On Saturday 3rd June pupils and staff from the school climbed Scotland’s highest mountain Ben Nevis to raise funds for St Andrew’s Hospice. The weather was kind and everyone made it safely to the top and back down again. A huge congratulations to everyone that conquered the ‘Munro’ and raised money for such a worthy cause.
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On Monday 22nd May, Braidhurst pupils and staff climbed Tinto Hill to raise funds for St Andrew’s Hospice. Everyone was delighted to reach the summit and to raise money for such a good cause.
A team of S1 chemists recently enjoyed a great day at The University of Glasgow’s Salters’ Festival 2017. Overall eighteen schools attended and the young people participated in two competition challenges. Braidhurst was represented by Finlay Anderson, Iona Eldhose, Craig McCall and Jay Miller who all did brilliantly by coming second in the afternoon’s university challenge.
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.
Braidhurst High School under 18 football team have won the Scottish Senior Shield. In a hard fought match at Hampden Park, Glasgow the boys came from a goal down to win the game 2-1 against Eastwood High School.
Braidhurst made their way to the final coming through seven rounds of matches, including an away tie at Thurso. Winning their semi-final on penalties gave them the chance in the final on May 4 at the national stadium.
The boys started well but could not take any of the chances that they created. As had happened so often before Braidhurst lost the first goal due to some scrappy defending. However, their heads did not go down but instead Braidhurst continued to play the brand of football that had gotten them to the final in the first place. Darren Wilson sent a long pass through to Kyle Connell who latched onto it and squeezed it past the Eastwood keeper to send the teams in level at half-time.
The second half saw Braidhurst make the changes as three subs came on which saw Braidhurst move up a gear. Jamie Semple went off on a waltzing run past three players before his shot was deflected into the path of the on rushing Lewis Guy who stuck the ball into the empty net. This set off some wild celebrations amongst the players as they knew that with only a few minutes remaining the Shield was all but theirs.
The boys deserve all the plaudits they receive as they have been wonderful both on and off the pitch this season. Mr Lawson and Mr Brandon are both incredibly proud of the lads and are so happy for their much deserved success.
Braidhurst Under 14s won the Lanarkshire Cup for the second year in a row thanks to a five-star performance against Lanark Grammar at Beltane Park, home of Wishaw Juniors. The holders controlled the match throughout, with each player putting in a superb and determined performance. The Under 14s made a promising start to the match, passing at a high tempo and looking dangerous going forward. Their reward soon followed as Kai Kirkpatrick broke the deadlock – a powerful long-range effort was fumbled by the goalkeeper and into the net. Lanark could have equalised shortly after but were denied thanks to a good save from Matthew Connelly. That missed chance was punished by Dylan Kerr who doubled his side’s lead, heading home from a Cameron Williamson long throw. On the stroke of half-time, Dylan turned provider as his corner-kick was met by Kai who headed into the roof of the net for his second of the match. Just as they did in the first half, Braidhurst made a great start to the second half and within seconds they should have found themselves further in front. A fantastic through ball from Dylan found Kyle Laikowski who unfortunately fired wide. A fourth goal did arrive courtesy of Dylan as he found space in the box to fire past the goalkeeper at his near post. The goal of the match was saved until the end, as Darrell Love skipped past three players before firing in a low shot that left the goalkeeper helpless and gave his side a resounding 5-0 victory. Mr O’Toole and Mr Clarke were absolutely delighted with the performance and result, but in particular the fantastic attitude shown by the players. The soon to be Under 15s can now look forward to next season, hoping to retain their title for a third consecutive season whilst making further progress in the Scottish Cup.
Line Up:
Matthew Connelly; Cameron Williamson (Captain), Steven Rodger, Ross Brownlie (Sub: David Cleland), Kai Kirkpatrick; Kyle Laikowski, Dylan Kerr, Robbie Brown, Grant Mudd (Sub: Jamie Hamilton); Dylan Campbell (Sub: Matthew Barclay), Darrell Love (Sub: Craig Cardno).
MOTM:
Dylan Kerr
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