Our new S5 and S6 pupils recently participated in a senior school induction day. Alongside an inspiring talk from Kieran Aitken, the founder of Orbit and recipient of Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, pupils took part in a range of team-building and problem solving activities.
On Saturday 2nd June a group of staff and pupils undertook an arduous climb of Ben Nevis, in tough conditions, to raise money for St Andrew’s Hospice. Well done to all who reached the top.
Kier Construction kindly donated £300 towards Braidhurst High School’s Malawi project. Malawi Ambassadors Katie Kennedy and Robbie Caldwell accepted the cheque on Friday prior to their visit on Tuesday 5th June. Kier also donated protective clothing for pupils to wear whilst working in. The group would like to thank Kier for their very generous donation and will use it towards improving the educational conditions and environment in our linked school, Missan Jo CDSS, in Malawi.
In celebration of Year of Young People 2018, 30 S4 pupils attended the TedXYouth Glasgow event at the SEC and Armadillo. Based on the successful TedxTalks events and YouTube channel, the TedxYouth event hosted a programme of live speakers and discussion labs to spark motivation and inspiration with young people. Hosted by David Farrell and Jennifer Reoch, our young people heard from 9 speakers including Reece Hayes from the Princes Trust, Food Medic Dr Hazel Wallace and Mollie Hughes, the youngest woman in the world to successfully summit from both the north and south sides of Mount Everest. The event was a fantastic opportunity for our young people to step out of their comfort zone, explore new ideas and discover their full potential. They left inspired and motivated for the challenges ahead as they move into the senior phase.
The awards keep coming for Braidhurst high S4 pupil Melissa Rodger, who recently received the Pupils Leading Learning award at the North Lanarkshire Excellence and Equity Awards ceremony, held in the Civic Theatre. Melissa was also given the honour of the vote of thanks to close the event.
In front of many stakeholders in education she thanked all who attended from the host Heather Reid OBE, Isabelle Boyd CBE to Sir John Jones who gave an inspirational setting the scene seminar.
It has been a busy year for this Braidhurst High School student as she has had to, balance the success of receiving several awards, including the Princess Diana Award which is given to young citizens who have had a positive impact in the lives of young people, to her work in meeting the Scottish Governments desire to encourage the uptake of Science, Engineering, Technology, Mathematics (STEM), and keeping up with her school work for the SQA exams.
Well done to this very hard working and committed student.
36 Braidhurst pupils recently spent the week at Forgewood community center where they undertook a variety of skills for work training courses and qualifications.
The pupils have gained experience and qualifications in First Aid, Food Hygiene, communication skills, team building, Army Personal Development as well an introduction to SFA Early Touches, Credit Union and positive destinations, all of which will be useful employability skills which can be utilised in the world of work.
The pupils are now undertaking up to 3 weeks of work experience while other pupils sit their SQA exams.
On Wednesday 2nd May, S3 pupils celebrated being Successful Learners in Braidhurst High School, graduating from the Broad General Education Phase (S1 – S3) to the Senior Phase (S4 – S6). The focus of the Ceremony was Celebrating Success with an emphasis on the young learners’ career journeys in applying skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work.
Alongside first-class musical entertainment from the Performing Arts Department, the pupils heard from our S3 World of Work Ambassadors and a panel of invited guests. Karen Baird and Emma Baird, former pupils, shared their career journey as owners of Funtastica, a thriving local business comprising of a gift shop, coffee shop and dance studio. We were delighted to welcome them back to their old school. Joseph Martin, school Career Adviser, shared valuable information on his role in supporting pupils in the senior phase. Pauline O’Neill, Continuous Improvement Officer for NLC had recently visited the school to see Developing Young Workforce in action, and we were delighted that she could join us to celebrate and encourage our young people in their journey. Our final speaker, Kieran Aitken, Managing Director of Orbit Enterprise Education and young entrepreneur, shared his inspirational success story with the graduates. Kieran’s current venture is to encourage, inspire and support the next generation of Scottish entrepreneurs to create the businesses and jobs of tomorrow. We look forward to working with Kieran again in the near future.
Thanks to all staff involved in organising such a successful, inspiring event celebrating the progress and achievements of your young people in the BGE phase. We look forward to celebrating the same success as pupils progress into the senior phase.
Celebrating Success Committee
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