A group of third year science pupils from Braidhurst High School received certificates this week to mark their successful completion of the British Heart Foundation’s Heart Start programme. The course was completed as part of their National 3 Science Course. Pupils are now proficient in CPR, recovery position, dealing with suspected heart attacks, chocking and bleeding.
The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the course and appreciate how useful it may be in their lives.
Braidhurst High School robotics club have, by special invitation visited a global leader in technology, namely ,Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), situated in Erskine. The vast 100,000 sq.ft complex is a hub for the company’s refurbishment of IT technology, for example laptops, printers and large servers. Housed within this complex are a number of HPE companies that the club were engaged with.
The visit started with a tour to the 0% waste, IT equipment section run by DXC, then it was on to the high tech world of “app” development by Micro Focus International who are a HPE global enterprise software company.
The host for the day was Mr.Scott McNee who took the club members initially on a tour of the DXC Green engineering, renewal and refurbishment site and then the members were given a workshop by the “app” development team.
After Lunch it was the clubs turn to showcase their award winning robotics team to the directors of the various HPE subsidiaries. After the visit Scott contacted the school to say thank you for bringing such an inspiring group of young people along to HPE.
He commented that in his conversations with the club members, that the visit has had a positive influence on them and broadened their career horizons. Scott’s final remarks in his correspondence were, that Braidhurst High School should be very proud of these young STEM ambassadors. In his opinion it demonstrates what can be achieved when such an enthusiastic team of teachers / influencers give these opportunities to pupils. Scott commented that “They were an absolute credit to both yourselves and the school and it was a pleasure to host you all today”.
The school’s ‘Summer Showcase’, an extravaganza of live music, drama and dance, took place on Thursday 7th June, in-front of a packed audience, who were thoroughly entertained by the fantastic acts. The show opened with a rousing performance from our highland pipers and drummers before moving into a blistering performance of songs from the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ soundtrack by the wind band. Other highlights from the event included the primary choir, the drama sketches and our fantastic dancers. The event was led by Faculty Head of Performing Arts, Ms. Donnelly, ably assisted by Music teachers, Mr Walker and Mr Crawford, and Drama teacher, Mrs Reilly. Once again Braidhurst pupils delivered an amazing show. Well done to all who were involved.
Braidhurst won the Lanarkshire Cup for the third consecutive time on Thursday night as they came back from behind to beat Duncanrig High School 2-1. The first half was an even contest with very few clear cut chances for either team but just as the half time whistle was about to blow, Duncanrig were awarded a penalty after Cameron Williamson handled inside the box. Goalkeeper Ryan Renwick guessed the right way but couldn’t do enough to keep the ball out, leaving Braidhurst with a one goal deficit to overcome. After the break, Cameron Stewart came close to levelling the scores with a great effort that was heading in the top corner but his shot was matched by an excellent save from the goalkeeper. With time running out, Braidhurst finally managed an equaliser. Matthew Barclay switched the ball to Cody McLeod, whose pinpoint cross found Robbie Brown free inside the box to head into the net. As Duncanrig threw players forward to get back in front, Braidhurst broke on the counter attack – excellent work from Cameron Williamson saw him beat two players and play an excellent ball through to Robbie who chipped the ball over the oncoming goalkeeper and into the net. In the end, two goals from Robbie were enough to see Braidhurst retain the Lanarkshire Cup and ensure captain Steven Rodger would be lifting the trophy for a third time. Mr Clarke and Mr O’Toole were delighted at the result and another successful season. Despite the disappointment of missing out on a place in the Scottish Cup Final after a 1-0 loss in the semi-finals last week, the U15s managed to put that aside and continue their dominance in this competition
Pupil Equity Funding has given us an even greater opportunity to set our own agenda and the means to pursue it. We were very clear, at the start of the session, that raising literacy rates across the Broad General Education phase of the school was one of our key priorities and promoting reading for pleasure has been central to our strategy for achieving this goal. In an age of smartphones, games consoles, social media and television on demand, the humble book is all too easily overlooked. With this in mind, the commitment our pupils have shown to their personal reading is laudable and we were keen to recognise that. The Reading Championship, led by our Librarian, Mrs. Scott, has allowed us to do this. Our aim, moving forward into session 2018-19, is to increase the number of young people who achieve this award.
Celebrations were in full swing at last week’s annual senior prom with pupils and staff joining together for a night to remember. The prom is always a very stylish and glamourous affair as pupils were dressed in their finest whilst enjoying a delicious meal and lots of dancing at the disco held at Dalziel Park Hotel. The evening proved a fitting send off for those pupils either leaving Braidhurst or returning for S6. The school would like to wish pupils the very best of luck in the future and to thank the pupil prom committee and staff who helped organise another fantastic senior prom.
Kier Construction kindly donated £300 towards Braidhurst High School’s Malawi project. Malawi Ambassadors Katie Kennedy and Robbie Caldwell accepted the cheque on Friday prior to their visit on Tuesday 5th June. Kier also donated protective clothing for pupils to wear whilst working in. The group would like to thank Kier for their very generous donation and will use it towards improving the educational conditions and environment in our linked school, Missan Jo CDSS, in Malawi.
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