On Thursday 28th March the S3/4 netball team were in action once again in a semi-final match against St Andrew’s High School. The Braidhurst side won the match with ‘Player of the Match’ being awarded to S4 pupil Lauren Buddy.
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NL DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the recent North Lanarkshire Dance Championships, held on Thursday 28th March, twenty Braidhurst pupils competed at the event. The overall level of dancing on display was outstanding with one group several of the girls winning gold and another gaining silver medals in the Hip Hop category. Well done to all the participants!
NIAMH MILLER
Congratulations to S3 pupil Niamh Miller on earning her first international cap in a friendly match against the U15 Northern Ireland team.
MODERN STUDIES – VISIT TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
On Thursday 21st of March S4 Modern Studies pupils visited the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh. The parliament educational staff put on a brilliant programme. On arrival the class participated in an interactive quiz about Holyrood and the powers it possesses. They then witnessed a lively and topical First Minister’s Questions. The class noticed the skill of the First Minister when giving responses to questions, observing the tactics used to shed a positive light on the work of the government whilst tackling any criticism. One example was when a question surrounding drug related deaths in Scotland and the approach they are taking to tackle this. Liz Hamilton MSP asked a question around social media and the harm it causes to teenagers, especially the mental health and self-esteem of teenage girls, which generated much discussion once back at school, with a pupil promising to raise the issue of deeper education about the harms of social media within PSHE at the next pupil council meeting. Lastly, the pupils met with Graham Simpson MSP and had the chance to question him about life as an MSP and his views on various matters. The pupils behaved impeccably and engaged well. They were a credit to the school, and received compliments from members of the public on the high standard of conduct shown.
ALEX NYE CREATIVE WRITING PROJECT
A group of talented S2 pupils were recently given the chance to participate in a nine-week creative writing project delivered by author Alex Nye in the school library. The eleven pupils were tasked with putting together a book pitch, including all aspects of short-story writing and designing a book cover, which they presented to a book editor via role play. On a weekly basis pupils examined what it means to be a writer and how to find their unique voice for telling stories. Pupils rose to this challenge with Alex repeatedly commenting on their inventiveness, creativity and modesty, and even giving them the nickname ‘the Writers of Motherwell’. At the end of the project Alex presented each pupil with a signed copy of her book ‘Darker Ends’ which they are all very eager to read. This project is yet another very positive example of how the school is raising pupil aspirations and enriching their experience of school and the surrounding world.
VEX ROBOTICS – NATIONAL FINAL
Congratulations to the school’s robotic teams “KOALA-T” and “Anonymous” for reaching the quarter finals 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. More than 10,000 teams from 32 countries took part in over 750 tournaments to compete to become the best in the world.
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 with the Braidhurst teams making it through to the quarter finals.
In the VEX Competitions, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams from around the world 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 Braidhurst robotics club has been very well supported by North Lanarkshire and includes pupils ranging from S1 to S4 including three S5 female students who act as STEM ambassadors and have committed to supporting the younger less experienced members. They are true role models and are equipping the developing young minds to meet the autonomous revolution that all countries are facing.
YAY YA+ BOOK FESTIVAL
A group of 15 pupils from S1 attended the Yay YA+ Book Festival at Cumbernauld Theatre on Tuesday 12th March. Each pupil was selected due to their positive commitment to personal reading and their regular attendance and support of the school library.
After a warm welcome from the festival’s organiser, Kirkland Ciccone, pupils were given the opportunity to participate in short workshops delivered by a range of authors about their writing and inspiration. Authors in attendance included L.J McWhirter, Ross Murdoch, Philip Caveney, Moira McPartlin, and Ross Sayers.
Pupils were very excited to visit the bookshop and purchase a copy of their favourite book from the event which they later got signed by the author. After lunch they keynote presentations from Kirkland and Alex Nye took place in the theatre’s main auditorium and proved an excellent way to end a great event. The pupils returned to school inspired to continue their passion for reading for pleasure and were commended on their impeccable behaviour throughout the day.
