Broomhill Pupil Selected for Ambitious National                             ‘Captains’ Anti-Racism Campaign

An inspiring Broomhill P6 pupil (far right in the photo above) is helping lead an important campaign for change with the charity Show Racism the Red Card.

Launched in February 2022, ‘Captains’ is a programme organised by the charity to embed race equality and anti-racism across all schools by next term.

The programme aims to ensure the voices and experiences of Scotland’s ethnic minority young people are heard and will feed into the decision-making process for curricular reform.

Ahead of its launch, Show Racism The Red Card received hundreds of applications to join the Captains programme. Jess was delighted to be named as one of only 40 primary and secondary pupils for the special initiative. They will use their voices and experiences of racism to help shape future changes around the curriculum and adapt education for a modern Scotland.

Creative Youngster Wins National Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition

Broomhill Primary School sent 14 creative finalists to the finals of this competition for their exceptional work on race and equality. Cal, Lily and Anna were awarded with special recognition, while Ava received first place in the film category.

Here is Ava’s wonderful, winning entry: youtu.be/0QRNWnxpYmY 🌟

along with other finalist’s entires in the Broomhill Film Festival.

(Anna’s powerful poem – What can I do?)

Migration in Education

Glasgow University funded schools competition “How to Talk About Migration” awarded P6a £300 of book vouchers for their classwork related to Onjali Rauf’s The Boy At The Back Of The Class and the on-going refugee crisis in Ukraine.

                         P6 youngsters selected many wonderful new refugee-themed books.                         The new titles were delivered in time to mark Refugee Week 20-26 June 2022.

Playground Development Project 

This year, our House Captains are leading the start of our Playground Development Project. This will be a project which will span a number of years.

Our aim this year is to:

• Gather ideas from pupils, staff, parents and BOSCA on ways which we can improve our playground.
• Visit a local school which has a variety of equipment and speak to pupils to hear their recommendations.
• Create a plan detailing what equipment and activities we are going to use in specific areas of the playground.
• Select an area to develop this year (if possible)
• Organise fundraising for the future areas of development.
• Share all this information with the school community.

There are areas of the playground which are muddy and we are hoping to lay a soft surface so that these areas can be used all year round.  A canopy has also been suggested for over the picnic benches, again, to allow them to be used throughout the year.

We have created a PowerPoint to help gather ideas of how specific areas of the playground can be used. There is a QR code within the presentation and we would be grateful if you could complete this and let us know your ideas and suggestions.

Ideas for Playground Development Parent and other agencies.pptx

Please click on the following link for our  August Newsletter with updates on the following:

• Homework /Seesaw / Reading Books
• Symptoms and Testing
• Primary 7 Residential Trip
• Outdoor Clothing & PE
• School Lets
• School Meals.

Also attached is a letter from the Director of Public Health about when and how to get your child tested if they have one or more Covid symptoms.

Letter from Director of Puplic Health 27 Aug 20

Dear Parent/Carer

This  Parent Letter 05.06.20 provides a brief update about our planning for school recovery, along with a request to complete surveys about you and your child’s experience of the Seesaw class app.

Once again I would like to take this opportunity to commend you on your flexibility and commitment to supporting the care and education of your child/ren during this period of school closure. Thank you also to all our teachers and support staff for the work they are doing as we prepare to welcome children back to school and organise the learning environment and curriculum for the new session.

Kind regards,

Wendy Cameron,                                                                                                                                              Headteacher

(All headteacher letters during COVID-19 can be found here.)

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Supporting those in need

During lockdown some families are struggling to provide food for themselves and their families. Sometimes others are not always sure how we can help, so we are going to leave a box outside the school if anyone would like to donate tins and packets of food.

Thank you

We have created a list of websites , apps and activities which pupils can use to continue their learning at home when they are unable to come to school. Every class blog has Term 3 Curriculum Newsletters which will help you to identify what areas your child/ren are working on at the moment.

In the ‘Class Blogs’ tab, you will also notice a section called ‘New Resources During School Closure’. We will continue to update resources for families to use at home, with a focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing.

Please click on the link below, we intend to update this as frequently as possible.

Last updated 25 March 2020

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