UNDER 15 SCOTTISH SHIELD

McLaren High School 0 Braidhurst High School 9

Braidhurst began their quest for a third successive Scottish Shield with a potentially tricky away tie to McLaren High School, Callander. Nestled in the heart of the Trossachs the boys took to arguably one the more picturesque footballing fields. However sightseeing was the last thing on their mind. Despite missing two of their regular players, Jake Hastie and Dylan Falconer, Braidhurst were determined to stamp their authority on the game. The pitch was in remarkably good condition, despite the amount of rain that had fallen, and the boys quickly settled into their normal passing game. The absence of Jake Hastie saw Rico Quitongo move out of his central defence role into central midfield where he began to assert himself. A lovely pass from Rico to Nick Mullen saw him open the scoring with what would turn out to be the goal of the game as he rifled a shot from outside of the box into the top right hand corner, leaving the keeper with no chance. The match then became the Ryan Watt show as he went on to score the next three goals. A major part in these goals came from the sterling work of Jordan Duncan on the right hand side of the pitch. By this point in the game he was terrorising the McLaren defenders.

Half-time McLaren 0 Braidhurst 4

The second half saw Braidhurst ring the changes as Oliver McDonald and Deryn Lang came on for Andrew McNulty and Ryan Watt respectively. The biggest surprise was to see Tony Sharkey make his debut as a centre forward as he replaced Darren Wilson, Tony normally plays in goal for the team.

All three players did well in their positions as the scoring continued when Thomas Smart saw his cross being turned into the net by one of the McLaren defenders. Goals then followed from the ever excellent Jordan Duncan and Oliver McDonald before Rico Quitongo finally helped himself to the goal he had been searching for the whole game. All in all this was an excellent professional performance from the under 15s, seeing them move into the next round of the Scottish Shield where they await the news of who their opponents will be.

S4 GEOGRAPHY TRIP

The S4 geography class took a trip to the seaside on Friday 21st October. The students travelled to Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire with teachers Miss Logan and Mr Inch. They were carrying out a field study to see how the geology of the coastline affects how it erodes, with the help of the park rangers. Students also got to explore how the beach formed as well as some of the rock pools. The afternoon was spent surveying visitors in order to further develop their field work skills and work out the sphere of influence of the park.


CREST AWARD

Braidhurst High School joint Dux winner Azhar Khan was the recent recipient of a gold CREST award from the British Science Association. Azhar was issued with the award in recognition of the 70 plus hours he spent during the summer working on a scientific research project at Glasgow University, in conjunction with the Nuffield Foundation. As part of his gold award entry Azhar had to reflect upon and evaluate his project, entitled “Testing for variant CCG and CGG repeats within the CTG DNA repeat expansion in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients”. His submission was sent to and reviewed by an external evaluator from Aberdeen University, who declared it worthy of the gold award.

The CREST awards scheme is Britain’s largest national award scheme for project work in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). This is a fantastic achievement for Azhar and Braidhurst are delighted at his success.


ARTS AND EMPLOYABILITY SHOWCASE

S3 XL pupils got a chance to explore their creative sides recently. The pupils attended an Arts and employability showcase event held in Cumbernauld Theatre.

The event, organised by North Lanarkshire Council, was set up to let pupils experience workshops held by artists; letting them find out about how they can make a living through the arts.

Amongst the various workshops was an animation workshop, where the pupils were shown how to create their own animations under the guidance of artists from Red Kite Animation Studio, who have created works that have been screened on the CBBC channel. They also had a presentation by Reeltime Music who allowed pupils to play some instruments, showcase their DJ skills on the decks and learn how to create a music video.

The XL groups will select one of the artists to work with over the next few weeks and this will culminate in them creating their own project.

The pupils declared the event to be very worthwhile and inspiring. Scott Law said, “I really enjoyed having a go on the decks and mixing some tunes”. Sadie Rodger stated, “The animation was really good fun and so easy to do”.

All staff in attendance were proud of the effort made by pupils.


WELCOMING FACE OF BRAIDHURST HIGH

Over thirty S6 pupils at Braidhurst High School have volunteered to support first year pupils settled into high school through the Friend in Sixth Year Programme. S6 pupils have all undertaken training with Linda McGurk, Partnership Officer and meet each week with the S1 pupils to discuss any problems or concerns they may have. The peer support not only benefits the new first years, but also the senior pupils, who gain new skills and qualities from helping others. One Friend in Sixth Year commented “I remember what it was like settling into first year so this is a great chance to offer support from my own experiences”.


KICKSTART THEATRE COMPANY

The Kickstart Theatre Company brought their new production to Braidhurst on Monday. The focus was on safety and making good decisions in relation to personal health and wellbeing. Topics included road safety, smoking, internet safety and vandalism. Visitors from the police and fire service were present to support the comments made through the play. The first year pupils thoroughly enjoyed the performance in particular they found taking part in the rewind performance fun and thought provoking. Congratulations to Craig Devine, Declan Carroll, Claire Keatings and Alexander Patterson who took part with enthusiasm.


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