Congratulations to the school’s robotic teams: “Visible” and “Anonymous” for competing in the UK National Vex robotics competition in Telford. The Vex Robotics Challenge is the World’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Robotics Competition for High Schools, Colleges and Universities. Nearly 60 teams had qualified for the UK finals, which took place at the Telford International conference centre. At the competition the North Lanarkshire teams took on the best of the UK and the two teams for Scotland were qualifiers for the elimination rounds. In the Competitions, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test on the playing field as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. The club has been very well supported by North Lanarkshire Council and includes pupils ranging from S1 to S4. Currently the Braidhurst High School STEM Club has 24 members including their mentor Jenna Young who is a S6 STEM ambassador. Jenna has taken on the commitment to support the younger less experienced members and is a good role model.
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Coronavirus info & advice
North Lanarkshire Council is working very closely with NHS Lanarkshire and any updates required on the virus will be shared with our staff and residents.
Health Protection Scotland has issued detailed guidance to head teachers and heads of establishment and this will used to make sure we take any action necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
For the latest information and advice please go to: https://www.nhsinform.scot/coronavirus
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Summary of Advice
- Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze.
- Bin the tissue.
- To kill germs, wash your hands with soap and water, or use a sanitiser gel.
ART CREATIVE RESIDENCY
A group of S4 pupils recently visited an exhibition on work produced at the Creative Residency in Kilbowie Residential Centre. There was a wide range of work from students including artwork from the fine art painters and screen-printers. All pupils really loved the large scale photography work that was o show as well as the 3D props and costumes.
BRILLIANT CLUB – SCHOLARS PROGRAMME
Twelve of our S3 pupils recently took part in the ‘Brilliant Club’ scholars programme which exists to increase the number of pupils progressing to highly-selective universities. The scholars programme provided the pupils with the opportunity to experience university style learning as they worked in small groups and were supported by a PhD level tutor over the course of the term in order to complete a module culminating in a final assignment. The in-school tutorials were also complemented by a trip to Strathclyde University for the launch trip.
For a number of weeks our pupils worked along-side their PhD tutor, Clara Vergez. Pupils worked through a module titled ‘Visions of Vessels: How do doctors see disease inside the body?’ We are delighted to announce that all 12 pupils passed the programme, with a number of them achieving a first class pass. Their hard work and effort was rewarded with an invitation for them and their parents/carers to a fantastic graduation ceremony. The ceremony took place at the University of Edinburgh on Thursday 6th of February. Congratulations to all the pupils and thanks to Dr Gardner for supporting the pupils throughout the programme.
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.
SoF 2020: applications open
The school are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the School of Football and Girls’ School of Football programmes 2020.
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The application can be accessed online: apply online
Applications close by the end of the school day on Friday 13th March 2020
Good luck to all applicants.
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.
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