A group of S4 pupils recently visited an exhibition on work produced at the Creative Residency in Kilbowie Residential Centre. There was a wide range of work from students including artwork from the fine art painters and screen-printers. All pupils really loved the large scale photography work that was o show as well as the 3D props and costumes.
Category Archives: Expressive Arts
ROAD SAFETY COMPETITION
Art and Design pupils from the school entered their poster designs in this year’s North Lanarkshire Calendar competition. After all their hard work a good number of pupils were awarded highly commended. This is a great result as there were over 1900 entries from schools all over North Lanarkshire and the school was pleased to gain so many commended awards for our pupils’ work.
NLC CHRISTMAS CONCERT
On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th of December pupils from the school’s Music department performed at North Lanarkshire Council’s Christmas Concert at Motherwell Civic Centre. Our pupils featured in the wind band and jazz orchestra and performed brilliantly. Well done to all of our young musicians – Braidhurst are very proud of you.
SCOTTISH CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL SUCCESS
The school’s sax ensemble rehearses weekly, in preparation for multiple performances throughout the year. The full range of the saxophone family, from alto to baritone, is used in the ensemble. Under the direction of Woodwind Instructor, Chris Cruickshank, the ensemble performs both classical and contemporary repertoire. Members of the group also perform with the school’s concert band and various North Lanarkshire Council music groups. This year the group competed in the Scottish Concert Band Festival on Saturday 30th November where they received a Gold Plus award. This is a fantastic result as it is only their first time participating in the competition. We now look forward to seeing them compete in the finals in Perth in March 2020.
SQA STAR AWARDS
On Friday 15th November the school’s talented sax ensemble were selected to perform at the SQA Star Awards at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow. This prestigious event gathered together pupils and students, teachers, lecturers, employers, and training providers from across Scotland and further afield to celebrate a host of educational success stories. The Braidhurst pupils attracted much well deserved praise, including high praise from Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John Swinney who afterwards described their performance as outstanding.
MUSIC SUCCESS
The schools’ saxophone ensemble rehearses weekly, in preparation for multiple performances throughout the year. The full range of the saxophone family, from Alto to Baritone, is used in the ensemble. Under the direction of woodwind instructor Mr Cruickshank and PT of Music Miss Donnelly, the ensemble performs both classical and contemporary repertoire. Members of the group also perform with the school concert band and various North Lanarkshire Council music group ensembles. Our budding musicians also recently auditioned for the SQA Star Awards and were successfully selected to perform at the event.
Mental Health Art competition
A group of pupils from the school’s art department entered the recent Mental Health Art competition run by the Scottish Mental Health Foundation. The pupils worked extremely hard and utilised their creativity to develop their illustrations, which were then judged by health professionals. The art competition asked pupils to explore the theme of ‘A Day in the Life’ for young people with long term physical or mental health conditions.
The school was delighted that one of our pupils, Eunice Onwubiko, was the overall winner of the competition and was awarded the top prize of an iPad. Well done to Eunice for her amazing line drawing. She was presented with the iPad by Iain French and Natalie Keil from the Mental Health Foundation. A thoroughly deserved win for her. All the work will soon be displayed in a travelling and online exhibition.
(story updated 27/10/19)
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