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

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                              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

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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

In-service day has been moved to Friday 3rd May 2024

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Important Update        Issued 27/3/24

Message from Douglas Hutchison, Executive Director of Education

The May in-service day was arranged to take place on the 2nd of May 2024 to coincide with a possible General Election. However, the date has now passed for the election to be called on the 2nd of May 2024.

As a result, the in-service day has been moved to Friday the 3rd of May. Schools will be closed to children on Friday the 3rd of May and for the holiday on Monday 6th May 2024. Schools will reopen for children on Tuesday the 7th of May 2024.

Apologies if this causes any inconvenience.

Social Media Statement

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At Broomhill Primary School, we are aware of the benefits of social media tools and value them as forms of communication.  We are also very mindful that some forms of social media for people aged 13 and over are open to many forms of abuse, including cyberbullying.

As such, we do not expect our pupils to be accessing social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok etc and appreciate your cooperation and understanding. As ever, our primary concern is for the safety of your child in this matter. Whilst we know that many children in our school are accessing these platforms, we would ask you to reconsider the appropriateness of this. All social media platforms have a minimum age of 13 – WhatsApp is 16. This age restriction is set to protect your child from abuse and bullying/bystanding whilst online.

We know that all families have different values and views, and it is therefore difficult to make decisions that will please everybody involved. Nonetheless we feel that it is not acceptable for anyone to use social media platforms to make negative statements about children, parents or members of staff that belong to our school community. We greatly appreciate you informing us of any groups or individuals who use social media platforms to target children, other parents or staff members so that we can take any necessary action. We recognise that the majority of our school community use social media in a sensible and appropriate way and are very grateful.

We believe that the opinions of all members of our school community, whether negative or positive, are extremely useful in helping us to improve the support and impact of your child’s education. Therefore, we invite you to use the correct channels to make contact with school so that any matters can be discussed in the most appropriate way. You can get in touch with us by emailing the headteacher or a depute, phoning the school office or contacting the Parent Council.

Yours in partnership,

Wendy Cameron, Headteacher