North Lanarkshire Council is currently consulting on proposals to increase the qualification entitlement to free school mainstream transport.

All affected children should by now have received a consultation pack. Additional copies are available from the school office should these be required.

A series of public meetings have been organised to cover all the geographic areas of North Lanarkshire. The details of these are below, with all meetings taking place between 7pm and 9pm.

November 21 St Andrew’s High School, Coatbridge
November 22 Clyde Valley High School, Wishaw
November 23 Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill
November 24 Kilsyth Academy, Kilsyth
November 28 Greenfaulds High School, Cumbernauld
November 29 Chryston High School, Chryston
November 30 St Margaret’s High School, Airdrie
December 1 Our Lady’s High School, Motherwell

Dear Parents

Please click the link below to view a letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. The Scottish Government are launching a consultation on the draft provisions in the Education (Scotland) Bill.

Please click here for letter

The Education Bill will include a number of provisions to ensure that decisions that shape the education of our young people will be made in classrooms, schools and establishments by people working directly with those young people, their parents and communities.

The consultation will seek views on detailed policy proposals for these issues and will run until 30 January 2018.  Responses will inform the drafting of the Education Bill which will be introduced to Parliament during the current parliamentary year.

Have your say here

ROAD SAFETY – S M A R T PARKER

Chilly weather on the way? Darker mornings and afternoons?Thinking of taking the car to or from school?

Safety Means Always Recognising The dangers!

If you are taking the car to school, please be a S M A R T PARKER!

Police Scotland said in a recent tweet, “In autumn and during the winter months, there are the additional risks associated with poor weather, which adversely affect visibility for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists alike.

If you have to drive your child to and/or from school or nursery, make sure that you park legally, safely and responsibly and well away from the main entrance. Please always consider all other road users, especially children who are walking or cycling to and from school or nursery.  Always look out for them.”

The school recently hosted a very successful ‘Family Learning’ programme where a group of sixteen S1 pupils and their families participated in healthy cooking sessions.   The course was funded through the Pupil Equity Fund which is designed to support young people achieve their full potential.   The course was organised by Linda McGurk, Home School Partnership officer and delivered by Ms Fox, Home Economics Teacher.   Families cooked a wide range of healthy food and spent quality time working together.   One parent commented “The family sessions helped me bond with my son at his new high school and will lead to more interaction at home especially in the kitchen”.   Braidhurst High School recognises the value of family learning and parental engagement.   The school plans to offer more family learning sessions in a wide variety of subjects including Art, Computing and Music.

Braidhurst’s U14 Scottish Schools FA squad played a fantastic game against Our Lady’s High School, Cumbernauld on Monday 9^th October.   The team performed well with goals from Peter John McGiff and a doubler from Jay Miller.   The final result was 3-1 to Braidhurst.