This year the school Christmas concert will be the pantomime ‘It’s Only a Fairytale’. The concert takes place in the school assembly hall on Thursday 13th December at 7pm with tickets costing £5 and concessions costing £3. The evening promises to get everyone in the Christmas spirit as only Braidhurst pupils can – with lots of singing, dancing and fun. Please contact the school on 01698 274999 for tickets.
A group of S2 pupils took part in ‘The Big Bang’ event at New College Lanarkshire in partnership with Developing the Young Workforce North Lanarkshire. All the young people got to visit different workshops throughout the day, including an employability station where pupils were able to work with personnel from the RAF and complete a team building activity. The young people also visited the Music department within the college and spoke to current students as well as programming and changing car tyres. The pupils got to meet the lecturers of the Digital Animation course and completed the day with a chocolate workshop in the Hospitality department. All the young people involved enjoyed their day out to the college.
On Friday 12th October, S1 and S2 pupils competed in the annual inter-house potted sports competition. Pupil took part in a range of timed sporting activities either in the sports barn or assembly hall. All pupils gave their all but once the scores were totaled Lorne house proved victorious. Well done to all who took part.
Senior students from Braidhurst High School attended the Digital Explorers, an event organised by, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) and EDT (Engineering Development Trust). The program was hosted by Tess Gallacher the Schools Programme Officer for EDT and was designed to introduce pupils to the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Braidhurst High is a center of excellence in the delivery of STEM, via its award-winning Robotics club and the embedded S1, S2 technology elective.
During the event the students took part in STEM related themes namely “The Internet of Things”, “Artificial Intelligence” (A.I.), “Crypto-Currencies” such as Bit-coin and other emerging technologies.
The Braidhurst High Students held structured debates and considered multiple points of views about how they can equip themselves to become future employees in STEM companies. They will now be able to relate their own skills and interests to existing and future careers in the fast-moving sectors of tech. As senior students the event highlighted to all the rapid growth and breadth of opportunities in the tech sector in Scotland and they realised the industry values in a STEM employee.
On Monday 1 October, Pauline O’Neil and her team from North Lanarkshire Council hosted a workshop and presentation to S2 pupils on jobs within the Public Sector. This highlighted to pupils the opportunities available in the public sector. The workshop also provided extra information and encouragement to those who are interested in working in education and health care, as well as industries like gas, oil and electricity.
Special thanks to Miss Donnelly for taking pictures and producing the video
The school has recently appointed several of our senior pupils to act as Mental Health Ambassadors over the coming school year. Due to the increasing awareness of mental health problems amongst young people across our local community, the school is determined to offer as much support as it can to our pupils, which includes the crucial introduction of this programme. Our ambassadors have been fully trained in various aspects of mental health and will begin by supporting the delivery of PSHE lessons to the S2 year group. We wish the pupils all the very best in this very important role.
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