The Braidhurst High Parent Teacher and Friends Association recently held a meeting during which arrangements were made for a variety of fund raising events to be held throughout the session.   Mr Hannan gave members an update on a range of school issues and Mrs Clarke covered the financial report.   Various bids for financial support were then agreed by the members.   The membership of the Parent Council was then confirmed with Mrs Judith Heard agreeing to be the chairperson.

Fun Run arrangements are well in hand for the annual fund raising event with the money being donated to charity.   The sum raised is used by the school each year to support local, national and international charities.   The event is planned to take place on Thursday 11^th September.

Former Braidhurst S6 pupil, Chloe Wishart, took to the skies over Strathallan Airfield recently as part of a sponsored parachute jump in aid of Cancer Research UK.   The jump, which was rescheduled three times due to bad weather, finally took place on a sunny Sunday morning witnessed by Chloe’s friends, family and teaching staff.   Chloe leapt from a light aircraft at a height of 10,000 feet, raising £728 for her charity.   She thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would gladly do it all over again.   She was really up for the jump and her support team were in awe of her confidence and bravery.

Fun run pupils and staff are looking forward to taking part in the annual fun run for charity to be held on Wednesday 3 September.   This normally raises several thousand pounds for the charity group of staff and pupils to distribute throughout the year to local, national and international good causes.

Braidhurst High School hosted its annual Summer Transition Programme last week.   A large group of young people took part in a wide range of curricular activities including science, art, PE, photography and special effects make up.   The Summer Programme helps ease the transition from primary to secondary and gives young people the opportunity to meet new friends, meet members of staff and find their way around the school building before the start of term.   On the final day the group went to Blair Drummond Safari Park for fun with the sea lions, giraffes and lions.

A group of Braidhurst science pupils at the end of their second year were awarded certificates for successful completion of the ‘Heart Start’ program.   Their involvement was due to a trial interdisciplinary project focusing on heart health.   The IDL project involved the science, home economics and physical education departments with a grat deal of support from the schools nurture unit.   In addition to learning basic first aid, including CPR and the recovery position, pupils learned about heart structure, cooking for a healthy heart and how exercise can keep your heart healthy and strong.  All pupils agreed the project had been really worthwhile.   The school hopes to involve all second year pupils in the project during this academic year.

Certificates were recently issued to the former fourth year group of football players who studied for the Development in Practical Performance award.   This award is a Scottish Qualification Award validated by Borders College.   The course consists of practical and theoretical aspects of football and was awarded at level 5.   The pupils who are now in fifth year now progress to study for coaching badges and the referee award.