Emerging Judo star, S6 pupil Nicole Weir, recently attended the Kendal Open Championship on Sunday 12^th February.  At the tournament Nicole earned a silver medal in the 60 kilos category, which in itself is a fantastic achievement, which was especially impressive as it was her first competition.  Nicole is a great credit to Braidhurst High School and Hamilton Judo Club not only for her sporting achievement but also for her positive ‘can-do’ attitude towards training and competing.

Former pupil Holly Worton has been offered a place on the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s ‘Contemporary Performance Practice’ degree programme.  Last year, in order to strengthen her skills and improve her audition chances Holly won a place at the Junior Conservatoire and has also been participating in weekly Lifelong Learning classes.  Holly’s dedication, hard work and perseverance paid off as she delivered an outstanding audition which won her a place on the conservatoire’s undergraduate degree course which she will start in September 2017.

Well done to pupils Adam Kettings (S3) and Jamie Semple (S4) on their selection for the U16 squad for the upcoming UEFA Development Tournament.  A huge well done to both boys.

A group of Braidhurst High Higher Photography students visited New College Lanarkshire to view the exhibition of HNC and HND Photography.   After the exhibition, there were demonstrations on a range of photographic studio techniques.   This was followed up with a studio workshop which pupils participated in.

Well done to the S1 Girl’s football team who have won four out of five games in North Lanarkshire’s 7’s league which means they are now placed second in the overall league table.

A group of 12 S3 pupils recently completed their Fire Reach training course which was delivered by a trio of tutors at Coatbridge Fire Station.  During the program pupils learnt CPR, first aid, how to use a defibrillator and fire hose and the general principles of carrying out a successful search and rescue during a fire emergency.  On the last day of the course pupils were expected to deliver a presentation in front of their parents and school staff which they all were able to do.  The pupils were then awarded a Fire Reach certificate and a SQA National 4 qualification.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the training with one pupil remarking that “the course has been lots of fun and we now know how to save lives.”

Twenty Three eager pupils in S3 enjoyed a visit to Motherwell Campus as part of Braidhurst High School’s involvement in the FOCUS West Widening Access programme to Further and Higher Education.

Pupils enthusiastically took part in a range of practical challenges designed to encourage problem, solving, teamwork as well as being able to try new activities and learn a range of new skills.

Our pupils thoroughly enjoyed their visit which further confirmed their aspiration to move from school to study at College or University, in the future. Next year pupils will participate in a two day Focus on 4 University Visit