The annual Edinburgh Marathon Festival is only 2 weeks away! We have 110 children from Broughton Primary running on Saturday 26th May, which is an amazing number. There are also lots of parents taking part, as well as Mrs Rushforth and Mr Horan from school! Attached below is a copy of the latest EMF newsletter, and some quotes and interviews with some of this year’s participants!

EMF 2018- newsletter -May 2018

EMF 2018-Quotes and Interviews

If you’ve not told us that your child is taking part, please make sure we know by emailing us at bpsrunners@gmail.com

T-shirts to wear on race day are being handed out this Friday 18th May, at lunchtime. This will take place in the Boost room (Rm 8b).

We’re raising money to continue our Culture Fund- please do what you can and share with family and friends. You can follow our fundraising link at:

Fundraising Page

Our fanastic Broughton Runners have been meeting regularly to train and prepare for this year’s festival. Every Sunday the sun has shone for their training sessions, and their last fun run is this weekend. Below are some photos and videos of our team, taken during their training sessions- looks like lots of fun!

We’ll update any further news as the festival approaches! Go Team Broughton!

#gobroughton

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Today was the Big Pedal-the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school. Our Junior Road Safety Officers have been encouraging as many pupils and parents as possible to take part. Whether it was by scooter or bike, we certainly had a lot of traffic in our playground this morning!

Today the JRSOs carried out a survey of how many people took up the Big Pedal challenge, and 183 people took part! That’s a great effort!

We’ll find out soon how our number compares with others around Edinburgh and the UK, so keep a look out for an update!

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Parent Drop-In

Today we also held another Parent Drop-in. A chance for our parents and carers to pop in and spend some time in class to catch up on some of the fantastic learning happening in school. The school was buzzing with activity, and it was lovely to see so many visitors around the school! We hope you enjoyed your visit!

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Free Online Safety Workshop for parents and carers – Friday 11th May, 9am-10am, at Broughton PS

Muddled by Minecraft or rattled by Roblox? NSPCC and O2 are running hour-long interactive workshops with tips, tools and advice on how to keep your child safe online.
Talking about online safety with your child doesn’t need to be difficult – build your confidence to have those important conversations and learn where to go for help and advice.

Come along at 9am on Friday 11th May. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

RSVP by responding to Fiona.Vacher@broughton-pri.edin.sch.uk by Wednesdsay 9th May. Let us know if you would like a translator for this event, stating for which language.

This week most of our P6 and P7 pupils have been busy developing their cycling skills through the Bikeability programme.

The children have been developing their understanding of important road safety skills as well as skills in riding and controlling their bikes safely.

We hope you all enjoyed it!

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During Book Week last term, we held a Bookmark competition. Many children created a range of lovely bookmarks to enter, and the Pupil Council had a very hard job when they judged the winners!

After deliberating long and hard, they finally came up with a winner for each of the age categories. They were…

P1-P2- Harrison Hood from P1b

P3-P4- Conor Colhoun from P4b

P5-7- Holly Bartholomew from P5a

Well done to our very talented winners! Harrison received a lovely new book, and both Conor and Holly received a Book Token! Prizes well worth entering for! Thanks also to everyone who entered- the Pupil Council had a tough job!

Here are some photos of our skillful judges, and the winning bookmarks!

 

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Through discussion, during Anti-Bullying week, Primary 6a decided that respect for each other was a key element to combat bullying. We discussed and explored what respect for each other looks like and sounds like in our school. Ultimately, we created this video to share what we believe respect for each other is like at Broughton Primary School.

Well done to P6a!

Out PSA Heatlth Week Cafe was held on Friday. There was a range of tasty treats available, and all funds raised will go towards organising our Health Week later this term.

The cafe raised a very respectable sum of £281!

Thanks, as always, to the PSA helpers who organised and ran the event. We must also thank the school Vice- Captains and House Captains, who helped to set up the cafe and with running stalls and serving customers. They were enthusiastic, helpful and a real credit to the school! 10 house points each!

Here are some photos of the event-

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Get set! Broughton Primary school is taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal 2018 on Friday 4th May. The Big Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school.

Keep an eye on your parent email for more details!

Just a reminder that our PSA Health Week Cafe will be held tomorrow, Friday 27th April, in our Dining Room, from 11.30am-1.30pm. Hot Dogs, healthy home baking, soup and rolls will be on sale. Flyers for this event are attached below.

Due to the scaffolding in the bottom playground, the entrance to the Dining Room from the playground can’t be used. So, can all visitors to the cafe please use the basement doors to enter and exit the school. Please do not use the main entrance by our school office.Thanks.

We look forward to seeing a busy cafe tomorrow!

PSA Health Week Cafe flyer 2018

PSA Health Week Cafe Help Flyer 2018

Last Friday 20th April, our school Cross Country representatives took part in the EPSSA Cross Country event at Inverleith Park. Four races took place- P6 girls, P6 boys, P7 girls and P7 boys.

Over 200 children took part in each race and all our children ran their best.

A special mention goes to Daniel Ritchie P7 who came in in 21st place! We had 2 top 50 placed P6 boys, Nathan Fortune in 42nd place and Innes Penman who medalled in 10th Place.

3 girls were in the top 100 of the P7 girls event, but our best placed girl who medalled was Eilidh Noronha who was 3rd overall in the P6 girls event. Mhairi Noronha came in 17th place.

Well done to all the children who represented Broughton in a very sporting manner. You were a credit to our school!

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