This year’s show, Sunshine on Leith, was a huge success with both nights being completely sold out!   For the first time our feeder primaries were invited to perform alongside our own pupils.   Ladywell Primary School tweeted ‘What a fantastic show @ BraidhurstMusic, great acting and singing by a very talented cast.

S6 pupil Holly Worton (Jean) has been performing in our school shows since S1 and has recently been accepted to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for Drama and we wish her every success in the future.   We would like to also thank fellow S6 pupils Eryn Lawrie (Liz) and Jamie Leslie (Rab).   The whole cast were superb and have put in hours of work rehearsing, singing, dancing and embracing their Scottish dialect!   We even got our own vote of support from The Proclaimers themselves, “We send our very best wishes to all the cast and everyone at Braidhurst High who is involved in the performances of Sunshine on Leith.   We hope you all enjoy the experience, get something out of it and have great fun with the acting and performing the songs” Craig and Charlie Reid.

Thomson Trophy Final

Braidhurst Under 13s swept aside Cathkin High School in the final of the Thomson Trophy, beating their opponents 5-1. It was a terrific performance from the boys and they couldn’t have hoped for a better start – Babajide Adeeko opening the scoring with a powerful finish past the goalkeeper at his near post. Their lead didn’t last long however as a lapse in concentration from a throw in allowed Cathkin to equalise. As the game seemed to be heading to half-time level an outstanding 35-yard strike from John-Paul Newton put his side back in front. A great start to the second half from Cathkin saw them nearly equalise for the second time in the match but a fantastic save from Ryan Renwick would soon prove crucial. Braidhurst broke up the park at speed and a goalkeeping error allowed Cameron Williamson’s cross to end up in the back of the net. Substitute Jonathon Kelly added a fourth with a well taken goal before Cameron Stewart put the game beyond doubt with a terrific free-kick that flew into the top corner. Mr O’Toole and Mr Clarke were delighted that the boys won the trophy and hope for continued success next year!

The North Lanarkshire Gold championships took place at Dullatur golf club on Monday 6^th June.   Luke McBride, Marc Smith and Luke Biggart represented Braidhurst.   The pupils posted very good scores given the difficulty of Dullatur gold course.   Well done to the pupils who participated and represented Braidhurst.

Twenty-nine S2 pupils attended the North Lanarkshire Council Celebrating Success day at M & D’s, Strathclyde Park.   They were being rewarded for being the most successful pupils in S2 based on the number of times they topped the monthly merit awards, and for having excellent attendance and timekeeping.   Here are the thoughts of a couple of the pupils regarding the day.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to M & D’s because I got to spend time with five of my friends and go on rides.   We went on the water slides and swings.   We had lunch there and lots of fun and jokes”.   “The day flew in”. – Lewis Purves.

“We had a great day and got to go on all the rides.   It was a great opportunity and a very good way to reward pupils who had done well in school this year”. – Lewis McCallum.

Thanks to Mrs McKenna, Mrs Dalzell and Dr Gardner for supervising the pupils on the trip.

Saturday 21 May was not only a big day for two of Scotland’s top football teams as they competed in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden, it was also the day and venue for the first year of the SFA Performance Programme graduates.

Fifteen S4 pupils from Braidhurst High School were amongst the 83 graduates from across the 7 performance schools in Scotland, with each receiving their medal and certificate from Scotland National Team Manager, Gordon Strachan.   The group were also treated to a ticket to watch the main event at 3 pm after being presented to the crowd on the Hampden pitch prior to the match.

This was a fantastic culmination to 4 years of hard work and dedication from the pupils involved.

Congratulations to all !

This month some of our budding music pupils took a trip to Edinburgh Playhouse to see Elaine C Smith, who is an ex-pupil of Braidhurst, performing in Annie.   Pupils thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to putting all that enthusiasm into our own school show production this year, ‘Sunshine on Leith’.