Social Subjects

Faculty News: Social Subjects

Published: 19 November 2025

Come along and join us at our Annual Festive Fayre on Saturday 6 December 2025 from 10 am until noon.

Our S1 Business and Administration students have been working hard over the past weeks to organise their teams for this event.

The N5 Retail class have been assisting in the organisation, Kimberley Watson's poster was selected to advertise the Festive Fayre this year. The Retail class will be running the cafe on the day.

Music provided by the Jazz Band and Goats' Toes.

Published: 03 February 2025

Are you making your Course Choices for next year and still not sure what to choose?  There is a wealth of information on the Course Choice pages of our school website.  However you may also find the following documents useful  to give some extra insight into Business Education courses.

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Published: 20 December 2022

One week ago, Knox Academy held a Festive Fayre on Saturday 10 December 2022. The expectations were high!  When the day came, everyone had the same ambition: to have success, fun and make a profit. I decided that everything I made was going to the “My Name’5 Doddie Foundation’’. The foundation is a charity set up by Doddie Weir, an ex-Scotland rugby player, and is all about finding a cure for MND (Motor Neuron Disease). MND is NOT a contagious infection that can be spread. It is a disease in which your muscles slowly waste away until your lungs fail, and you sadly die. This is a curable disease, but it is underfunded and with more money they may find a cure and possibly sooner. I raised £302 for this cause, and it is all thanks to every one that donated, took a flyer or even just saw...

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Published: 13 September 2021

The Social Subjects Support Classes Timetable is now available for Session 2021/2022.

All members of staff will support you in your studies.  Please speak with individual teachers to discuss any additional support required to assist you in achieving your AMBITION.

Published: 30 March 2021

As part of the P7 Transition programme this year, a number of subject areas are delivering a Remote Lesson to the Primary 7 pupils.

Last Wednesday 24 March 2021, it was the turn for Business Education.  As a follow-up to that lesson pupils were asked to come up with an idea for a new Fruit Juice Drink, design the packaging and present this alongside information about the ingredients, target market and slogan.

We received some fantastic designs for our mini-competition, which was judged by Leila Maycock, Eilidh Robertson and Mr Dempster.  Leila and Eilidh have been coordinating this series of lessons with teachers across the schools, and communicating with the Primary 7 pupils via Google Classroom.

All the entries received can be viewed in the files below, we were...

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