Scotland scores ahead of other UK countries in core school subjects, according to a major world study
‘PISA,’ the Programme for International Student Assessment of 15-year-olds, puts Scotland above England, Wales and Northern Ireland this year for reading and maths. For science, Scotland is slightly behind England. This, according to the BBC this week. Read the whole story here.
P7 Transition page on the School website just updated
The P7 Transition section on the school website has just been updated. Here is the link if you want to have a quick look. The main new points are the Timeline for Parents of the main transition events and the S1 Enrolments section which has all the information about how to apply for places / non-catchment etc. This also has web links to the Placing in Schools Booklet as well as the online non-catchment application form and a downloadable copy of the non-catchment form if parents prefer paper.
Free health event at Stockbridge House this Monday
The Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership is holding a free health event at Stockbridge House from 5-7.30pm on Monday.
It’s a drop-in evening, full of information stalls on a range of ways to improve your health. Learn about natural food and better cooking, how to get started walking or cycling, or where to do that sport you always wanted to try. (There will be taster sessions, so you can try some of them on the spot.) You can even get a quick health check, free!
This is also the place to have your say on where the Neighbourhood Partnership should be focusing its 2014-2017 Local Community Plan.
Come on along! There’s a prize draw for everyone who visits. And if you’re one of the first 50 visitors, you get a goody bag!
Follow this exciting event on Twitter, with #healthinverleith. Follow the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership at @north_team.
November 200 Club winners!
Here are this month’s winners in the 200 Club prize draw, which garnered £262.00 for our school. (Note the duplicate winner!) Send us an e-mail if you’d like to be involved too!
1st place: £40.00 Mrs L Thompson
2nd place: £25.00 Mrs J Marshall
3rd place: £17.00 Mr K F Macaskill
4th place: £13.00 Mrs S Shaw
5th place: £10.00 Mr K F Macaskill
Concert Band Festival at school this Sunday — call for volunteers
There is a ‘concert band festival’ at the school on Sunday 3rd November from 9:00 until 19:00. We’ve been asked to run a cafe at it, and would appreciate some more parent volunteers helpers. It’s not an onerous task — it just means serving tea and coffee for an hour or two on Sunday. It’s also a great opportunity for parents to get together and get to know the school better as well as helping to enhance the reputation of Broughton.
If you’d like to get onto this rota, please contact hughduffy@blueyonder.co.uk.
Broughton High School Parent Council 