A big thanks to the children (and grown up helpers) who transformed the playground during our big tidy up on Sunday 6th November. Small cups of chocolate coins led children to piles of leaves to gather and raised beds to weed. 

The leaves were deposited on a compost heap renamed “Bug City”. The beds and the apple tree plots were weeded and now look great.

At the end of the day everyone enjoyed a hot chocolate in the gym before the children set off on a treasure hunt. They followed clues hidden around the playground to find a pirate sword and treasure chest full of chocolate coins hidden under the biggest tree.

Well done to the following participants who have all earned points for their house:

Alexander P1/2

Adam W. P2, 

Robert W. P6, 

Robin H. P2a, 

Joshua W. P7a, 

Marko M. P5/6 all from Drummond,

 Alexia P5 and Blair P P3b, both from McDonald,

Valentina P2a and Cary H. P1/2, both from Pilrig.

and Malika P1a Trinity

Well done everyone, your hard work has transformed our playground!

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Star Awards

P1a- Fletcher and the whole class

P1b- Hamson and Fatiha

P1/2- Eva, David and Holly

P2- Julia and all of P2

P3a- Tommy

P3b- Sophie

P4a- Carly

P4b- Ellis

P5- Kayden Wilson

P5/6- Fatima

P6- William Tennant

P7a- Maja

P7b- Alfie

Big Book of Achievement

Sofia, Darcey, Jagna and Eva from P7 created a manifesto and a campaign video together for their ‘Scottish Education Political Party’ and won the P7 Election, as part of the P7 Parliament topic! Well done!

Thomas from P1b earned a certificate as he has passed Level 4 in his swimming class, and he can swim 10m by himself without help, or a float! Well done Thomas!

House Points

Drummond– 643 points

McDonald– 600 points

Trinity– 570 points

Pilrig– 556 points

Well done Drummond!

Well done to everyone for all their achievements! Have a lovely weekend!

Broughton will once again be taking part in the BBC Children in Need event this year, on Friday 18^th November. We will once again be holding a dress down day, and our Pupil Equalities Group has decided upon the theme. If you would like to take part, please come to school on Friday 18^th November dressed in either a national outfit, or clothes that reflect your culture, OR wear something yellow or spotty like Pudsey.

All donations can be made through ParentPay by following this link-

https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=8296

Thank you!

Our Friends at Broughton Parents group organised a fantastic Halloween disco on Friday night! There were two discos, and both were really busy! It was lovely to be able to hold a fun social event again after so long.

Thanks go to everyone who helped to organised this event, and to everyone who bought tickets and attended. There were some fabulous frightening fancy dress outfits on display too, as our photo gallery shows below….

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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!