As we return to school, it’s important to remember that not all of our young people will have enjoyed their summer holidays. This poem remains as pertinent as ever ✏️
Delighted to have been appointed permanent PT Pupil Support at
@CalderheadHS
Really sad to be leaving all my pupils, colleagues and friends
@brannock_high
but excited for the new opportunities that lie ahead 👩🏻🏫🤩😢
Some exciting personal news 💍❤️ I got engaged in Corfu last week 🇬🇷 Being back at work after a holiday is always tough but today was made better by being able to share this excitement with staff and pupils 🤩 One pupil asked me, “yeah but can I still call you Miss Stirling?” 🤣
‘Take what you need’ trolley is all stocked up thanks to the amazing parent who donated a bag full of items! The impact of this type of generosity will be felt across our school by many pupils 🥰🤩
@brannock_high
#Equity
Excited to have been appointed as PT DYW at
@brannock_high
🙌🏼 I would welcome advice from anyone who is already in the role ✨📩 looking forward to joining the team and to giving our young people the best opportunities. DYW content pending … 😏
@DYWLED
@pauline_one1
Great night at our S6 Prom. You all looked absolutely beautiful 🤩 Only have one pic on my phone and it’s with these two ❤️ some of my first ever S1s … emotional!! 🥹
It was a privilege to attend the
@ScotParl
today to receive the Level 1 Vision Schools Award for
@brannock_high
Proud to be able to collect this award alongside some of our hardworking young people who are our Holocaust Educational Ambassadors
@VisionSchools
@S_A_Somerville
Overwhelmed by the generous and thoughtful gifts, cards and well wishes as my time
@brannockhigh
comes to an end. So grateful to have worked alongside the most amazing colleagues - many of whom are friends, and to have taught the most brilliant and inspiring young people 💗
Last day with some of my lovely Senior N5/Higher RMPS pupils. Some of these amazing young people were my first ever S1s when I arrived as an NQT at
@brannock_high
in 2017 🥹 time flies! Proud of all their achievements ❤️
#emotional
#superstars
#dreamteam
Our LFA Ambassadors have been working hard on our annual Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations. They created a lesson that was delivered to every young person in
@brannock_high
Pupils were tasked with designing a memorial butterfly as a symbol of Hope
#HMD2023
@HolocaustUK
First week in my new role as acting Principal Teacher of Pupil Support for Lewis House 🤩 I will be undertaking this role while Mrs McRobbie is acting DHT 👏🏼 S2 options interviews will be taking place this week 🙌🏼
@brannock_high
Popped into
@JohnLewisRetail
and managed to catch a glimpse of some of our pupils working hard during their work placements as part of
@BrannockFridays
🤩 Here is Elysa doing a brilliant job serving customers on the perfume counter 🛍
#DYW
Amazing day at the Future Friday Dance Competition! Bursting with pride at our lovely young people who walked away with 5 x 1st places 🥇 6 x 2nd places 🥈 and 5 x 3rd places!🥉And to top it off, we won 2nd place for overall school, coming in at the 2nd highest scoring school 🤩
Brilliant first day in London with a fantastic group of young people. Sight-seeing, dinner in Covent Garden and the Lion King ☀️ Ready for round 2 tomorrow 🙌🏼
@brannock_high
Crazy to think that 5 years ago, myself and
@MissMcMillanR36
started our journey together and now here we are, entering our 6th year of teaching the most amazing young people 🥳⭐️
#BestJob
#dreamteam
Friday Supported Study session! National 5 pupils had fun playing the 30 second game 🕜 Can you talk about a particular topic or term for 30 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation? If not you risk being buzzed and someone else will steal the sheet to win 📚
#revision
‘Take what you need trolley’ all stocked up thanks to a lovely donation from one of our parents 🤩 Thank you, your kindness and generosity is felt massively amongst our school community
#bestparents
Well done to Michael who engaged in Future Fridays to gain his CSCS H&S card, visited
@dmgservicesgr0
as part of the DYW partnership for a career taster day and as part of
#ScotAppWeek
before then gaining a work placement. He has since been offered an apprenticeship with DMG 🙌🏼⭐️
As part of Careers Week
@brannock_high
staff are displaying their own career pathways on their classroom doors for young people to see. You will see lots of our staff have had an array of jobs and experiences in addition to teaching.
