French-theme fun to charity events It’s a busy start of the year for all at Braidhurst High
On Thursday December 21 Braidhurst’s most infamous inter- house event took place, the annual Line Dancing competition.
Our competitors gathered in the assembly hall, dressed in their house colour, and gave their all as they line danced to tunes such as Achy Breaky Heart and The Slosh.
A team of judges watched the house competitors very closely and in the end announced Morven house as the event winners. Christmas Dance
More than 200 pupils from all year groups enjoyed our annual Christmas dance on Wednesday December 20.
Pupils participated in the traditional social dancing of the Gay Gordons and the Canadian Barn Dance whilst also showing off their dance moves to more up-to-date tunes. Christmas Hampers
We were delighted to be able to deliver 25 Christmas Hampers to people in the local community.
Our pupils and staff brought in goodies and staff made up boxes. We were delighted to be able to deliver so many. Focus West Visit
A group of senior pupils recently took a trip to the University of the West of Scotland as part of their Focus West Campus College program.
The visit took place on Wednesday December 13 and proved to be very useful and informative. Skills Development Scotland Ambassador Training
Braidhurst pupils participated in Skill Development Scotland’s My World of Work Ambassadors program on Monday December 18 where they were trained to act as peer advocates for Scotland’s careers website My World of Work within the school.
The first successful training session took place in the library and will be followed by later training. Tylar Denholm
S1 Performance School pupil Tylar Denholm recently finished runner up whilst playing with Hamilton Academical Football Club’s U13 team as part of the Katoni Cup in Aberdeen. Tylar also featured in their squad which beat Manchester City’s U12 team in a match played at Braidhurst. Road Safety Competition
Great news for the school and in particular its Art and Design department. Braidhurst pupil, Ellie McGregor, gained first place in the S1 - S6 group in this year’s ‘North Lanarkshire Road Safety Calendar’ competition.
Ellie spent a great deal of time producing her poster idea for the competition and it certainly did the trick with the judges, being voted first place in the secondary school category.
This is fantastic news as she gained this place over 2000 other entries and has been presented with an award certificate and a voucher for £30 to spend at Argos.
Ellie spent a great deal of time producing her poster idea for road safety
Primary/Secondary liaison - French
Pupils at Muir Street Primary School recently enjoyed a day of French-themed fun.
Class teachers of P1- P3 organised French sessions, such as food tasting and making Eiffel Towers, which were very well received by the enthusiastic youngsters.
In the afternoon, teachers from Braidhurst High School delivered activities to P4-7 in French.
Ms Lennox ( Modern Languages Department) made up Christmas Kahoot challenges for pupils to play on iPads; Ms Deluche ( a French student at Braidhurst) composed a beautifully written story about Christmas in France; Mr Walker (Music Department) conducted the singing of Vive le Vent (Jingle Bells) in French, accompanied by percussion instruments and Mr Marshall and Miss Marissa (PE Department) taught pupils how to play French boules.