March 2015 Newsletter

I am absolutely delighted the Badminton Team won the Gibb Memorial Quaich

(Primary) for the third year running. This is wonderful news, well done

everyone and thank you! Special thanks to their trainer, Mike Louden. Places

are still available in the badminton club, so if you are interested in joining, please do.

I am pleased to say the children are making very good progress in their learning and I have

particularly enjoyed helping with fractions, percentages and decimals this term. It is great to see

so many children improving their maths skills. Keep up the good work everyone!

P7 worked with pupils from cluster schools at our ‘World of Work’ day. I was especially pleased to

see them working so well with the children from the other schools and asking exciting questions.

Thank you to our Cluster Team for organising this and to the

companies who gave up their time to share their experiences with the children.

Please remember, if you have any concerns, queries, worries or suggestions, please let me know

and I shall be happy to help.

Kind regards,

Carol Kyle

Playground Improvements

A date for starting has not yet been finalised, however, I am told this may be closer to the

summer break than expected. When further information comes to me, I shall share it with you.

Swimming

Please remember to remind your children to bring and wear their swimming caps for lessons at

Bruntsfield Pool, both in school lessons and for swimming clubs. This helps ensure our pool drains

don’t become clogged with hair, causing delays in the cleaning process. We advise valuable or

sentimental jewellery is left at home on swimming and PE days. There are two opinions on the best

way to cover a verruca: some say waterproof plasters suffice; others say verruca socks are best.

The swimming teachers are happy with either, as long as a verruca is well covered, the

children may take part in swimming lessons.

Montpelier, Edinburgh, EH10 4NA, 0131 229 1821 www.bruntsfield.edin.sch.uk

World Book Day

This Thursday (5th March) Bruntsfield Primary School participated in World Book Day. We enjoyed seeing all of the pupils and staff dress up as their favourite literary characters. Watch this space in the April/May Newsletter for photos and stories about World Book Day success!

Sickness and Absence

A reminder to all parents, if your

child has had the winter vomiting

bug (sickness or

diarrhoea) he or she should

remain out of school for a

minimum of 48 hours since the

last instance of sickness.

Please help us ensure the

wellbeing of our staff and pupils by

stopping the spread of

sickness!

Lunch Money

Could all parents and carers please keep

up with lunch money payments to avoid

overdue monies.

If you have any questions about lunch

money please check with Ms Bate in the

office.

BRUNTFIELD SCOTS POETRY COMPETITION

2015

WINNERS

P1A Silvie Green

P1B Finn Scullion

P1C Sasha Disha

P2A Gregory Stewart Roper

P2B Fin Molyneux

P1/2 Daniel Gregor

P1/2 Orla Neilson

P3A Tilly Harkes

P3B Leela Hoehnke

P3C Hugh Percival

P4A Farra Dunn

P4B Magnus Chapman

P4C Emma Watson

P5A Ava McCaffer

P5B Amelie Haag

P6A Jacob MacKenzie

P6B Iris Andrew

P6C Izabella O’Niell

P7C Natasha Gorman

P7A Mairi McBrian

P7B Christopher Munro

CONGRATULATIONS DANIEL!!!!

DANIEL SPENCE from P4A has been selected as a winner of the

2014 Green Pencil Award.

The Green Pencil Award is an annual creative writing

competition throughout City of Edinburgh Council Schools.

This years’ theme was ‘Scotland’s Seas’.

Scotland’s Seas

A little boy called Angus Ball went to a beach on the coast of

Scotland. He loved picking up shells, rocks, seaweed, pebbles and anything he could find, but

he especially loved coloured stones.

Orange stones, blue stones, green stones, yellow stones, red stones. He found another

coloured stone but it was no coloured stone he had seen before. It was blue with a white

endless maze. When he took it home and went for tea it cracked. After dinner he went to

study the odd stone but it was a baby Kelpie. So he went back to the coast because it was

quite near and put it in the water,

reassuring the Kelpie he would see it every day. In the water at the coast of Scotland, the

Kelpie.

by Daniel Spence

Note from City of Edinburgh Council

Children in P1, 2 & 3 will have fruit as part of their school lunch instead of in morning break, as

agreed by the City of Edinburgh Council. Please encourage your children to always take a piece

of fruit at lunchtime and if they would like fruit, or another healthy snack, please remember to

send it along each day.

Please remember to give your child a healthy snack for break.

