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.
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DIGITAL EXPLORERS
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.
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKSHOP
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.
Minute to Win It 2018
Special thanks to Miss Donnelly for taking pictures and producing the video
MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS
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.
Inter House Events
The first inter-house events of 2018 took place on Thursday afternoon. Over 350 pupils took part in a variety of sports, quizzes and of course our annual “bake off” and “Minute to Win It” Events.
The competition was fiercely contested with Atholl and Rannoch house tying for first place. Well done to all the pupils who were involved in this fantastic afternoon of house events.
Events are scored:
- 1st: 4 points
- 2nd: 3 points
- 3rd: 2 points
- 4th: 1 Point
See below for total’s so far:
| EVENT | Atholl | Lorne | Morven | Rannoch | ||||
| Football | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Dodgeball | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Table Tennis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bake Off | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Minute to Win It | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Music Quiz | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
Nearly New Sale
Braidhurst Parents Group: Nearly New Sale
Sat 6th Oct 2018 – 10am to 12 noon
North Motherwell Parish Church
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