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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Today was the first lunchtime Art Club, organised and run by House and Vice captains. It was McDonald house who kicked things off, and their house and vice captains planned a lovely activity called ‘Galaxy Art’ to practise paint blending skills. They were very well organised, demonstrated the activity well, and were great at supporting the children attending. I’m sure you’ll agree, the results are impressive! Well done to Harris, Isla, Holly and Kian!

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It’s Pilrig house’s turn next Wednesday. Looking forward to seeing what Pilrig house can do!

 

Please see below the minutes from the latest Parent Council/Friends at Broughton meeting, held on Wednesday 29th January. Also, an update on our Growing and Cooking project.

BPS PC FAB Minutes 29 Jan 2020

BPS Gardening and Cooking Project update- Feb 2020

A number of parents have expressed an interest in knowing more about the approaches we use to teach spelling when children have completed the ‘Edinburgh Active Literacy Programme’.

 

We will therefore be offering a session for anyone who would like to attend at 4.30 – 5pm on Wednesday 26 February just before the Parent Consultations begin.  The session will be run by Mr Elliot Young, our Support for Learning Teacher who oversees the school programme.

 

In order to get an idea of numbers please can you let us know if you would like to attend the session by either handing in a note or emailing the school admin account at

admin@broughton-pri.edin.sch.uk 

 

Thank you!