Boroughmuir Win Scottish Young Consumers Competition

BoroVeolaChq-2emA fantastic night at the Scottish Parliament as our Young Consumer team won the Scottish final and can now look forward to appearing at the British Final in London in June.  The team led by Captain Jess performed magnificently from round 1 to build up a good lead only to be pegged back by a really good team from Douglas Academy.  Going into the final round the teams were tied but some great buzzer work allowed us to open up a narrow gap and hold on to become Champions. The team Jess, Calum, Clara, Henry and Maya have all worked extremely hard over many months and can go to London with every hope of competing for the trophy.  Special thanks to Alec Jones, Education Officer who has worked with the team and prepared them so well. Also a special mention to the team from Douglas Academy who ran us so close, they were excellent on the night and extremely gracious in defeat.  London here we come!
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Young Enterprise Awards Ceremony

Boroughmuir’s Young Enterprise team presented their ‘journey’ through the year to describe their experiences of setting up and running a business.The ceremony was held in Napier university for schools in the Lothian regions.

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House Tokens Totals and Celebration

the Guidance team came to assembly this morning to hear the winners and winning house announced.

Each token in the totaliser resulted in 100 House Points.
• Hartington = 11,500
• Leamington = 12,300 – winners for term 1
• Viewforth = 9,900
• Westhall = 12,200

In addition to this all pupils were asked to nominate the person they felt had contributed most for their House Group.

The winners of this will attend a “House Celebration Reception” (afternoon Tea/juice!) in Mr Dempster’s office at 3pm on Thursday.

The following pupils will attend the reception on Thursday to represent their Houses:

• Leamington – Rodger Hu & Chris Munro
• Westhall – Katie Barker & Amy Barnes
• Hartington – Sofia Tumiotto & Daniel Arah
• Viewforth – Veronica McTiernan and Fraser Hunter

Juliet & Sean & Positive Discipline Group.

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Pipe Band Competition

The School’s Pipe Band performed brilliantly in yesterday’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Competition at Broughton High School. below is a link to the performance

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Coping Strategies Event 9th March

IMG_9696IMG_9701At the end of our mid-week school day all pupils and staff were encouraged to divert through the Atrium on their way home, to a ‘Coping Strategies’ event, with Easter prizes on offer for all attendees.  More than 100 pupils and 25 staff took up the opportunity and were met with an array of material to pick up and take home on subjects around physical, mental and emotional health.  Strategies for study skills were up for grabs, mindfulness techniques shared, hand massage offered and scores of support leaflets were available for a diverse range of issues such as panic attacks, anxiety, looking at positive and negative coping strategies, sleep and nutrition suggestions and reading lists offered.  All this was offered with calming music and colourful visuals.  All the material offered is part of the School’s resources and already used in different ways but this was a first for us to bring it all under one roof and have all ages attending outside school hours, thanks to willing staff.  It was a very positive experience and one we would like to repeat next year! IMG_9706 IMG_9702IMG_9711

 

 

 

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Midlothian Campus Access and Continuing Education Information and Recruitment Open Event

dWe would like to invite you to our information event at Edinburgh College, Midlothian Campus on Monday 21 March 2016.  This fun-filled event will run from 10:00 – 12:00 and 1:00 – 3:00 in room 2-11 with the aim of giving prospective Access and Continuing Education students an opportunity to learn about the courses on offer at Midlothian campus. The event is entirely run by the Entry to Learning and Preparation for Employment students at Midlothian and our students will be on hand to welcome you, provide information, answer any questions, promote our courses and to celebrate our achievements.

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Be prepared to join in taster activities that demonstrate the range of subjects the students have on their timetables and take some goodies home with you too!  We will be holding a raffle, a competition and selling upcycled goods.  dfRefreshments and baked goods will also be available for purchase.

The event is open to individuals and groups interested in finding out more about our courses.

Please RSVP with your preferred time and numbers to Mary Grundy at:

Mary.Grundy@edinburghcollege.ac.uk.

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Top of the Pops DVD’s

Top of the Pops: DVD’s are now available for pre-order costing £4. If you are interested in buying one please see Mr Willis in room 3.05 at break times.

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S1 and Seafood in Schools – S1 Parents Please Join us on 23rd March!

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We are delighted to be working in partnership with “Seafood in Schools” and would like to invite all parents and families of S1 pupils to Boroughmuir on Wednesday 23rd March from 4.30-6pm to take part in some taster sessions, watch chefs in action and learn more about how our Scottish seafood gets from “sea to plate”.  All our S1 pupils and our P7s from South Morningside and Bruntsfield will be taking part in workshops on either 23rd or 24th March and families are welcome on Wednesday 23rd March from 4.30-6pm.

Letters are going home with S1 pupils this week – please return the tear off slip to the office if you are keen to join us and we would love to see you in the Home Economics Department on 23rd March.

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