SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL – PITCH OPENING

On Wednesday 5th February Braidhurst welcomed local councillors into the school to celebrate the opening of the new 4G football pitch and to showcase the fantastic partnership work between North Lanarkshire Council, North Lanarkshire Leisure Football Development and Scottish FA Central Region, which enables the Braidhurst football programmes to flourish.

The event began with a presentation highlighting the incredible work of the School of Football programmes and the planning and organisation that went into creating the new pitch. Head Teacher, Mrs Rooney, and School of Football Coach, Mr Young, also spoke to the invited guests before Principal Teacher of PE, Mr O’Neill, and a selection of School of Football pupils spoke about their first-hand experience of the programme which places young people at its centre.

The event ended with a coaching session on the new 4G synthetic pitch which impressed all in attendance. Depute Leader of North Lanarkshire Council and local Councillor of Motherwell West, Paul Kelly, praised the pitch as the “best in the country.”   We were also delighted to welcome Councillor Megan Gallacher and Councillor Frank McNally.

ROBOTICS SUCCESS

Congratulations to our robotic teams: “Anonymous, “Visible”, “The Quadruple Clefs” and “Me and the Boyz” for participating in the regional championships in the VEX Tower Take Over Challenge.   This year’s competition was held at New College Lanarkshire in Motherwell.   Teams from North Lanarkshire schools competed against each other for an ‘alliance place’ in the UK regional finals, which are held in Telford, and we are delighted two of our teams were successful in achieving a place.   The Vex Robotics Challenge is the world’s largest and fasters-growing robotics competition for secondary schools, universities and colleges.   More than 12,000 teams from 32 countries playing in over 750 tournaments compete to become the best globally.   Members of the robotics club are now refining their skills in programming, problem solving, team-work and driving before they go to the national competition.

PRIMARY EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOPS

The school’s My World of Work ambassadors: Olivia, Sharleen, Emily, and Rebecca, visited our three cluster primaries on Tuesday 4th February to deliver a fun employability workshop to each of the schools. Activities delivered by the ambassadors included: an ‘Animal Me’ quiz where pupils learnt about their personalities and what animal describes them best, a fun create your own toy task, and other activities which developed communication, problem-solving, and team-work skills.

 

CAREERS EVENT 2020

The school is hosting another, not-to-be-missed, careers event for S3-S6 pupils and their parents/carers. The fayre will take place on Monday 17th February and runs from 4pm till 6pm. This event was a huge success last year with a wide range of employers and providers in attendance sharing valuable careers information to our pupils. The school’s developing the young workforce programme endeavours to support the aspirations of our pupils and encourages them to achieve excellence as they embark on their post-school destinations. Mark it in your diary and please come along.

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NETBALL SUCCESS

Congratulations to our S1 and S3/4 netball teams on their victories against Cardinal Newman. Special recognition must go to the S3/4 team as player Ellie Anderson scored a last minute goal which won the match for Braidhurst. S1 Player of the Match: Kiera Richards and S3/4 Players of the Match: Summer Keenan and Ellie Anderson.

U18 GIRLS’ FOOTBALL

On Wednesday 22nd January the girls’ U18 football team were in action against Kilmarnock Academy. The Braidhurst girls won the match 4-1 with Summer Keenan and Amy Boyle scoring two goal each. Congratulations to the girls who now progress to the quarter-final round of the Scottish School’s FA shield. Player of the Match was named as Summer Keenan.

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