Braidhurst High senior management team last week welcomed Executive Director of Learning and Leisure Mr Andrew Sutherland and Leisure Mr Andrew Sutherland and colleagues to the school for the annual performance visit.   The management team tabled a very comprehensive and positive update on a range of aspects of the school including SQA results, attendance, exclusions and leaver destinations.

The Christmas Dance will be held on Monday 15 December starting at 7.30 pm with Cairnhill Ceilidh Band providing the music for what is always one of the highlights of the session.   Tickets priced £2 are available from Ms Elaine Logan.   Senior pupils will be provided with a buffet allowing the younger pupils to practise their skills at line dancing.

The annual Christmas concert will be held on Thursday 18 December starting at 7.30 pm.   Tickets costing £2 are now available from Ms Ruth Watson at the school.   The programme includes a vast variety of Christmas music along with drama.   In addition the choir from Muir Street Primary School will be taking part in what is always a full house production.

The school’s Parent Teachers and Friends Association recently held a very successful Fashion Show and sale when around £800 was raised for the funds.   The large and appreciative audience of women managed to buy fashionable clothing items at superb prices whilst enjoying excellent hospitality.

Christmas Concert Tickets for the Christmas Cracker concert being held on Thursday 18^th December are now on sale priced £2 from Ms Ruth Watson at the school.

In the third round of the Scottish Cup, Braidhurst were to play Falkirk High at home.   The boys were looking to book a place in the 4^th round and do it in style against Falkirk.   The game started off at a fast pace with Braidhurst passing the ball quickly around the pitch looking for a space to exploit.   Jack Simpson looked dangerous early on as he broke through the defence.   The deadlock was finally broken on 9 minutes, when after hard work by the midfield and an accurate pass through, Jack Simpson fired the ball past the keeper to make it 1-0.   Now with Falkirk already behind they had to push forward to try and score an equaliser as they were sitting very deep.   The opponents were unable to cope with the continual attacks from the strikers and midfield and in the 12^th minutes, Jack Simpson added a second.   At 2-0 the boys settled more into the game and continued to pass it around the park making Falkirk chase the ball.   On the 20^th minute Reece Geddes scored to make it 3-0.   This was closely followed by a 3^rd goal for Jack Simpson in the 30^th minute.   Jack now had three and the Falkirk defence decided to double mark him to try and stop the threat.   This created gaps between the CB’s and the full backs and Lewis Guy took advantage of this to score his first goal of the game in the 31^st minute.   Not wanting to be outdone by his follow winger, Nathaniel Black scored a goal from an acute angle outside of the box to make it 6-0.  Lewis Guy was determined to add to his total and on the 53^rd minute he scored again to make it 7-0.   Although the game was well out of the reach of Falkirk they continued to press and after Jack and Reece both coming off injured, they finally made a break through; the score was now 7-1.   The loss of the clean sheet annoyed the Braidy boys and they continued to press for more goals.   In the last 5 minutes of the game Robbie Bryden burst forward from midfield to score two to bring the score to 9-1.   Well done to all the boys who played in the game and to those who were unable to play but came to help and support from the sidelines.   The boys now look forward their 4^th round match.

S6 pupils at Braidhurst High School enjoyed a road safety workshop aimed at becoming good drivers.

The Good Egg Guide for New Drivers is aimed at 17-25 year olds and gives safety advice and tips on passing the test, purchasing a car, insurance and how to avoid losing your licence.

The good egg team have been visiting schools across North Lanarkshire delivering the workshops and is joined by their new face of the campaign talented racing driver Christie Doran who hails from Falkirk.   Christie has raced in the Scottish BMW Cup.   However the 18 year old has a serious message to put out to our new generation of young drivers.   The Good Egg website has great information for new drivers and their parents.

The 18 year old track star loves life in the fast lane, but race ace Christie, who roars to speeds of up to 140 mph on the track, knows exactly when to kill her speed, too;

“Speed is great on the track but not on the road.   In the UK around 400 people a year are killed in crashes where someone exceeds the speed limit or drives too fast for the conditions.   I know people my age who have already had bad crashes.

There is a time and a place – and it is not on our roads.   I am delighted to be involved with The Good Egg as I wanted to help highlight devastating consequences when drivers my age get it wrong on the roads.   However, we also want to show that there is a positive side to young drivers.   Most are sensible.   They are the role models”.