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1+2 MODERN LANGUAGES AWARDS

A group of pupils from Braidhurst High School attended 1 + 2 Modern Languages award ceremony at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie this week.   They were recipients of certificates for showing exceptional talent in their study of Modern Languages and they assembled with other pupils from various schools in Lanarkshire who were receiving similar awards.   The ceremony was presided over by Mr Robert Dalzell, Continuous Improvement Officer for North Lanarkshire Council and also present were Dr Sabine Schluter from the Goethe Institute in Glasgow and Nathalie Kormatz from the Alliance Francaise.

Braidhurst pupils received certificates as follows:

For Outstanding Language Learner of the Year in S1 – Joseph McPake and in S2, Olivia Biggart.

For Outstanding Language Learner of the Year in French and German in S3 – Alistair Small.

For Consistent Effort and Progress in French and German – Amy Kennedy in S3.

The group was accompanied by Mrs Eleanor Magowan, Principal Teacher of Modern Languages, and Juliette Lucas, the French assistant who has been working with the pupils throughout the year and was extremely proud of their achievements.

Exhibition Success!

Art and Design pupils were very successful in the recent N. Lanarkshire Youth Arts festival.Braidhurst was voted ‘Best School in Exhibition’ by the event organisers, the Visual Arts Unit.Braidhurst High School Art & Design pupils recently entered their art work for the North Lanarkshire Youth Arts Festival.Their work was displayed in the festival exhibition, which took place in the Tudor Hotel, Airdrie.The exhibition itself was co-ordinated by The Visual Arts Unit, a Glasgow based arts collaborative. Everyone was very pleased to hearthat the Braidhurst High display was voted as ‘Best School in Show’ and the school recieved a trophyand a cheque for £100, to mark their success.