Past Times

GALLERY: Broomhill School shaping young minds through the years

1986 - Broomhill youngsters get their hands on some serious money at Clydesdale Bank’s Holburn Street branch.

By Kirstin Brown

November 6 2022, 6:00 am

November 6 2022, 6:00 am

Providing quality education and creating stand-out students are Broomhill School’s specialities. The school is committed to its vision of “making Broomhill brilliant”.

According to their school song, Broomhill School gives its pupils “the freedom to fly” and strives to “create the future together”. This vision is at the heart of the school, its staff and its pupils.

To celebrate the school‘s long history of providing years of knowledge and fun to its students, we’ve combed through our archives for 13 photos of the school through the years.

Do you remember your days at Broomhill School? Tell us all about them in the comment section.

A coastguard and a pupil holding safety equipment — 1988- P7 pupil Graeme Brown gets to grips with safety equipment taken along by Coastguard officer Peter Webb to illustrate a talk he gave to the children.

A teacher at Broomhill school making funny faces with students — 1994- Teacher Richard Carter gets in on the act during No Uniform Day to raise cash for Unicef.

Two young girls reading a book together in a classroom — 1987- Mhairi McKay and Zoe Pearson read all about Henny Penny’s exploits.

Broomhill School pupils celebrating outside the school, one girl is on her mum's shoulders — 1989- Amy Collins gets a great lift from her mother Linda and schoolmates after they raised £1,374 in a sponsored workout.

A group of pupils holding up certificates — 1991- Young Grampian boffins receive awards for scientific discoveries at Aberdeen University.

Five students dressed in medieval-style clothing sat around a campfire. — 1992- P5 pupils go back in time as they take part in a BBC production for schools about Medieval Scotland.

A group of girls from Broomhill School with models of St Machar church and Mercat Cross — 1984 – P7 girls of Broomhill with their models of St Machar Cathedral and the Mercat Cross.

pupil sat on the grass with buckets of bulbs ready for planting — 1988 – P7 pupils of Broomhill School get ready to plant bulbs at the old railway line next to South Anderson Drive.

A class of young Broomhill School pupils with cups of hot orange standing in front of the blackboard. Their teacher points to the word "Brrrrrr" written on the board. — 1983- Youngsters at Broomhill try to stay warm with a cup of hot orange after the boiler broke down during a cold snap.

A class of pupils wearing homemade Easter hats. — 1987- Jennifer Hutton, front right, and classmates in Broomhill’s P5/6 with their artistic Easter bonnet collection.

A policeman crouching next to three pupils learning to cross the road safely — 1988 – Broomhill’s Kevin McDonald, right, demonstrates his traffic conducting skills under the watchful eyes of PC Ian Normington of Grampian Police and pupils Elizabeth Brown and Michael Munro.

A boy and girl sat in front of Broomhill School, holding bowler hats in the air and holding a briefcase between them — 1993- Jane Davie and Philip Caballero were among the Smarties Young Achiever Award winners.

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