

Thank you.

Eid Celebrations

Our lovely parent group, Friends at Broughton (F@B) recently organised a fund raising activity in school.

Last Friday 30th April, our children were encouraged to come to school wearing a hat, or a headpiece with decoration based on a favourite book or character. There were some lovely creations on show!

Also, the children were invited to create and design their own hand made books and bookmarks. The books were judged and prizes were awarded to our finalists and overall winner. The bookmarks made will be used by our P1 pupils in their classrooms!

Here are the finalists in our handmade book competition! These entries all earned a book as a prize!

Here is our overall winner, who received a £10 book voucher! Amelie from P4b, who made this lovely story and activity book! Well done Amelie!

Here are some of our fantastic bookmark designs!

Well done to everyone who made the effort to design one of these lovely creations! Everyone who did has earned house points, but special congratulations go to our prize winners!

Another activity as part of this event is the Story Tree. F@B and Parent Council members set up a Story Tree in St Marks Park on Friday 30 April.  Pink blossom was added by some of the younger children and wild flowers by some of the parents.  At around 2 pm, 2 groups of around 23 children from Broughton After School Club had fun pointing out the features of the Story Tree.  It was enjoyed by others over the weekend. Here are some pictures!

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Thanks to our F@B group for organising this lovely event. So far it’s raised £93, so well done everyone. Thanks to everyone who took part, we hope you enjoyed flexing your creative muscles!