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.
Read the rest of this exciting article here.
For good viewing over Christmas — our librarians recommend …
Check out these great films that are on the TV over Christmas. Or why not read the book! This list comes to us by kind permission of librarian Helen Smith.
Edimbourg, la Ville à l’Envers
After touring in 6 countries (Quebec, Germany, Czech Republic, Turkey, China and Vietnam) with his project ‘Les Retours de l’Ecole’ (On the way back from School), French composer and musician François Audrain launches in Edinburgh a new series of collaboration with foreign schools: ‘La Ville à l’Envers’ (The City inside out).
In association with Broughton High School Audrain teamed up with pupils studying Advanced Higher French to design a video for his song Nuit étrange (Strange Night). Moving away from the usual postcard image, the participating pupils used their smartphones and pocket cams to film their city as they see and experience it in their daily life. The video will be screened as part of Audrain’s electro-rock performance ‘Edimbourg, la Ville à l’Envers’.
‘Edimbourg, la Ville à l’Envers’ will be performed in France next February as part of the Travelling Film Festival in Rennes (Brittany) which will dedicate its 2013 edition (19-26 February) to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
A very special thanks from François to Estelle Morali-Silver and her pupils at Broughton High School (Edinburgh) for their collaboration.
See the full blog on this exciting event from the Institut Ecosse français here.
