Who could you be in this year’s school show?
PRINCIPAL ROLE AUDITIONS WILL BE WK BEGINNING 21ST JAN 2019.
Find audition pieces on the Braidhurst Performing Arts page on the school website. Click here
Interested in being part of the ENSEMBLE? No need to audition
Sign up using the form online or see Miss Donnelly
DISCLOSURE: You need to be committed to rehearsals, be a team player and be prepared to sing, dance, act and have lots of fun!!
Click here to download prelim timetable
BRAIDHURST HIGH SCHOOL
S5/6 EXAMS 2019
Notes for pupils
It is your responsibility to;
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival: LANARKSHIRE
Opportunity for Festival Involvement
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is one of Scotland’s most diverse cultural events, covering everything from music, film and visual art to theatre, dance, and literature. The annual festival will take place in venues across Scotland from the 6th – 26th May 2019, aiming to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. This year is the 13th year of the festival with the theme of CONNECTED.
The festival reminds us all, that mental health is important to all of us and we must all value and look after ours and others mental health. Being, involved, creative, connected, learning new things are very important to our mental health and therefore the festival is for all of us. The festival also aims to promote positive attitudes towards mental health and mental illness.
Despite the fact that most people will have some personal experience of mental ill health, stigma, discrimination and inequality experienced by people, young and old, who have or have had mental health care needs is common place within our society.
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival provides a platform to challenge, engage and explore the issues and themes around mental health.
The Lanarkshire festival steering group have met to discuss plans for the 2019 Lanarkshire festival. The group have agreed they would like to offer schools the opportunity to develop an arts
programme, whether that be art, drama, poetry, short story or other form of art or a variety of different arts. The festival team have a small amount of funding available that could support the school’s with showcasing their creative development during the festival in May 2019.
Creativity is well recognised for its potential to heal people, express hidden emotions, reduce stress, fear and anxiety, and promote a sense of autonomy. Engaging young people in the arts can inspire
and motivate, opening up new possibilities for creative expression and imagination. It can stimulate a young person’s ability to question and connect with the world around them, and nurture positive aspirations, confidence and the capacity for autonomous critical thought. It can also help young people to develop the resilience to manage challenging life circumstances.
Arts projects in schools can be used to raise awareness of mental health issues and challenge stigmatising attitudes. Arts experiences challenge young people’s sense of themselves in a very different way to formal education, providing different opportunities for young people to explore their identity, skills and abilities. As a consequence, young people report a sense of enjoyment and
achievement in creating art. They also demonstrate greater levels of motivation, improved self-esteem, self-awareness, resilience and community engagement. Many evaluations of arts interventions document their effectiveness in re-engaging young people.
Sellman, E. with Cunliffe, A. (2012)
If your school would like to be involved in the 2019 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival please could you respond to me by Friday 11th January 2019 ( susan.mcmorrin@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk), Either myself or someone from the festival team will be happy to come out in January to discuss your ideas & support you where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards
Susan
Susan McMorrin
Senior Health Promotion Officer, NHS Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire Mental Health Arts Festival Coordinator
On behalf of the Lanarkshire SMHAF Steering Group
Braidhurst senior boys began their under 18 Scottish Cup campaign with a superb 5-0 victory over Alva Academy at Braidhurst High School on the 31st October. The team will now face Sterling High School in the 3rd round. Both teams set a good, early tempo to the game and appeared more than capable of keeping possession well and playing the ball out from the back under pressure. Braidhurst however were first to take the initiative as they opened the scoring in the 6th minute of the match, as Mark Montgomery played a clever ball over the top of the Alva defence which Alistair Small latched onto and audaciously lobbed the goalkeeper to put the hosts in front. It was 3rd time lucky for Barry Frew as he claimed his first goal of the game and the team’s second on the 24th minute after a dashing counter attack from Braidhurst following an Alva corner. Goals from Liam Scott and Dylan Morrow gave Braidhurst a 4-0 lead. The fifth and final goal came on effectively the last kick of the ball as a long pass was played over the top of Alva’s defence for Barry Frew to chase. He showed great pace to surge past the opposition’s right back and round the keeper to make it 5-0. The referee felt it was appropriate to stop the game on 70 minutes instead of the intended 80 – wrapping up a good day’s work for the seniors. After the game, Mr. Clarke was impressed with the team’s performance in which was their first game back together this season. One player lauded by Mr. Clarke for his performance was midfield dynamo Liam Scott. Liam was impressed not just by his own performance, but by the performance of the whole team as well. He believes they have a ‘great chance’ of lifting the trophy come May with the team they have, which is still to gain players back from injury. Braidhurst: Purves, McDonald, Reid, Sinclair, Peacock, Fleming (Morrow 40), Scott, Redfern, Frew, Montgomery, Small
Report by: Jay Blakeway
A group of pupils from Braidhurst High School recently enjoyed a whirlwind tour of the beautiful capital city of Berlin in Germany before the summer break. The group was accompanied by Mrs. Magowan Dr. Gardner, Mrs. Kinnaird, Miss. Lyttle, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Brandon.
During the trip, the group took part in a variety of activities, including a visit to the main tourist attractions of the Jewish Memorial, the Gedachtniskirche and the Brandenburg Gate. The group also enjoyed a tour of the Reichstag (the German Parliament); went to the top of the TV Tower, and visited the famous Sports’ and Olympic Museum. There was also time to go shopping in the Ritter Sport Chocolate Shop, the Ampelmann Shop and on the Kurfurstendamm, with some purchases being made in the KaDeWe, the largest department store in Europe!
To relax, the group spent an afternoon in the Tropical Islands Water Park (the largest indoor water park in the world), where they had fun going down the many flumes and river rapids. The group travelled by ferry from Hull to Rotterdam in Holland and entertained the other passengers on board by line dancing to their favourite tunes. There was also time to stop in the beautiful city of Hannover en route to Berlin.
All pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to extend their knowledge of the German culture and language, as well as getting to taste the many types of German sausage!
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.
Between Monday 19th and Sunday 25th June, in conjunction with our Roads Policing colleagues, Lanarkshire Division will be engaging with the public to educate, enforce and positively influence road user behaviour.
There will be various strands to the campaign which will include:
• educating children and young people walking and cycling on roads
• motorcycle safety
• speeding
• inconsiderate driving behaviours
Our aim is to reduce road incidents. As such, we wish to engage with as many people as possible. Working with our community planning partners, we would like to cascade the message and encourage children, young people and adults alike to take responsibility for their own safety and to be mindful of the hazards walking and cycling on the roads present.
You can find out more about what we’re up to on Facebook and Twitter using the hash tag #GoSafeRoadSafe.
With your help, we can reduce the number of children, young people and families affected by road collisions. A Scotland where no one is seriously hurt or killed on the roads is our ambition.
Our partners at www.roadsafetyscotland.org.uk and www.cyclingscotland.org are excellent sources of information and resource.
Over the week, our local problem solving team officers will be liaising with local schools and delivering appropriate advice to staff, pupils and parents alike.
Lanarkshire Division appreciates the assistance the local authority gives as a partner to keep people safe in North Lanarkshire
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