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!
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.
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.
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!
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 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!!
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 