Ministers Tweet about us!
Broughton High School hosted Mike Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, and Leighton Andrews, Welsh Minister for Education and Skills on Wednesday 20 December. Their Tweets following the visit are as follows:
Mike Russell:
“I was at Broughton High School in Edinburgh this morning with the Welsh Education Minister, Leighton Andrews.
In the course of a very interesting visit that demonstrated the strengths of Curriculum for Excellence and the wonderful work of the school in a variety of areas including specialist provision in football, music and dance, we dropped in on a rehearsal for tonight’s Christmas concert.
The choir, in Santa Hats, were taking a rest. The samba drummers were definitely not.”
Leighton Andrews:
“Congratulations to Broughton High in Edinburgh, where a student piper escorted us in with Hen Wlad fy Nhadau and the choir sang Cwm Rhondda.”
Sounds Like Saturday / YMI Cafe — a great season!
We thought you’d all like to know that our Saturday music classes cafe has brought in about £700 profit for the school this term.
Our many thanks to everyone involved, especially the regular baking team Julia, Olivia & Jane, to student helpers Lauren Gaff, Ian Gilchrist, Lara Gray and Kirsten Knowles, and to the crew of regular volunteers:
Hugh Duffy & Naomi Crowley (parents of Ella S5, Lucie S2)
Julia Marshall & Olivia (S2) (and Alex S5)
Jane Bagshaw (parent of Tom S5, Amy S3)
Anna & Johnnie Webster (parents of Isabelle S4)
Mr Bosphore (French teacher),
Morag Kinnaird (Stuart S5)
Graeme Robertson & Mark (S1)
What a great effort! As always, parents and carers are more than welcome to come along and help!
Broughton Association Report 10.12.12
The Broughton Association, the fundraising arm of the Parent Council, is proud to have supported the following school projects this year, in the following amounts:
Genealogy £80
To provide a valuable internet tool to S5 pupils to help them research their family history as part of a Genealogy course.
History books £920
Subscription to the Modernity Scotland web site and course books for the Higher Modern Studies and Higher History students.
Photography £603
To create a professional static studio setting, which students can access and use easily without much adult supervision, out-with normal school hours.
IDL £400
Part fund a school trip to the Mining Museum at Newtongrange for S1 IDL (Inter-Disciplinary Learning) project.
Rugby £700
Rugby Strips for BHS rugby team.
Science £300
To buy equipment for experiments for the after school Science Club.
Inverleith Youth Theatre £500
To go towards the next scripted performance of the Youth Theatre.
Eco club £85
Bulbs, litterpickers, bird feeders and compost bin.
Art club £400
To encourage more boys to come to the Art Club for S1 and S2. Materials for fibre arts, print making and sculpture. Trips to visit exhibitions on a Friday afternoon.
Citizenship project £200
To support the wider achievement of senior pupils in volunteering and John Muir awards.
Total £4,188
Several more bids are being currently being looked at.
The forms to apply for funding have been circulated to all staff. Criteria and procedures are all in place.
School sport at risk, says Labour
Labour says the government has risked “salami slicing” school sport by abolishing a requirement that all pupils do at least two hours PE a week, according to a post this week from BBC News.
The party is calling for “tough action” to deliver a schools’ sport legacy to match the success of the Olympics.
It says recent data suggests just more than about half of children do this much exercise, down from 90% in 2010.
The government said it was putting competitive sport at the heart of the new national curriculum.
In a new action plan, launched ahead of Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality of the year final, Labour calls for the two-hour a week of PE requirement to be reinstated.
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Scottish schools to get extra £1m for musical instruments
Schools are to be given an extra £1m by the Scottish government to buy musical instruments for pupils, says a recent news post from the BBC.
Ministers will also set up a working group to look at music tuition fees, which can vary across councils.
Among issues it will examine is the question of charges for pupils sitting SQA music exams.
The EIS teaching union, which has been campaigning for “fair access” to music education for pupils in all parts of Scotland, welcomed the announcements.
Minister for Learning Alasdair Allan said every child should have the opportunity to learn an instrument.
“Currently, there are too many children being put off taking up music because of the cost of the instrument,” he said.
Mr Allan said the new Instrumental Music Group would look at how music tuition is delivered.
He added: “The group’s work will also examine how we ensure local musical traditions are catered for as well as studying what role the wider musical community can play in supporting our ambitions for our children.”
The group, which will include representatives of parents and teachers, will start work in January and report back next summer.
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Broughton High School Parent Council 