#NoWrongPath
#CareersWeek
Despite the smiles, it was with an extremely heavy heart that we said goodbye to
@_MissStirling
on Friday. We would like to thank her for all that she has done for our pupils, families and staff in her time here and wish her all the best at
@CalderheadHS
A fantastic morning with
@carvaletglasgow
🧽🪣 Our group cannot wait to start the 8 week program 🙌🏼 Thank you for giving our young people this fantastic opportunity to develop skills for life and work
@brannock_high
Excited for my car to be shining! 🚗✨
Myself and
@MissMcMillanR36
were representing for
@BrannockSS_RMPS
Social Subjects & RMPS team last night at the prom. Brilliant night with the best bunch of beautiful humans 😍 here are a few snaps … p.s can you tell I was chuffed with my award 🥹❤️
#Prom2022
Delighted to attend our Awards Ceremony tonight. Special mention to all my amazing RMPS prize winners! Also to these two brilliant young people.
@BrannockSS_RMPS
are so proud of you! Thanks to Dr Andrew Killen from
@VisionSchools
for presenting our Holocaust Remembrance Award.
Last period with my lovely S4 class! Best young people ever 😍 I know they are going to do amazing in the final exam 🌟 they are all superstars!
#emotional
#Nat5
#RMPS
Massive thank you to the team at
@JohnLewisRetail
Glasgow for welcoming our S3 DYW pupils to the store. We learned lots about careers in Retail and developed skills needed for the industry. We took part in a design challenge as well as a visual merchandising task
@brannock_high
Reflecting on a wonderful summer spent with friends and family 🌺☀️🌴🌊🐚 Excited to start my new journey tomorrow before returning to
@brannock_high
for a few days before my official start date ✨
#NewBeginnings
Best of luck to all my lovely pupils for
#SQAResults
day tomorrow. You have worked so hard and I am hopeful you will get the results you deserve 🤞🏼❤️ Remember, there is
#NoWrongPath
and there are lots of options available to you if things don’t quite go your way. ✨
Every young person in our school has engaged in a lesson for HMD, delivered by our Holocaust Education Ambassadors. Each pupil created a bubble reflecting a freedom they are grateful for, as the theme is ‘Fragility of Freedom’ - bubbles are fragile and can burst easily.
#HMD2024
A massive well done to my S3 DYW class who successfully organised a small afternoon tea in our
@brannock_high
bistro🍰🫖 Our young people are developing lots of skills including leadership, communication and confidence. Money raised will be going to charity.
#DYW
As we return to school, it’s important to remember that not all of our young people will have enjoyed their summer holidays. This poem remains as pertinent as ever ✏️
Best of luck to all young people for tomorrow as we approach
#ResultsDay
Remember, there is
#NoWrongPath
✨ I have my fingers crossed for my lovely National 5 and Higher pupils 🤞🏼 I am proud of all your hard work and I hope you all get the results you deserve 💗
S4 RMPS National 5 Class of 2023 ❤️ I have loved teaching this fantastic bunch over the years. Wishing them all the best of luck for the final exam! 🤞🏼 for the marks they deserve.
#Superstars
#dreamteam
#futureHighers
🙌🏼🤩
RMPS features on a substantial number of the preferred subjects lists for courses at the University of Strathclyde. Here are some examples … courses for degrees in Law, Primary Teaching, Social Work and English 📚 Showing its value as a great essay-based subject!
#RMPS
A number of S3 RMPS and Modern Studies pupils visited
@OldTownJail
. Pupils learned about the history and purpose of prisons. Pupils also took part in an escape room challenge where they had to use their problem-solving skills to solve the crime.⛓️🚓
@BrannockSS_RMPS
@brannock_high
Thank you to all from our wider school community who attended our annual
#HolocaustMemorialDay
commemoration this morning. A massive well done to all of our outstanding young people who led and delivered a powerful presentation, including musical pieces
@BrannockArts
@HolocaustUK
Unbelievably proud of our young people today for delivering a truly moving Holocaust Memorial Day Community Event
@brannock_high
. From the presentations to musical pieces to hospitality, our pupils embodied our school value of Respect.
#HMD2024
@VisionSchools
@HolocaustUK
Lovely first day back with all our amazing young people. 🤩 Great to see all their smiling faces! Also good to be reunited with
@MissMcMillanR36
as we enter our 7th teaching year together! How did that happen?! 😱 I am grateful for her support throughout the years
#bestie
👯♂️
All 44 pupils are aboard the Euston > Glasgow Central train 🚝 we will update closer to the time of arrival. Had the best few days in London more photos to follow. What a fantastic group of young people 🤩🙌🏼
#TeamLondon
@brannock_high
"Take what you need" drawers have now been rolled out across the school containing toiletries, snacks and stationary. All pupils can access the resources in rooms 28, 40 and in the pupil support base. Please see Miss MacDonald for more information.
