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Garden sale and Celebration of Writing

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Today at lunchtime we opened up the polycrub to visitors for our annual plant sale. Lots of parents and community members came along to buy a variety of plants, grown by the children . If you missed out, there are lots of plants left, waiting to be snapped up. Pop in at drop off or pick up time  and have a look.

Next up today was our celebration of writing, supported by The Braemar Buzzard. Every child had pieces of writing on display  under the theme ‘ My Braemar’. Ernest and Andrew had been busy making fresh lemonade in the morning, and they offered still or fizzy drinks to our guests. Parents and visitors had an opportunity to try their hand at a fun writing task, whilst watching  a couple of episodes of Braemar TV. Fiona and Marilyn presented the children with a certificate, along with a 12 month subscription to First News children’s newspaper.  Thank you to everyone who came along to either event today, and a special thank you to Marilyn and Fiona for helping with the writing project.

 

Sponsored walk in aid of MND research

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Click on the link below to see photos of our slightly soggy sponsored walk this afternoon. Thank you to all who supported the event. The Pupil Council will count the donations tomorrow and update here with the total raised. ***update*** We raised a total of £115 for the charity. Many thanks to all who contributed and well done to the Pupil Council for organising.

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A busy few days!

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Last Friday P5-7 went out in the village with PC Cain, to help carry out speed checks as a way of raising awareness of the 20mph limit. The children had a go at using the speed gun and then spoke to drivers who had been stopped. They had put together a letter to hand out, asking people to consider their speed when driving through our village.

On Tuesday 2nd, Bike School came along and worked with all the children from P1-P7, helping those who are beginners or non-riders develop their confidence, whilst giving everyone an opportunity to develop their cycling skills. The children’s comments were very positive and everyone is looking froward to them returning next Tuesday, 9th June. A wee reminder too that the Bike Clinic is in school on Tuesday 16th, should you wish to get your child’s bike checked over.

Trying out a new resource- Pupil Council

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At today’s committee session, the Pupil Council had the opportunity to try out a new resource. It has been created by local lady Jenny Gow, to help school children understand about stomas. Our school has been asked to provide feedback to the creators, before it is shared with a wider audience. They investigated the contents of the pack, which included lesson plans for a variety of age groups, a game, colouring pages, a Buttony Bear soft toy and a lovely illustrated picture book. They gave very thoughtful feedback, which we shall pass on to Jenny and her team. Further information about the Buttony Bear charity can be found here.

Mobile Art School, 12th March 2026

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Thank you to everyone who came along to watch the children’s masks being installed at Braemar Kirk this afternoon. We have had a fantastic day, working with the artist Thomas J Price, along with staff and students from Gray’s School of Art. Lots of photos of the day on the Sway link below.

The display will be in place all weekend and masks will come home next week.

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🎄Christmas at Braemar School 2025🎄

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Click on the link below to see what we’ve been up to in the final couple of weeks of term. (Updates will be added each day this week.)

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P4/5/6/7 Sharing our opinion

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On Wednesday we had visitors to our class from Marr Area Partnership and Action for a Fairer World. The reason for their visit was to ask for children’s views and opinions on Braemar, which will be shared with the Community Council and contribute towards the Community Action Plan.

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Thank you for visiting Liza Riddell, Natalija Clark-Mill, David Innes, and Lindsay Gallagher. 

RHS Level 5 Award

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We were delighted to receive our RHS Level 5 Award this morning from the RHS Schools Gardening Programme. As well as a certificate, digital badge and a sign for the garden, we received a selection of seeds and £150 of garden vouchers. We will let you know in the coming weeks how the children plan to spend their vouchers to support next season’s gardening.

Well done to all the children involved in Garden Club and to those who helped to keep the polycrub watered over the summer.

Peter Mackay visit

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This afternoon P5-7 had a visit from Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay, as part of Braemar Literary Festival. We asked him about his role as Makar, about his poetry and also asked about Gaelic, as we have just started learning Gaelic in class. He shared some of his poems with us and we made up a funny story together about a spooky house in the woods. After he left, we wrote poems about Biscoff biscuits!