Month: March 2022

Broughton Runners Fun Run!

Please see below a report from Rachel Blythe, chair of the Parent Council, on the first of our Sunday fun runs in preparation for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May.

Many thanks to everyone, who came along to today’s BPS Pilrig Park weekly training practice towards the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Junior Races (Sunday 13 March, 10.30 am).  Well done to Shona Campbell for leading the session.  Thanks to Ivon Bartholomew for the photographing the practice. 

Next Sunday, same time 10.30 am, same place, Pilrig Park, open to all – you don’t need to have entered the EMF to join in at Pilrig Park! Younger /older siblings welcome. All levels of running ability welcome. It’s about fun and taking part!

Playground Tidy and Gardening Day

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below from Rachel Blythe, chair of our Parent Council, reporting on the successful playground tidy up and gardening event at the weekend…

MANY THANKS to everyone who came to our Playground Big Tidy Up / Gardening Day on Saturday.  A good turn out!, Nice to see everyone!  Particular thanks to Chris Willmott and Gael, P3, (made and used barbecue); to Anne Hay and to Karina Karaagacli, (ran the tea and hot chocolate stall); to Catriona Hay (now S2), Marsha Purdie, Rebecca Winterstein and others (demolishing the storm damaged buddleia); to Tammy Doig, (brought extra plants for planting) and to Alasdair, P7 (ran treasure hunt)

There was a story in the sheltered area, about a boy, some pirates and a brightly coloured macaw.  The book became the main prize at the end and there were chocolate prizes for good listening.

Thanks to Daniel Winterstein for organising some football playing, and to Pauline Oh and Ritchie Collins, who donated the charcoal for the barbecue.  Many thanks to Mrs Gowans, who came along and to Essa, the Janitor, who opened and closed the gym hall.

Here are some photos of the event below…

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Thanks to all who came along and helped!

This Week’s Awards and Achievements

Star Awards

P1a- Lucy Draganova

P1b- Humaira Hussain

P2a- Summer Jones

P2b- The whole class!

P3a- Ruby Tennant and Emre Gear

P3b- Danvanth Laxman

P4a- Adeline Lewis

P4b- Seren Ferguson

P5a- Meriem Bousbaci

P5b- Jarvis Leung

P6a- Filip Guagliardo

P6b- Sukhtaj Chalana

P7a- Hebron Tennant

P7b- Alasdair McCallum

ESB2- Nikolas Dudziak

Big Book of Achievement

Nathan Drever (P4b) wrote all the numbers from 1 to 9999 in Kanji, which is a form of Japanese language characters!

Adam Winterstein (P4b) found a pumice stone, and carried out an experiment at home to show it can float on water!

Phong Thanh Dao (P3b) ran 10 miles in one day!

House Points

Here are the House Points for this week-

Trinity- 1132 points

Drummond– 975 points

McDonald- 904 points

Pilrig- 900 points

Well done to Trinity!

Congratulations to everyone on their achievements this week! Have a great weekend!

PSA Big Tidy Up and Gardening Day!

Our Friends at Broughton parent and carer group are holding a Playground and Bowling Green Big Tidy Up / Gardening Day this Saturday 12 March from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm.

Here is a link to a poster promoting this event-

Big Tidy Up Day poster

Come along and help, and have fun too!

Help out with planting and weeding. Or if you’re not a gardener, you can help to tidy and litter pick, or help serve food and drinks. Or just come along to chat to others!

We will have a barbecue set up, and drinks available, including hot chocolate.

A children’s Pirate Treasure Hunt will take place, and also an outdoor story with prize for smaller kids at 2.00 pm.

Access to the gym hall is available for toilets.

All are welcome: parents and carers, and children of any age.

See you then!

Broughton Runners Fun Runs!

This Sunday 13 March sees the first weekly fun run as we start to prepare for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May. The fun starts at 10.30am at Pilrig Park, to run or walk some laps. Some will be staying to play in the play park after too. The fun runs are open to all – you don’t need to have entered the EMF to join in, younger and older siblings welcome, and all levels of running ability welcome. It’s about fun and taking part!

Click on this link to see a poster promoting these-

BPS Pilrig Park Fun Runs Poster

See you there!

This Week’s Awards and Achievements

Star Awards

These were all awarded to pupils for being effective contributors this week.

P1a- Khadijah Khatib

P1b- Vicky Diaz

P2a- Jakub Nowicki

P2b- Sashwin Prakash

P3a- Dalton Slater, Emre Gear, Oscar Ni and Peter Rogaczyk

P3b- Sophie Proudfoot

P4a- Domo Johnnie

P4b- Connor Urquhart

P5a- Alice Chisholm

P5b- Emiliano Amato

P6a- Josh Ho

P6b- Eshaan Kazmi, Callie Hay, Kacey Fisher, Nikola Fydrych, Caitlin Woodward, Daniel Male, Vitor Oliveira, Jake Hood and Mack Brown

P7a- Francesca Campopiano

P7b- Mariyah Ali

ESB2- Kelvin Young

Big Book of Achievement

Tiyash Mitra (P4a) performed in a festival called Sarawati Puja, which is a festival of knowledge and the arts, She sang in front of an audience! Well done Tiyash!

House Points

Here are the House Points for this week-

McDonald- 974 points

Drummond- 905 points

Pilrig- 903 points

Trinity-744 points

Well done to McDonald!

Congratulations to everyone on their achievements this week! Have a great weekend!