Bruntsfield Badminton Club

The Bruntsfield Badminton Team have won the Scottish Badminton Championship for

the THIRD year in a row!! Congratulations to our teams:

Boys Girls

Hamish McAllister Samantha Adams

Joseph Carlyle Hannah Carlyle

Ben Richmond Molly Drummond

Philip Bergeret Ishbel McAllister

Torrance Bradford Gigi Bradford

Bruntsfield Running Club The Bruntsfield Running Club participated in a Cross Country meet in the Meadows on

2nd of March. Participants from 24 schools in Edinburgh each ran a mile.

Participants from Bruntsfield:

P6 Girls - Molly, Addie, Esme, Iris, Jamie, Lucy, Lily, Isabella, Nisha

P6 Boys - Max, Ollie, Alfie, Hamish, Sam G, Philip, Brodie, Archie, Harry

P7 Boys - Florence, Lalita, Julia, Anouk, Felicie, Grace, Emma N, Mairi, Ailsa

P7 Girls - Arman, Archie K, Ben R, Fahad, Daniel, Tom B, Eren, Jude, Lewis

Congrats to Sam G and Torrance for winning 1st and 2nd out of 100 P6 Boys!

Congrats to Lalita and Florence for winning 2nd and 3rd out of 100 P7 Girls!

Congratulations to the Margiotta Scots Picture Competition

Winners:

2A Sasha 4C Charlotte Runners Up:

2B Pip 5B Kieran 3A Amelia

3A Tilly 7B Eleanor 5B Ben

3B Erin 7B Christopher

Thank you to Margiotta for their generous prizes to the

children. The gift bags were enjoyed by all!

The Alien in the

Spaceship

The alien arrives from the blue, shines bright like a diamond. Gleams in the sun, makes a sound like a diamond scraping on glass. The ray gun, so big and heavy, it will blast you away! In fact, it could turn you into dust, but the worst case is that it will disintegrate you! It makes a sound that has never been heard before. The alien is green with spikes down his back, and he’s bald like my dad! If you get on the wrong side of him he will get you and will never let you go. Oh he’s waiting… he’s waiting to get you!

By Torrance P6B

The Witch’s Kitchen

Into the woods. and out of the city. There lies a crouched cottage, with a mystic figure lurking by. Inside the cottage, an old woman stands, with broomstick in her hand The witch’s room is cluttered

and murky,

and wooden instruments lay by. The wooden floor boards creak and crackle. So if you take a visit, be sure you’ll never return!

She’s waiting…just waiting…to get you !

By Alfie P6B

The Witch’s Kitchen The cottage was dusty with the grated emeralds of

a long lost pirate treasure.

A cauldron was bubbling with a poison like

potion

spreading its gases……..

everywhere!

In the corner, a witch, with eyes as blank

as paper,

sat watching……..

as the bubbles and gases

hissed on like an old, rusty kettle.

The sink was dripping with blood like a

tumbling red waterfall,

and propped up

against the door

was an old, splintered,

bent,

tired out broom.

Dead animals hang from the ceiling

Their souls never to be seen again.

Never approach the tattered

cottage, for when

you come…….

she’ll be ready………………………..

The plant-pots were stuffed with

paralyzing herbs,

just waiting to be eaten by unfortunate

souls……..

A hat,

on the table,

with patches and stitches.

A wand,

twinkling and sparkling

in the hand of the witch.

Cages, with skulls and skeletons and blood,

once held prisoners,

or slaves

to this disgusting old hag.

Bottles,

On shelves

held potions of all kinds,

most of them surely would kill you.

Never dare………….Never dare………

To approach the tattered cottage,

for when you come………

She’ll be ready… By Iris P6B

March

Mon 02—Fri 06 Eco Schools Week

Tues 03 P7 World of Work Day

Tues 03 Edinburgh Competition Festival Choir 10:00am, St Cuthbert’s Church

Fri 06 Newsletter

Weds 18 Parent Council Meeting 19:00—20:45

Thurs 26 Easter Service 13:45

Mon 30 P7A Risk Factory

Tues 31 P7B Risk Factory

April

Weds 01 P6C/7C Risk Factory

Thurs 02 End of Term

Thurs 02—Mon 20 Spring Holiday

Tues 21 All Resume

May

Mon 04 May Day Holiday

Tues 05 All Return

Thrus 07 In Service Day (Elections)

Fri 08 Newsletter

Mon 18 Victoria Day Holiday

Tues 19 All Return

Weds 20 Sports Day 9:30am, Bruntsfield Links (Weather Permitting)

Mon 25—Fri 29 P7 Camp Lagganlia

Please note that dates are provisional and may

occasionally be subject to change.

We are collecting Tesco and Sainsbury’s vouchers again this year. Please drop off

your vouchers in the collection boxes at the school office. Thank you.