New first years’ uniforms class
The annual summer school at Braidhurst High School took place in August.
Seventeen new first year pupils and three senior peer helpers enjoyed three days of activities.
The S1 pupils took part in junk drumming on the first morning followed by two workshops of science with Mr Hussain and technical with Miss McKenna in the afternoon. On Tuesday, the pupils prepared lunch with Miss Fox and had a session of digital photography with staff from Summerlee Heritage Centre in Coatbridge taking photographs of themselves dressed up in a variety of costumes to take away.
Mr Marshall from the PE Department encouraged the pupils to learn some new skills on the trampoline while Mr Clifford from the art department made pottery with the young people.
Each day, the pupils gathered in the Hub and met both Mrs Ritchie and Mrs Jeffrey from the Learning Support Department. They were able to make new friends and find their way around the school without worrying about getting lost.
On Wednesday, the entire group and three members of staff had a successful day trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park.
The summer school allows the young people to become more familiar with the secondary school setting and to meet some of the school staff before the new term begins.
Being more confident and positive at the start of secondary school gives the S1 pupils a positive step towards a successful transition from primary school.
On Friday, July 8, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne attended the opening of Forgewood Community Centre. We were delighted to be invited to display some of the work from the school. Logan Holbourne, Ellie Brady, Lauren Wright, Melissa Rodger, Holly Worton and Kieran and Ben McDougall gave up some of their own time during the school holidays to attend the event. They were introduced to Princess Anne and were involved in taking her on a tour of the new facilities. As a school we are extremely excited about this new addition in and for the community and look forward to working closely with those involved to create links for learning, life and work.
Welcome to our new S1 pupils who joined us on August 17. As usual the standard of uniform was extremely high from all our pupils as everyone looks forward to the new session ahead.