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WORK EXPERIENCE INFORMATION JUNE 2014

Published: 20 February 2014

Documents relating to Work Experience June 2014 are now available to view here. 

SO YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR, VET, LAWYER OR AN ARCHITECT? READ ON..

Published: 18 February 2014

Pathways to the Professions provides advice and guidance to local state school students interested in applying for Medicine, Law, Veterinary Medicine or Architecture.  The scheme provides a lot of opportunites to gain experience and boost your personal statement.  Pupils can register with the scheme from fourth year upwards.  If you are interested in finding out more click here.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR?

Published: 17 February 2014

Medic Insight is an exciting opportunity open to pupils currently in S5 and who are planning to apply for medicine in their sixth year.  The course lasts for a week in June and is hosted by junior doctors from Edinburgh University.  Applications for the Edinburgh experience are open from Monday 17th February for a week.  To find out more and apply click here.

If you apply, please let your guidance teacher know.  Good luck.

SUPPORTING NUMERACY AT HOME

Published: 07 February 2014

Education Scotland has recently launched the first in a series of new materials to support numeracy at home.

These new materials consist of illustrations with some simple ideas to build numbers into everyday activities. The newly published materials have ideas relating to measurement and money.

Click here to access the website and materials.

Coming soon are materials for the following areas:

  • time
  • information handling
  • mental calculations
  • numbers.

 

 

 

BURNS' SUPPER 2014 - REVIEW

Published: 24 January 2014

Pupils, parents and staff gathered at Knox Academy on Thursday 23 January 2014 to enjoy another sell-out Family Burns’ Supper.  Ably compered by Mr Swinney, (Communications Faculty Head), the evening saw contributions including traditional toasts and poems, highland dancing and futuristic animation (Tam O’Shanter in Lego), with wonderful musical interludes provided by pipers, choir and musicians.

The Address to the Haggis was delivered by Mr Illingworth (Depute Head Teacher).  Head Boy Mark Robertson’s Toast to the Lassies was most capably responded to by Head Girl Gemma Sandie, while a most thoughtful and entertaining Immortal Memory given by Head Teacher Mrs Ingham was very well received.

A great night was had by all.

Hilary McSporran
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