FAB (Friends at Broughton) will be having a Playground Tidy and Treasure Hunt event on Sunday 6 November at 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

We plan to sweep leaves from the corners, pick up litter blown in, weed the raised beds and generally get the playground ready for Winter. We will also weed the passage from Bellevue Road to the Nursery entrance. Volunteer children and parents can sign up either on the Facebook page or by emailing the parent council email here. Make sure you bring clothing for the outdoor weather and any snack or hot and cold drinks you need to keep you going!

Thank you!

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Do you have a child ready to start school in August 2023? Visit Broughton Primary School on Wednesday 2nd November at one of the following times- 9.15am, 9.45am, 1.30pm or 2pm, for a tour of the school and a presentation from the Senior Leadership Team.

We look forward to seeing you! 😊

Star Awards

For responsible pupils this week!

P1a- Josh Hare, and the whole class

P1b- Veida Ratsep, and the whole class

P1/2- Samuel Kluczek

P2- Vicky Flores Diaz

P3a- Mark Lutsiak

P3b- Rainer Kinsey O’Neill

P4a- Viksha Manjunathaswamy

P4b- Liam Laidlaw

P5- Luna Brown Huarcaya

P5/6- Jamie Mackay

P6- Hope Urquhart

P7a- Fraser Duncan

P7b- Sukhtaj Chalana

Mrs Bertram also gave a star award for the following pupil in P.E.-

Daniel Ivanov (P3a)

Big Book of Achievement

Indah Collins (P2) and her dance group entered a dance competition and achieved second place! This means they have earned a place to the semi-final in Blackpool in January! Well done!

Seren Ferguson (P5) has been very brave and been a passenger on the back of her Mum’s motorbike. She says it’s hot and very fun. Also, it’s a bit scary at first, but less scary when you get used to it. Go Seren!

Alexia Kiokpasoglou (P5) completed a library challenge by reading 6 books in 3 weeks! She received a BookBug certificate! Well done Alexia!

Robert Wawock (P5/6) received a certificate for taking part in a research study into autism and bilingualism! The study was over 5 years! Well done Robert!

Carly Law, Maya Osae-Brown and Oscar Ni (P4a) worked together to create their very own book of amazing stories! Well done to you all!

House Points

McDonald- 340 points

Trinity- 291 points

Drummond- 247 points

Pilrig- 232 points

Well done McDonald!

Have a great October holiday everyone! Stay safe!

We look forward to seeing you all back on Wednesday 26th October!

As part of the ‘Grow Strong’ project, with Edinburgh Community Food and Veg Power, some of our P3 pupils had the chance to make a delicious pasta sauce using tomatoes they had grown over the summer!

They planted seeds, then cared for their plants until they were ready to be used. They were then invited to join two master chefs to turn their produce into sauce, and of course, eat it!

You may have seen their story reported on the news, but if you missed it, here is a link to the clip-

The story was also reported in the Edinburgh reporter- follow this link to read all about it!

https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2022/10/school-children-enjoy-the-fruits-of-their-tomato-harvest/

What an exciting learning opportunity, and so lovely to see our pupils making the headlines!

FAB International Cafe

Our FAB International Cafe was held last Friday (30th September) in our Dining Room.

The cafe made a total of around £550!!  So a huge well done to all the parents and carers organisers, the pupils who helped set up and serve at the cafe.  Thank you to those donated food from over 22 countries (!!), and to all the customers, who all helped raise that fantastic amount, despite the stormy rain!

Here are some photos of the event-

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Let us know what you think of the cafe by filling in this short survey, which closes 10th October.

The next FAB event in our calendar is the Halloween Disco at the end of the month – see you then!

Star Awards

For confident individuals this week!

P1a- Robin Harrison

P1b- Ruba Elsaied

P1/2- Louie O’Neill

P2- Indah Collins

P3a- Summer Jones

P3b- Yevhen Semeniuk

P4a- Diego Sardi

P4b- Samar Kaur

P5- Elodie Avison

P5/6- Josh Hay

P6- Amy Hernandez Suarez

P7a- Charlie Singh

P7b- Sana Bharadwaj

ESB2- Krystian Sawa

Mrs Bertram also gave star awards for the following pupils in P.E.-

Sebastian Porte (P3a), Zion Kaikai (P4b) and Mack Brown (P7b)

House Points

Drummond- 265 points

Pilrig- 259 points

Trinity- 258 points

McDonald- 210 points

Well done Drummond!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Next Friday 14th October is ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ day at Broughton.

We are marking this day by asking everyone to come to school wearing something red!

Thank you!

Parent Council Halloween Disco

Our next event is the Halloween Disco on Friday 28 October 2022. It will be held in the school gym. We have two discos for different age groups:

• Nursery to p3 disco from 6pm to 7pm
• P4 to P7 from 7.15pm to 8.30pm.

Adults are £2 each and children £1. Adults can accompany up to four children. No unaccompanied children.

Tickets will be sold in advance and will be available to buy between 8.30am and 9am in the school playground (quiet area/shelter) on Wed 12, Thurs 13, Fri 14 October, before the October break and then between 8.30am and 9am Wed 26 and Thurs 27 October. We can only accept cash. There are limited tickets, and we can’t guarantee that there will be any left to buy on the night.  Please buy in advance to avoid disappointment.

We also need volunteers to help, either on the night or in advance to bake some tasty sweet and savoury snacks that can be sold on the night.

If you’d like to volunteer or if you have any questions, please email broughtonpsparents@outlook.com or post on Facebook.