Monday 1st June

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Hello everyone, and a happy Monday to you all!

We hope you all had the chance to enjoy some of the amazing weather at the weekend, and are ready for another week of home learning!

We’ve got something new to share with you, and Mrs Gowans is here to explain it to you!

 

Attached below is a letter from Mrs Gowans, explaining all the information around Broughton Reads for you all. There’s also a format you may want to use to record any texts you read this month, but your home learning jotter or another way is equally good. We’d love to hear all your recommendations for good reads, so we can all share them with each other!

Broughton Reads Letter- June 2020

Broughton Primary School-My Reading Log

 

Mr Horan also has the latest information from LivingStreets to share with us- see their message below-

This week’s activity on our updated #walkingfromhome page is encouraging everyone to Share, sometimes it is easier to walk and talk.

You can encourage your school children to walk for 20 minutes every day as part of their daily exercise and see what benefits they experience.  This week encourage your school children to talk about how they are feeling using our activities to make sharing fun and playful.  https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/media/5302/share-final.pdf.

Please continue to share your thoughts, snaps and videos with us by email or on social media #walkingfromhome. 

Happy Walking,

Living Streets Scotland Schools Team

 

That’s all for our update today folks. We hope you have a lovely day, and can enjoy some of the sunshine!

As always, stay safe!

Mrs Venn, Mr Borthwick, Miss Bradley and Mrs Gowans

P1-P7 Families Junior Parkrun

 
At assembly on Friday Euan from Junior Parkrun spoke to the children. He helps to organise the parkrun for the children that takes place at Pilrig Park every Sunday morning.
 
We had a great time joining in with a warm up and learning more about why Parkrun is great fun as well as helping us to stay healthy.
 
Thank you to all the children that came up to the front to show off their running bands. Well done on all your achievements.
 
Broughton Primary School has now registered as a Junior parkrun school. 
 
Please see below more information if you would like to go along and give it a try!
 

The link for registration:
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/?section=form
 
The link to the Pilrig Juniors website if you would like more information:
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/pilrigpark-juniors/
 
If anyone has any questions you can direct them to:
pilrigparkjuniors@parkrun.com <pilrigparkjuniors@parkrun.com>
 
 

P7 at Lagganlia- Day Four!

More fantastic learning for our P7s on their last day of activities at Lagganlia!

Group 1 went on a hike, and did some rock climbing!

Group 2 spent the morning climbing and abseiling, and went canoeing on Loch Insh in the afternoon!

Group 3 were snowboarding in the morning, and canoeing in the afternoon!

Group 4 went canoeing in the morning and skiing in the afternoon!

Looks like there’s been lots of different experiences this week! We hope you had a great time P7!

P7 at Lagganlia- Day Three!

Another packed day for our P7 happy campers at Lagganlia!

Group 1 went gorge walking in the morning, and spent the afternoon skiing like professionals!

Group 2 took a hike to the Green Loch, and ate some snow!

Group 3 had a mountain walk!

Group 4 went gorge walking and rock climbing- all returned safely, but no photo unfortunately!

We’ll keep you posted with more pics this week!

P7 at Lagganlia- Day Two!

P7 had their first day of full activities yesterday! A lovely range of activities experienced by our groups!

Group 1 went canoeing and mountain biking!

Group 2 went gorge walking and skiing!

Group 3 went gorge walking and took part in archery!

Group 4 went on a long 7km walk to Utzi’s Bothy and spotted reindeer in the distance!

Look out for more pics tomorrow!

P7 at Lagganlia- Day One!

Our P7 pupils have arrived safely at Lagganlia Outdoor Education Centre! As they settle in to their new surroundings, here are a few photos of their first day at camp. More photos to follow as the week progresses!

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Playground Tidy Up!

Compost Corner Transformation! 🌱

The Parent Council gardening team got their gloves on at the weekend to give Broughton Primary’s compost bins a much-needed makeover. 

Projects like this only happen thanks to our amazing volunteers, and we’d love more parents and carers to get involved. Come along to our next Playground Garden Tidy-Up to help keep our green spaces thriving — no experience needed, just enthusiasm!

Let’s keep Broughton growing together 🌿

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A.F. Steadman Author Visit!

Today we had a fabulous visit from the acclaimed author, A.F. Steadman! She is the author of the Skandar series of books. Today we were treated to some background to the novel series, a quiz, the chance to create our own unicorn, and the opportunity to buy books and have them signed by the author!

We really enjoyed the visit- let’s hope this visit encourages our children to pick up a book and enjoy reading for enjoyment as often as they can!

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This Week’s Awards and Achievements!

Here are this week’s awards and achievements!

Star Awards

P1aReya Asenova
P1bKaia Thompson
P1/2Charlie Kelly
P2aIsla James- Watling
P2bMaryam Abdul
P3aRuby Anderson
P3bInnes Drain
P4aPhilip Pham
P4bLucas Beattie
P5aDavid Nguyen
P5bJulia Kielak
P6aAarav Bajpai
P6bNadia Zysko
P7aCarly Law
P7bSophie Proudfoot
ESB 2Blake Inglis

Big Book of Achievements

Toby Sewell and Alexander McCloy (P5a) both gained a full yellow belt in Taekwondo which means they have completed the full Active Tigers curriculum and have now started the Taekwondo student programme. Well done to both of you!
Indah Collins (P5a) entered a dance workshop challenge at the weekend and got into the semi final for Commercials and earned a certificate!
Indah also represented Scotland with her dance group at a Global dance competition this summer.  They had four entries and won a fourth place, a bronze and two silvers!
Well done Indah!
Rebecca Turpie (P5b) took her Grade 1 ballet exam in June, and found out she had passed over the summer holidays! She also recently took part in her first cricket festival with the Wicketz club! Great effort Rebecca!
Drisana Garai (P5b) was chosen to take part in a cultural ceremony arranged by the Indian Embassy to celebrate the Independence Day of India! Well done Drisana!
Adam Wawock (P5b) took part in a charity walk for Parkinson’s disease in Falkirk. He completed a 5 mile walk in support of his aunt Kinga who has this condition. A good cause Adam, well done!
Iliana Lekkas (P3a) earned a certificate for completing her first ever Maths study! She also worked together with Valentina Ortega Jureckova (P3a) to bake a star cake for the School Fair cake competition. They won first prize! Well done to you both!
Charlotte Slowey (P3b) has moved up to Brownies, has earned level 2 at gymnastics, and has been awarded her 10m medal at swimming! Lots of achievements Charlotte!

House Points

Trinity- 395 points

Pilrig- 393 points

Drummond- 376 points

McDonald- 312 points

Well done Trinity!

Well done to everyone on your achievements!

We wish you all a lovely weekend!