The History of Braidwood Primary School
Braidwood Primary is a modern school situated in Lower Braidwood,
approximately half a mile from the A73 on the B7056 to Crossford.
The original building, a traditional sandstone design is situated
in Braidwood Road. It has recently been converted into housing.
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Braidwood Primary School
1875-1974. |
The current building was opened in 1974. It is a round, semi-open
plan design. The outer circle of the school accommodates 7 class
bases, two open areas and an ICT computer suite. The inner circle
has two open areas, one for use by P.1-3 pupils and one for use
by P.4 pupils. It also has a well resourced fiction and non-fiction
library. The carpeted centre circle is used for P.E, drama and assemblies.
The design of the school helps to pull the school community together
well.
When the present building opened in 1974 only two of the class
bases were used to accommodate the pupil roll which at the time
was around 40 pupils. Miss Torrance was appointed Head Teacher of
the new school. Miss Torrance remained in post for over 20 years
until her retirement in June 1997.
The school roll has grown steadily. In 1997 when Mrs. Lynas took
over as Head Teacher, the roll had risen to 121. It has continued
to rise and the school currently has just over 180 pupils. At present, 15%
of our pupils live within Braidwood Primary 's catchment area and
85% of pupils attend Braidwood Primary as a result of successful
placing requests.
Braidwood Primary School Today
We pride ourselves on having a very committed team of teaching
and non-teaching staff. Parents are very supportive and we benefit
greatly from the involvement of an interested School Board and a
very active Parent Teachers Association.
The school is bright with attractive displays of pupils' work.
There is a calm, purposeful environment and our pupils are encouraged
towards increasing independence within their learning. Our staff
implement effective strategies to make learning as interesting and
meaningful for the children as possible.
We consistently strive to give our pupils as rich an education
as possible. In line with Scottish Executive 5-14 Guidelines we
provide an interesting, stimulating curriculum in the key areas
of Mathematics, Language, Expressive Arts including Art/Design,
Drama, Music and Physical Education, Environmental Studies, Health
and Religious & Moral Education. We also implement a programme
throughout the school focusing on the children's Personal and Social
Development.
In recent years, our pupils have consistently achieved in excess
of 90% in relation to National Assessments in reading, writing and mathematics.
We have a very active Pupil Council which provides
the children with an opportunity to raise, discuss and take forward
initiatives of their choice. The Pupil Councils reps, P.3-7, are elected by their classmates following campaigning. The Pupil Council were responsible
for developing the idea of a nature garden which now has pride of
place at the entrance to the school. The pupil council also initiated
the idea of positive play games which pupils access at breaks.
Our pupils participate in a variety of extra-curricular
clubs including football, netball, recorder and craft.
School Hours
| 09.00 - 10.30 |
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| 10.30 - 10.45 : Interval |
| 10.45 - 12.15 |
| 12.15 - 13.00 : Lunch |
| 13.00 - 15.00 |
