ESFA League Cup — Broughton bests Craigmount!
There was battle on the 3G surface at St Augustine’s yesterday. Last time Broughton met Craigmount there was grim-fought victory for our boys in blue. This time it was 4-1, and cup glory! Read the whole tale here.
Family holidays during term
More than half of parents in England admit to having taken a school-age child on holiday during term time instead of during break, according to a recent travel industry poll. One in five respondents said they had sought their schools’ permission and been denied it; one in eight admitted to having lied in order to make their trip. Cost of break-time travel was the factor for half of those surveyed; work restrictions on their own travel time was the issue for a quarter. The DfE do ask schools to fine parents who holiday during term, but these fines do not appear to deter.
Read about the wider issues here.
Facebook warning
Children’s Minister Tim Loughton has said that children under the age of 13 are setting up profiles on Facebook, currently forbidden by Facebook’s rules of use, and are thus getting involved in social media at worryingly young ages; worse, he says, parents are helping them set up these profiles. Facebook has the current age limit, and strict security settings for youngsters between 13 and 17, to comply with international regulations on children in social media, but a spokeswoman for the service concedes that age limits are impossible to enforce.
Read more about the problem here.
University of Dundee and your young graduate
14,000 UK undergraduates have just rated Dundee first in overall quality of life in the Times Higher Education Supplement’s annual student experience poll. This is up from fifth place last year. Why? Good accommodation, they say, close to classes, and also the fun of being in a stimulating city. The University have invested heavily in facilities in the last several years, which appears to be paying dividends in student popularity. Read more about it all here.
a Chinese cultural experience from Fettes
We’ve just had a lovely moment of sharing with our friends at Fettes College. Fettesian Matthew S came to Broughton’s Diversity Day, to perform on the Erhu, a traditional Chinese instrument with two strings. He played three folk tunes to a delighted audience, who spontaneously clapped along with him. Matthew says he was surprised and pleased by this. He enjoyed the performance very much and looks forward to a chance to do another.
See the Fettes tweet here.
