Good morning everyone,
Our classes have started the year reviewing their classroom charter and sharing it with any new children in the class. See below for an example!
This Week’s Awards and Achievements!
Here are this week’s awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P1a | Sasha Kennedy-Hughes |
| P1b | Zayaan Mohammad |
| P1c | Abdul Hassan |
| P2a | Ruby Anderson |
| P2b | Vivaan Sharma |
| P3a | Yousuf Afzal |
| P3b | Ibrahim Khan |
| P4a | Dean Melville |
| P4b | Ada Hansen |
| P5a | Kornelia Szczurak |
| P5b | Victoria Sznapka |
| P6a | Louie Boyd |
| P6b | Minh Le |
| P7a | Ian Rahman |
| P7b | Josh Hay |
| ESB 2 | Riley Fyfe |
Big Book of Achievements
Before Christmas Ayeesha put on a show with her Dance and Theatre Class. In one of the dances, she was dressed up as a Flintstone! Ayeesha also received a certificate for her gymnastics and has progressed to the next stage. Great achievements Ayeesha!
House Points
Pilrig- 277 points
Trinity- 238 points
McDonald- 231 points
Drummond- 189 points
Well done Pilrig!
Well done to everyone on your achievements! Have a lovely weekend!
February Holiday Opportunities- ASN
Dear Parent/Carers,
Active Schools Edinburgh are excited to share with you our upcoming February ASN programme of activities. These activities include swimming, cycling and multi-sport opportunities across different areas of Edinburgh. This programme of activities is specifically designed for pupils with a learning difficulty, learning disability or Autism. Please see the attached booklet which highlights the specific age and ability groupings for each activity. Our coaches and teachers will provide an opportunity for your child to learn new skills but most importantly we aim for them to have fun while taking part in sport and physical activity. When signing up please select the ability level appropriate for your child where appropriate.
Please note bookings will open on Wednesday 8th January.
We expect these to book up very quickly and will create a waiting list for those that don’t manage to get a space. Book Online: https://getedinburghactive.spydus.co.uk and search using the code listed in the booklet or Click Booking Codes in the table in the attached booklet to take you to the booking pages.
Many Thanks,
Active Schools Edinburgh.
ASN February Holiday 2025 Booklet
Embracing Difference Workshops
Embracing Difference is a 6-session recorded group for parents of primary aged
children who are neurodivergent or present with developmental divergence.
The group aims to provide parents with up-to-date information and strategies to
support their child, to optimise their learning and reduce distress. It The also offers
strategies to support parental self-care and wellbeing.
Embracing Difference draws from current research and evidence-based practice to
provide information on how to support children who are neuro-divergent.
Each week focusses on a different area and provides strategies and information for
parents to use with their child, in order to support them to flourish.
Session 1: Introduction to neurodevelopmental diversity
Session 2: Communication
Session 3: Sensory issues & sleep
Session 4: Social emotional skills
Session 5: Supporting behaviour
Session 6: Celebrating difference
See the attached flyer for more information on how to access the workshops.
Embracing Difference Recorded Sessions Flyer
This Week’s Awards and Achievements!
Here are this week’s awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P1a | Sebby Kinsey |
| P1b | Varvara Denisova |
| P1c | Afsah Islam |
| P2a | Alisa Rozova |
| P2b | Tyrone Roberts |
| P3a | Bronte Smith |
| P3b | Isla Marlow |
| P4a | Jerreline Law |
| P4b | Whole class award |
| P5a | Fraser Savage |
| P5b | Aaron McLaughlin |
| P6a | Ranya Yasin |
| P6b | Celia Gray |
| P7a | Seren Ferguson |
| P7b | Sam Gibson |
| ESB 2 | Phoenix Baptie |
Big Book of Achievements
Ada Hansen (P4b) has been made a seconder at Brownies! Well done Ada!
House Points
McDonald- 270 points
Pilrig- 240 points
Drummond- 234 points
Trinity- 197 points
Well done McDonald!
Well done to everyone on your achievements! Have a lovely weekend!
Supporting Children with Loss, Change and Bereavement
Good afternoon everyone.
We hope you all had a restful and safe break.
Please find below some advice for parents and carers that can be used to support children dealing with loss, change and bereavement.
As well as advice, there are also links to other sites and resources that you may find useful.
Parent Guidance – Supporting children with loss, change and bereavement
Awards, Achievements and Happy Holidays!
