The netball resilience sessions aim to raise self-esteem of girls especially within PE and are delivered by professional netball player, Kelly Slater, from Strathclyde Sirens. The sessions are running every Thursday for four weeks and will culminate in a region-wide tournament when we will compete against other participating schools.
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POWER OF YET WORKSHOPS
The school recently ran a series of ‘Power of Yet’ workshops delivered by ‘Live n Learn’ to our S2 pupils. ‘Live n Learn’ are a team of specialist presenters who focus on the development of young minds through a mantra of contrast improvement. The ‘Power of Yet’ sessions are very valuable as they raise aspirations, help pupils embrace struggle, teach them to cope with setbacks and give them the impetus to believe in themselves.
LANARKSHIRE CUP – S4 BOYS FOOTBALL
Well done to our S4 boys who defeated Our Lady’s High School in Motherwell on Wednesday 30th January in a Lanarkshire Cup match. Braidhurst won the match 2-1 and now progress to the semi-finals of the tournament. The Braidhurst goals were scored by Kyle Semple and Max McGuigan. The boys are now determined to win the trophy for the fourth year in a row.
DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE WALL DISPLAY
The school community are delighted with the fantastic new ‘Developing the Young Workforce’ wall display which was recently unveiled in the school foyer. Thank-you to our partners at MIYOFit for their help in designing and erecting the display which functions as a visual walk-through of the skills for life, learning, and work that pupils will learn throughout their journey in S1-6.
BURNS CELEBRATIONS
First Years enjoyed a mini Burns’ Celebration in English. After listening to renditions of the poems ‘Tam O’Shanter’ and ‘To a Haggis’ they learned the ‘Selkirk Grace’ before tucking into some traditional Scottish shortbread and Irn Bru.
U18 SCOTTISH CUP
The U18 football team were recently in action in a quarter-final match of the Scottish Cup against Cults Academy in Aberdeen. The Braidhurst boys made the journey north on Thursday 24th January and despite an early lead, courtesy of Alistair Smith, Cults equalised, forcing the match to be decided on penalties. Thankfully Braidhurst won and are now through to the semi-final of the Scottish Cup tournament.
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL – U16 SCOTLAND -V- AUSTRALIA
On Thursday 24th January three fourth-year pupils, Alex Lowry, Matthew Connelly and Max Johnstone, were invited to represent their country in U16 football match, Scotland versus Australia, at the Toryglen Regional Football Centre in Glasgow. This was a fantastic achievement for each of the boys, as not only did Scotland win the match 3-2, but Max scored his first international goal as, whilst Alex was honoured to captain the side during the second half of the game. Congratulations to the three boys.
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