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Summer School 2018

The school hosted its annual Summer Transition Programme from Wednesday 8th August until Friday 10th August.  A group of twenty young people took part in a wide range of curricular activities including robotics, trampolining and healthy cooking.  The Summer Programme helps ease the transition from primary to secondary and gives young people the opportunity to meet new friends, members of staff and find their way around the school building before the start of term.  On the final day the group went to Blair Drummond Safari Park for a day of fun. On Friday 24th August the pupils came together for a final celebration where they received their certificates and showcased a presentation of the activities they took part in during Summer School.  The pupils and families were supported by Linda McGurk, Home School Partnership Officer and a large group of school staff.

Summer transition project with Reeltime music

 

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SCHOOL TRIP TO BERLIN

A group of pupils from Braidhurst High School recently enjoyed a whirlwind tour of the beautiful capital city of Berlin in Germany before the summer break. The group was accompanied by Mrs. Magowan  Dr. Gardner, Mrs. Kinnaird, Miss. Lyttle, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Brandon.

During the trip, the group took part in a variety of activities, including a visit to the main tourist attractions of the Jewish Memorial, the Gedachtniskirche and the Brandenburg Gate. The group also enjoyed a tour of the Reichstag (the German Parliament); went to the top of the TV Tower, and visited the famous Sports’ and Olympic Museum. There was also time to go shopping in the Ritter Sport Chocolate Shop, the Ampelmann Shop and on the Kurfurstendamm, with some purchases being made in the KaDeWe, the largest department store in Europe!

To relax, the group spent an afternoon in the Tropical Islands Water Park (the largest indoor water park in the world), where they had fun going down the many flumes and river rapids. The group travelled by ferry from Hull to Rotterdam in Holland and entertained the other passengers on board by line dancing to their favourite tunes. There was also time to stop in the beautiful city of Hannover en route to Berlin.

All pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to extend their knowledge of the German culture and language, as well as getting to taste the many types of German sausage!

Whole School News

Welcome Back

We hope all pupils have had a great summer break and are ready for the first day of term tomorrow.

School starts back as normal at 8:55am. All pupils should report to the following locations for the first 10 mins, then to their period 1 class:

S1

Report to assembly hall

S2

2A: Rm4 (M Kinnaird)

2L: Rm11 (A McIntyre)

2M: Rm19 (E Magowan)

2R: Rm41 (K Reily)

 

S3

3A: Rm18 (S Main)

3M: Rm25 (M Cole)

3C: Rm27 (S Crawford)

3L: Rm 23 (C O’Toole)

3R: Rm26 (M Paterson)

 

S4

4A: Rm1 (L Paterson)

4M: Rm2 (C Swinburne)

4C: Rm3 (R Allan)

4L: Rm5 (L Ballantyne)

4R: Rm6 (P Brandon)

 

S5/6

5A: Rm10 (R Mearns)

5M: Rm9 (J Hunter)

5L: Rm7 (K Logan)

5R: Rm12 (K McAra)

6A: Rm14 (D Chisholm)

6M: Rm13 (P Clifford)

6L: Rm11 (N Mitchell)

6R: Rm15 (G Galloway)

 

Any pupil with a issue with their timetable should report to the Dining hall during that period.

Languages and Literacy

MARTIN STEWART VISIT

On the morning of Friday, 15th June, we enjoyed a visit from author, Martin Stewart. As part of our drive to raise literacy levels in the Broad General Education phase of the school, we invited Martin to deliver sessions to our S3 pupils, which focussed on strategies to make their creative writing more powerful, as begin working towards achieving their National 5 qualification. S2 pupils were treated to a presentation from the author, where he inspired and enthused as he described his own personal journey of lifelong learning and developing skills for work. Our pupils were delighted to receive their very own copy of his book, “Riverkeep”, even waiting through interval to have them signed; a truly ringing endorsement of what a fantastic event this was!

Health and Wellbeing, Sciences

S3 Heart Start

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.

Sciences, Technologies, Whole School News

Visit to Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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”.

Expressive Arts, Whole School News

SUMMER SHOWCASE

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.