Here are this week’s awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P3a | Rebecca Arockiaraj Charles |
| P3b | Noora Ryan |
| P4a | Whole Class Award |
| P4b | Whole Class Award |
| P5a | Whole Stage Award |
| P5b | Whole Stage Award |
| P6a | Tobi Ortega Jurecka |
| P6b | Minh Le and Whole Class Award |
| P7a | Vlada Semeniuk |
| P7b | Samer Atia |
Big Book of Achievements
Toby Sewell and Alexander McCloy (P4a) have earned their black stripe belt in Taekwondo, which means they have achieved all the grades in Active Tigers and are now working towards the UKTC group! Great effort from you both!
Rhys Owain McLaren (P3a) attended the Beauty and the Beast pantomime at the Festival Theatre. The panto was being filmed for BBC and Rhys can be seen in the audience on the recording. We now have our very own TV star at Broughton!
Robin Cohen (P4a) was presented with a ‘Living Our Values’ award 2024 from Spartans FC for Respect throughout the year. The coaches said,” He is always respectful to teammates and coaches, always listening to instructions, taking everything in and trying his hardest.” He received his award from one of the first team players at Spartans FC. Well done Robin!
Jerreline Law, Vicky Flores Diaz, Valentina Ortega Jureckova (P4a), Carly Law and Maya Osae-Brown (P6a) performed at the Edinburgh Piano Christmas Showcase 2024. Their piano teacher said they were all outstanding! Excellent work from you all!
House Points– This Week
McDonald- 339 points
Drummond- 272 points
Trinity- 262 points
Pilrig- 261 points
Well done McDonald!
House Points- Mid-Year Totals so far…
McDonald- 2636 points
Trinity- 2632 points
Drummond- 2437 points
Pilrig- 2288 points
Well done McDonald! It is very close though…
Well done to everyone on your achievements!
We’d like to wish all our pupils, staff, parents and carers a very happy, restful Christmas break, and a peaceful and healthy New Year when it comes!
We look forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday 7th January 2025!
Awards and Achievements!
We have a double update this week, with last week’s star awards as well as this week!
Star Awards
| Class | Last week | This week |
| P1a | Logan Donald | No assembly |
| P1b | Amelia Lavagna | No assembly |
| P1c | Harlie Gray | No assembly |
| P2a | Odette Anstoter | No assembly |
| P2b | Oliver York | No assembly |
| P3a | Zohair Zargar | Hania Furdal |
| P3b | Callie Brattley | Cole Brook Singh |
| P4a | Rudhraunsh Sreeramadasu | Alexander McCloy |
| P4b | Dougal Jumar | Arthur Watson |
| P5a | Brandon Singh | Heidi Scott |
| P5b | Daniel Ivanov | Rosie Nicholson |
| P6a | Stelios Gerakopoulos | Diego Sardi |
| P6b | Ellis Clark | Danvanth Laxman |
| P7a | At school camp | Whole class award |
| P7b | At school camp | Whole class award |
| ESB 2 | Max Macleod | Archie Anderson |
Big Book of Achievements
Maddie Ellis (P4b) was a zookeeper for an afternoon at Edinburgh Zoo! She got to feed meerkats, penguins and armadillos! What a treat Maddie!
Cary Hubert (P3b) took part in the Zayna Dance School Winter Showcase. They put on 2 shows at the George Aikman Lecture Theatre and Cary performed 3 dances in each show! He worked so hard and danced amazingly. Well done Cary!
P7 represented Broughton so well at Lagganlia Centre when they visited for their residential camp last week! They challenged themselves, were thoughtful and supportive of each other, and respectful of the Lagganlia instructors and staff. Lagganlia said we were ‘amazing!’ Well done to everyone who attended!
Well done to everyone on your achievements! Have a lovely weekend!
FAB Winter Trail 2024!
FAB Winter Trail is back! Download the map, follow the trail, solve the clues to reveal the answer. Available to all, voluntary donations welcome.
This is a fun activity for friends and family to take part during the holiday (trail finishing Sunday 12 January 2025). To help keep children active and connected with our local community during the festive period. Hope you all enjoy it and help spread some festive joy to everyone!!
Winter Family Holiday Activities
Help Make the Magic Manageable!
There are so many demands at this time of year, the list just keeps on getting longer and the cost continues to rise. You can find a list of free and low-cost activities to do in the run up to and during the winter school holidays on the Family Holiday Activities webpage. The City of Edinburgh council are updating the webpage all the time, so please keep checking back in for new activities.
Support for Families
Check out the other Support for Families webpages for lots of other supports and activities provided by different organisations throughout the year.
The Financial support webpage might be particularly helpful just now when trying to stretch the budget for those extra holiday costs.
If you need any help finding support for you or your child, please email
Broughton Primary 