Bigger, better! Broughton High School Website now Live!
The new, improved school website is now live! See it now, at www.broughton.edin.sch.uk.
This has been a big project, two years in coming, but it’s up and running now, bringing you easy access to school information, and updated newsfeeds all the time, just like you get from the Parent Council. The Comms Group are grateful to the many people who have worked steadily to make it happen, like Joanna Goddard, Graeme Robertson, Duncan Fisher, Trudy Stade, and Gavin Gray, and on staff, Pauline Cumming, Depute Head. Some of the content is yet to be finalized. Please take a look, and send any observations or suggestions you may have to admin@broughton.edin.sch.uk. Meanwhile, be sure to register your e-mail address for news updates!
Attention, parents of genius kids!
Is your child a marvel at maths or a whizz with words? Web-coding whizzkid or strategic game supremo? Novelist, blogger or persuasive public speaker? Business brain or ingenious inventor?
Let’s celebrate the extraordinary lives of gifted children and their families — the hit documentary series is back!
If you know a 5-12* year old who would relish meeting like-minded bright young children .. .and if he or she would enjoy competing for the much coveted title of Child Genius, then production company Wall to Wall would love to hear from you!
They are once again searching for the country’s brightest young minds to take part (with their families) in a documentary series to be shown on Channel 4. The series will feature competition rounds devised in association with high IQ society British MENSA and other leading children’s education experts, along with documentary filming that explores the joys and challenges of parenting a gifted child, approaches to education and what it means to be a high achieving child in Britain today.
If you are a family facing the challenges and rewards of raising a gifted child, we’d love to hear your story!
Apply online. Start by unlocking the 10 mind-boggling Brainbusters for your child to try, at http://www.childgenius2014.co.uk.
*Please note applicants must be born between 01/09/01 and 31/08/08
P7 Interactive Parents Evening Thursday 28th November 2013
P7 parents and carers, you can be as anxious as your youngsters are, about the coming high school experience. For you and your kids about to make the jump, we offer an interactive evening of demonstrations and discussions across all subjects and departments, just to make it clear what goes on in high school. Got worries? Got questions? Come see, and come ask. It was a lot of fun last year, with a big turn-out, and it’s going to be even better this year!
So mark your calendars and watch this space for details. We’re really looking forward to meeting you and your young learners.
Science Success at STEM Faraday Challenge Day
We are delighted to report that the six pupils who participated in the Faraday Challenge at Trinity Academy this week have won the trophy on behalf of our school.
The Faraday Challenge Days are cross-curricular activity sessions sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, pursuant to the national initiative to prepare young people for ‘STEM’ careers, which is to say, jobs in Science, Design and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These are held at schools and colleges around the UK and have proved to be enormously popular.
Our science heroes are Robbie Ashdown-Adams (1A3), Neela Hossain (1R1), Lily Intihar (1R3), Jasmine Millington (1R3), John Swanson (1N2), and Alan Widurski (1R2). Please congratulate them (and indeed Fiona Borth who accompanied the students) if you see them!
Sounds Like Saturday is starting up again — can you help?
The Sounds Like Saturday morning music classes start again this Saturday 28th September. This is Broughton’s hugely successful part in the Edinburgh Council’s ‘Youth Music Initiative’. Can you let us know if you are able to help out this year? The family café always needs volunteers. If you did help last year, a reminder about your availability would be greatly appreciated. Please get in touch directly with convener Hugh Duffy, at hughduffy@blueyonder.co.uk.
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