Come help with Septemberfest!
Time again to staff up Septemberfest. We need both mums and dads. Just an hour of your time will do! Can you make it? Contact Carole Melee, at carole.m@talktalk.net.
Let’s make it another great one!
a powerful new resource for the university-bound
How does a family help its anxious leaver decide where to go to university? Some of those destinations are far away, and their prospecti and websites tend to look pretty much the same. But universities aren’t all the same. The resourceful people at LinkedIn have now gathered up all profiles from people involved with universities and made them into LinkedIn University Pages — a hugely efficient way to show what a particular institution is really about! It’s a way of eavesdropping on local culture, so to speak, and no prospectus or website can really offer that. So get your youngster a LinkedIn account (the age limit is going down as of this writing), and let them plug in and see where they really want to go after Broughton!
Please come help with the Comms Committee!
“Communications Committee,” that is. We’re the people who bring you the blog, Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail postings. We’ve had two people redeploy elsewhere, so we’re really needing someone to schedule and record our meetings (there’s only a few a year), and also send out a couple “Mailchimp” e-bulletins (already compiled, just need sending). Everything is set up already and runs fine, so the work level is not onerous, and we work closely together, so you’d never be alone with the task. Would you consider joining us as Comms Committee Coordinator? We’re looking to complete our new website and prospectus projects for the school, so this is an exciting time to be involved! Please have a think about it, and get in touch. How? As always, ‘intouch@broughtonhighpc.org’.
Can’t wait to hear from you!
Septemberfest 2013!
Welcome back to school, everyone!
It’s time for Septemberfest 2013, the Community Festival at Broughton High School!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, 21st September, from 11am to 4pm.
Entry is free, and there’s lots of activities (many of them free too) for all ages.
Like what? Like bouncy castles and inflatables for all ages, plus sumo suits and a massive climbing tower. There’s music and dance, with the samba band, rock choir, drumming group, and dance workshops. You’ll find lots of sports tasters and competitions, too, including football, rugby, fencing, tennis, basketball, korfball, and table tennis. Don’t miss the craft fair, with loads of fantastic handcrafted goods. Come and have a go wet-felting, leather-working, jewellery-making or decoupaging. Get your bike fixed for free and have a go at the bike obstacle course, or try riding a unicycle. Sit in a fire engine and ring the siren. Get into some face-painting, visit the nail bar, have a coconut shy. We’ve even got a fantastic balloon artist, and a henna tattoo lady. You’ll be starving after all that, so the village café will be selling tea and cakes, BBQ, pizza, curry, crepes, and ice cream.
It’s quite a Saturday, so come along and have some fun!
200 Club summer winners
What! The first 200 Club draw of 2013-14? Technically, yes, even though it’s still summertime. And here are the lucky players who have won some hot-weather spending money this week:
1st place: £40.00 (Mrs E Todd)
2nd place: £25.00 (Mr D Martin)
3rd place: £19.00 (Mr R H Taylor)
4th place: £13.00 (Mr D Brownlee)
5th place: £10.00 (Ms C Virtue)
Total pay-out: £107.00
Total income for the school: £266.00
And here, for your beach reading, are some interesting facts from the 2012-13 year:
• Total income from the 200 Club: £3,311
• Total prize-giving: £1,451
• Surplus for year: £1,860
• Accumulated surplus waiting to be spent: £7,565
• Active members in the 200 Club: 63
• Members who have won at least once: 35
• Members who have made a net gain over the year (totalling £155 between them): 11
• The biggest winning streaks: One person won 6 times, yielding £95 in total (a £35 gain) over the year. 4 others won 3 times, and 12 won twice. 12 members won at least £50 (each) throughout the year.
You can’t win if you don’t play — and if you do play, it’s ALWAYS good for Broughton High!
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