Congratulations to Eryn Lawrie and Justin Hogg who have been chosen to represent the school at the 2015 Lessons from Auschwitz (LfA) Project.   Eryn and Justin will attend an Orientation Seminar on 25^th October in Glasgow where they will meet with fellow participants from around Scotland.   They will have the remarkable opportunity to meet with a Holocaust Survivor and to hear their incredible experience of survival against all odds at the hands of the Nazi’s.   Eryn and Justin will travel to Poland on 28^th October to tour the authentic site of Auschwitz-Birkenau to develop their knowledge of the events and witness the atrocities of the Holocaust.   On their return, Eryn and Justin will become Ambassadors for the LfA Project by completing a project of their choice aimed at disseminating in their school and community, the lessons they have learned from the experience.   Eryn and Justin are sure to be excellent ambassadors for Braidhurst High School.   Justin commented “It is a great privilege and honour to have been given this once in a lifetime opportunity to take part in the event and to represent my school”.   Eryn added “The visit is an excellent opportunity to explore my History studies further and to gain first-hand experience of a historical event which should never be forgotten”.   We with them both well as they start their journey of learning and exploration.

The Braidhurst girl’s football team have a busy few weeks ahead of them with competitive games and festivals.

A group of S1-S3 girls from Braidhurst High School have been invited to participate in a 7 aside football festival at Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell.   Following this the girls will be given complimentary tickets to watch and show their support to the Scotland Women’s National Team as they take on Belarus in their second UEFA Euro qualifier of the campaign.   The event will take place on Friday 23^rd October 2015 with the festival starting at 2.40 pm and the SWNT match kicking off at 7.45 pm.

The following week Braidhurst will be hosting a 7 aside festival where 5 other local North Lanarkshire schools will bring their girls teams to compete in the tournament.

Good luck to all the girls representing the school girls’ team over the coming weeks.

Braidhurst Enterprise Group are holding a Table Top sale on Saturday 31 October at

11 am-1 pm in North Motherwell Parish Church.   Entry is free and there will be a wide range of toys, clothes and bric-a-brac for sale.   Come along and grab a bargain.

Pupils and staff of Braidhurst High School got together to kick start the school’s new Eco Projects with a garden blitz on Friday 2^nd of October.  Pupils from S2-S6 spent two hours after school working hard to rejuvenate the school garden, repairing planters, litter picking and weeding.  A huge improvement was made in this short time and pupils were rewarded for their hard work with tea and sandwiches in the sunshine.  As part of this project pupils have been collecting empty 2 litre plastic bottles to build a greenhouse from recycled materials.

The Scottish cup fixtures are now beginning and the under 16’s were the first team to get their cup campaign started.   This was the team who won the Scottish cup last year.   Braidhurst were due to play St Maurices in the first round.   Although the boys have managed to beat St Maurices before, they were facing a tough challenge.

In a changed formation to last year, Braidhurst started positively, moving the ball around quickly creating spaces on the park.  After some very good short range passing, Braidhurst found space behind the St Maurices defence allowing Jack Keary to cross the ball in for Jordan Falconer to score at the back post within four minutes.

Braidhurst continued to dominate possession with St Maurices trying to play the long ball up the park but the Braidy defence were wise to the tactic.   Braidhurst continued to push forward and it was only a matter of time until they scored another.    Lewis Gamble hit a shot from 25 yards out which flew into the back of the net to make it 2-0.

The second half began much the same as the first with Braidhurst enjoying most of the possession, although not moving the ball as quick as they could have.  As the game progressed, St Maurices started committing more players forward and were rewarded when they won a free kick at the edge of the box.   They scored from the resulting free kick to make it 2-1.

Braidhurst continued to have the majority of possession but knew they needed another to secure the victory.   With 15 minutes to go, Jack Keary provided the goal with a very nice finish after a cross from Greg Miller.

Well done to all the boys who played.   Best of luck in the next round.

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S5/6 Modern Studies pupils recently had the opportunity to quiz their local MSP, John Pentland.   He was warmly welcomed by all pupils who relished the opportunity to voice their concerns and hear about his plans for the community and Scotland.   Braidhurst pupils had given a great deal of thought to the questions that they wanted answered.   In return they received answers and they discussed issues that concerned them.   Barry Williams of S5 said “This was an informative and personally engaging visit that gave me the opportunity to have an insight into the forthcoming election”.   This was echoed by Eryn Lawrie an S6 pupil who said, “It gave me a better understanding of what goes on in parliament and what our MSP does to represent us”.   All pupils came away from the debate, invigorated by their experience, ready to cast, what will be for many, their first vote in 2016.