Twenty-nine S2 pupils attended the North Lanarkshire Council Celebrating Success day at M & D’s, Strathclyde Park.   They were being rewarded for being the most successful pupils in S2 based on the number of times they topped the monthly merit awards, and for having excellent attendance and timekeeping.   Here are the thoughts of a couple of the pupils regarding the day.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to M & D’s because I got to spend time with five of my friends and go on rides.   We went on the water slides and swings.   We had lunch there and lots of fun and jokes”.   “The day flew in”. – Lewis Purves.

“We had a great day and got to go on all the rides.   It was a great opportunity and a very good way to reward pupils who had done well in school this year”. – Lewis McCallum.

Thanks to Mrs McKenna, Mrs Dalzell and Dr Gardner for supervising the pupils on the trip.

Saturday 21 May was not only a big day for two of Scotland’s top football teams as they competed in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden, it was also the day and venue for the first year of the SFA Performance Programme graduates.

Fifteen S4 pupils from Braidhurst High School were amongst the 83 graduates from across the 7 performance schools in Scotland, with each receiving their medal and certificate from Scotland National Team Manager, Gordon Strachan.   The group were also treated to a ticket to watch the main event at 3 pm after being presented to the crowd on the Hampden pitch prior to the match.

This was a fantastic culmination to 4 years of hard work and dedication from the pupils involved.

Congratulations to all !

This month some of our budding music pupils took a trip to Edinburgh Playhouse to see Elaine C Smith, who is an ex-pupil of Braidhurst, performing in Annie.   Pupils thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to putting all that enthusiasm into our own school show production this year, ‘Sunshine on Leith’.