Well done to our Braidhurst Sax Ensemble for opening the NLC/ Promise Conference 2023. As always, proud to see the fantastic talent on display.

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Hayley (S3) has come first in our annual Christmas card illustration competition, with her colourful picture of Santa.  Hayley wins a bundle of art materials, and her colourful drawing will appear as the front cover of our Christmas card this year.  Well done!

Recently, as part of our Halloween celebrations, a group of talented S3 Art and Design pupils produced some spectacular haunted houses.  The pupils worked hard on the design and build of their houses, which are now on display in the school’s foyer area.

Some of the entries which have been entered into the NLC Climate Change Competition and could appear in the NLC ‘Action on Climate Together’ Video and  COP 26.

In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the school changed its usual Christmas service to an online event which pupils and staff tuned into on Tuesday 15^th December. The online service was produced by the department of Creative Arts, led by Ms. Donnelly, and featured an array of contributions from pupils, staff and the wider school community.

The service opened with a slideshow of beautiful Christmas themed art work by pupils to the song “Do You Hear What I Hear?” This was followed by readings from school captain Amy-Lee McLachlan and S4 pupil Reanne Mason, then S2 pupil Emy Brandt gave a fantastic rendition on trumpet of “We Three Kings” accompanied by brass tutor Mrs Paterson. The service also contained two thoughtful and optimistic Christmas messages from members of the wider Braidhurst community, Valerie Sim and David Ramage, whilst Head Teacher Mrs Rooney thanked pupils and staff for their resilience and hard work since the school re-opened in August.

The service ended with a lovely solo vocal rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by S6 pupil Lauren Wright followed by another S6 pupil, Cameron May, closing the service with a rousing “Scotland the Brave” on the bagpipes. A huge well done and thank you to everyone who contributed and wishing you all a very happy Christmas.

S6 pupil Cameron May was crowned the overall 18 and under piping champion at the recent Scottish Pipers’ Association online juvenile completion. The event took place via video submission and organisers commented on the very high standard of piping that was on display, especially in the under-18 category. A huge well done Cameron from all at Braidhurst.

Our Art department has been working on a project with S1 pupils to develop their visual art skills through producing sgraffito or scraper work. The designs are now on display in the school foyer and have attracted much praise and compliments.