Broughton High School Partnership Group — Showcase Event, Wed. 5 June
The Broughton High School Partnership Group invites you to a showcase event, on Wednesday, 5 June, 2-3 p.m. The purpose of this event is to show how pupils benefit from the many business and support partnerships that are currently underway. We want to highlight how positive these have been for our young people and our community. And we want to grow with it, reaching out more and more to area businesses and our youth. Please come see us!
(Picture: ‘Daydreaming’, Ailsa McEwan S6)
National Parent Forum: e-Updates
Here is the latest update from the National Parent Forum of Scotland. This latest issue covers Curriculum for Excellence from the learner’s point of view, the ‘Nationals in a Nutshell’ (latest list here), the ‘Let’s Talk’ resource for home-school partnerships, and the state of the national Wi-Fi for schools campaign. These updates are a fine resource. Click on their website, and you can subscribe to them directly yourself!
Biggest triumph yet for S1 footballers!
Last week the boys won the Under 13 Scottish Cup for Broughton High School. They played against a very strong and skilful Grange Academy team who had scored 46 goals in the seven rounds to get to the final.
We were down 1-0 at half time and the Broughton supporters feared the worst. However, our boys played superbly in the second half and showed huge character and determination, individually and collectively. They deservedly won the final 2-1. They must have been exhausted but very proud, as are the staff who went to the game.
This competition dates back to 1904, and yet this is the first time that Broughton High School has ever won it. That’s 109 years of trying. This year the same team has also won the Edinburgh Schools league.
Here is the match report from Youth Football Scotland.
And here is a list of the young champs. Watch for these names in Scottish football from now on!
Ross Coats
Daniel Nichol
Aaron Cowper-Barrie
David Whalen
Steven Mackay
Bradley Whyte
Callum Hall
Reece Rintoul
Ciaran Brian
Jason Jarvis
Jackson Lee
Washe Manyathelo
Lewis Eddington
Mac McCloy
Ronald Devlin
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Have a look at our page, if you haven’t seen it yet.
It’s not all fundraising — An insight into Parent Council support
Thinking of getting involved with the Broughton Parent Council, but not sure what the Council does? A lot of people think it means fundraising. There is a certain amount of that. But parents who volunteer with us use their time and professional skills in many other ways to support the management and development of our school.
This month, for example, a parent spent time with the 6 probationer teachers who are preparing for their first round of interviews as qualified teachers. Doing what? Reviewing their presentation skills, helping them sharpen their teaching applications, and prepping them for interviews. Why? Because this parent is a professional recruiter. The probationers were really grateful, and so are we.
You probably have a professional skill the school could use. If you would like to support Broughton but don’t quite know how, why don’t you drop us an e-mail, telling us about your skills and experience? We would love to match you with a project, or even take your counsel on a project we haven’t thought of. There’s bound to be something. There’s always a way for everyone to help!
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