Very proud of all of our young people who achieved awards at our BGE Awards Ceremonies today. Special mention to our S3 Citizenship Winner who is our DYW Champion for
@BrannockSS_RMPS
and YPI Ambassador. And also to my fabulous dancers from our
@BrannockFridays
dance team 🕺🏻
Miss Stirling’s team ready for Day 2. London Bridge Experience, Borough Market, Thames Cruise and Back to the Future 🤩 we have mastered the underground already 😎
A massive well done to our first group of S3 pupils who completed the Fire Reach program last week. Very proud of the skills you have developed such as team work, resilience and confidence. Our next group embarked on their program this morning!
@fire_scot
@brannock_high
#DYW
Absolutely delighted to have these four amazing young people as Fleming House Captain, Vice Captain and Prefects 🤩 What a team 🙌🏼 Looking forward to supporting these young people on their Pupil Leadership journey!
#FlemingHouse
#CARES
#Ambition
@CalderheadHS
Well done to our S6 pupil, Lindsey, who has been undertaking lots of work as a
@HolocaustUK
ambassador. Today she worked on a project with Community Action Newarthill where members of our community made a pledge which will be used as part of our HMD commemorations
@VisionSchools
My S3 DYW class working hard on their fundraiser - a car wash 🚘 They are going to use the £ raised to fund a staff afternoon tea in our Bistro to raise even more money for a charity of their choice. We are also looking forward to our class trip to John Lewis next month!
#Skills
Some of our afternoon classes were treated to some entertainment today by our very own
@MissMcMillanR36
and
@_MissStirling
🤩 here they are murdering a bit of Abba 🙌🏼 ps shout out to the girls in 2A who accompanied by
@_MissStirling
are destined to be the next famous girl band 💃🏻
A huge well done to our fantastic Car Valeting Team. Here are 4 of our group receiving their certificate of completion from
@carvaletglasgow
. All young people passed with merit 🤩The team made a fantastic £490 and developed many skills such as leadership!
@brannock_high
@DYWLED
Didn’t manage to get a picture with them all, but so sad to be saying goodbye to my AMAZING Higher RMPS class and a few other lovely S6 pupils. Such a fabulous group of young people. They have kept me laughing all year and I know they are going to smash the final exam!
#bestclass
Great afternoon with Stuart from
@nlcpeople
discussing our plans for DYW within
@brannock_high
🤩 Lots of exciting discussions and looking forward to implementing our improvement plan in order to ensure success for all 🙌🏼
#DYW
@DYWLED
@pauline_one1
An ex-pupil of
@brannock_high
showing the ropes to Shae on his first week of work experience with
@RussellandYoung
🔧
A year ago Holly attended a career session as part of
@BrannockFridays
and here she is completing her apprenticeship 🚘
#DYW
in action
A massive well done to our group of young people who took part in a project with MB Aerospace in Motherwell ✈️👏🏼 it was a pleasure to come and visit today to see your final product and hear you present on the experience
@brannock_high
@pauline_one1
#DYW
#Skills
#Partnerships
Great to meet so many of our families and young people at our
@brannock_high
Pathways event. So proud of our DYW Champions for
@BrannockSS_RMPS
who did a great job of speaking about our subjects 🙌🏼🤩
#Leadership
Thanks to
@carvaletglasgow
for taking Kenzie on for a work placement 🙌🏼 Kenzie took part in our Car Valet program last year and has now managed to secure a place to go and gain some work experience 🚗
#DYW
@DYWLED
So proud of our DYW Subject Champions for Social Subjects and RMPS. These 4 fantastic young people did an amazing job of helping us chat to P7 Pupils and Parents about the Faculty 🤩🙌🏼 Brilliant event to welcome our future P7 pupils to
@brannock_high
@BrannockP7
@BrannockSS_RMPS
My S3 DYW class raised a fantastic £270 through our £20 challenge! Pupils used their entrepreneurial skills to raise as much money as they could from £20. We had hampers, raffles, car washes and even a staff afternoon tea. We have decided to donate this money to
@VSScotland
👏🏼
A huge thank you to Joanne and our cleaners at
@brannock_high
who donated a massive pile of of Christmas treats for our young people to collect at Breakfast Club … happy faces all round! 🤩🙌🏼
#grateful