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Whole School News

FIRE REACH

A group of S3 pupils recently completed the Fire Reach programme which offers young people training and development opportunities through taking part in fire service related activities. The all female group spent a week participating in a wide ranging programme of community safety initiatives including: team-working and team-leading, citizenship, and basic first aid, all of which gave them an insight into what it means to be a firefighter. A huge well done to each of the girls who displayed a high level of confidence and team-work over the five day programme. The girls were presented with a Fire Reach certificate at their graduation on the final day.

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CAREERS EVENT 2020

The school hosted another very successful careers events on Monday 17th February which was well-attended by S3-6 pupils and their families. Over fifty stall-holders from colleges, universities and employers were represented including JP Morgan, Police Scotland, MIYO Brand, and Strathclyde University alongside a selection of Braidhurst teaching staff. This was a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to approach stall-holders and hold positive discussions regarding their plans and aspirations after school. The invaluable advice that each pupil received will aid them to find the right post-school destination.

Whole School News

ST ANDREW’S HOSPICE COFFEE MORNING

The St Andrew’s Hospice fundraising team were busy over the recent half-term break as they hosted a coffee morning for staff on Thursday 13th February. Over £400 was raised through the sale of cakes, tea/coffee and raffle tickets for prizes including a signed Motherwell Football Club shirt, Costa Coffee voucher, Lees hamper and Jimmy Choo perfume. A huge well done to Mr Campbell and his team of pupil ambassadors on another highly successful event.

Whole School News

SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL – PITCH OPENING

On Wednesday 5th February Braidhurst welcomed local councillors into the school to celebrate the opening of the new 4G football pitch and to showcase the fantastic partnership work between North Lanarkshire Council, North Lanarkshire Leisure Football Development and Scottish FA Central Region, which enables the Braidhurst football programmes to flourish.

The event began with a presentation highlighting the incredible work of the School of Football programmes and the planning and organisation that went into creating the new pitch. Head Teacher, Mrs Rooney, and School of Football Coach, Mr Young, also spoke to the invited guests before Principal Teacher of PE, Mr O’Neill, and a selection of School of Football pupils spoke about their first-hand experience of the programme which places young people at its centre.

The event ended with a coaching session on the new 4G synthetic pitch which impressed all in attendance. Depute Leader of North Lanarkshire Council and local Councillor of Motherwell West, Paul Kelly, praised the pitch as the “best in the country.”   We were also delighted to welcome Councillor Megan Gallacher and Councillor Frank McNally.

STEM

ROBOTICS SUCCESS

Congratulations to our robotic teams: “Anonymous, “Visible”, “The Quadruple Clefs” and “Me and the Boyz” for participating in the regional championships in the VEX Tower Take Over Challenge.   This year’s competition was held at New College Lanarkshire in Motherwell.   Teams from North Lanarkshire schools competed against each other for an ‘alliance place’ in the UK regional finals, which are held in Telford, and we are delighted two of our teams were successful in achieving a place.   The Vex Robotics Challenge is the world’s largest and fasters-growing robotics competition for secondary schools, universities and colleges.   More than 12,000 teams from 32 countries playing in over 750 tournaments compete to become the best globally.   Members of the robotics club are now refining their skills in programming, problem solving, team-work and driving before they go to the national competition.

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PRIMARY EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOPS

The school’s My World of Work ambassadors: Olivia, Sharleen, Emily, and Rebecca, visited our three cluster primaries on Tuesday 4th February to deliver a fun employability workshop to each of the schools. Activities delivered by the ambassadors included: an ‘Animal Me’ quiz where pupils learnt about their personalities and what animal describes them best, a fun create your own toy task, and other activities which developed communication, problem-solving, and team-work skills.