Social Subjects

Faculty News: Social Subjects

YOUTH PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS

Published: 15 March 2011

Young people from East Lothian are being asked by the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) to stand up for what they believe in and make a difference in their communities by standing as a candidate in the March 2011 Youth Parliament elections. 

This is a national organisation which provides young people aged 14-25 a platform to represent young people across Scotland and an opportunity to influence politicians and formal decision makers who are looking for its next group of youth activists.

ALL secondary school age can vote in the upcoming elections 

Candidate Manifestos (PDF File)

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BUSINESS QUESTION TIME

Published: 28 February 2011

On the Wednesday 25 February, the Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher Business Management pupils gathered along with some representatives from the local community for the inaugural Knox Academy Business Question Time.

Local business people joined the panel – Joe Forte from Joe Forte Sports, Suzanne Haughey from The Health and Beauty Centre, Mike Hoppe from Subway Haddington and Gillian Burgess who is Manager of M&Co Haddignton.

The panel was chaired by Linda Mitchell from Silver Lining. Alistair Bryce from the East Lothian Council Economic Development Unit was also in attendance.

Each of the panel had different experiences in running different types of businesses which meant that all topics could be covered. The aim of the event was to help us find out...

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SNOW WORK - DECEMBER 2010

Published: 08 December 2010

Work for pupils who cannot access the school due to transport difficulties...

Pupils should be aware, that for many subjects, there are resources already available on this website which can assist in self-study...

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SNOW DAY REVISION

Published: 01 December 2010

In addition to the material available on this website, pupils should be aware of the Past Paper search service for their subjects from the SQA. 

Papers can be downloaded from the past few years (this includes marking schemes!).

To start your search, click here....

STOCK MARKET CHALLENGE

Published: 18 November 2010

Our fantastic day out was to the Stock Market Challenge at the University of Edinburgh on Thursday 18 November 2010. There were 27 teams from Edinburgh and the Lothians. Our team members were: Louis Luke (3G3), Bethany Quirk (3L2), Gemma Robertson (3G1), Kerri Scambler (3L1) and Robbie Watson (3G1). We were the team that were picked from the S3 Business Management classes, after a competition using the classroom version of the Challenge.

In the Stock Market Challenge there were 5 days (25 minutes in real time) where we had to compete to earn the most money from our investments. Every team started out with £13,400 worth of different shares and euros. The teams were made up of 5 roles: the Finance Manager, the Investment Analyst, the Media Analyst, the Floor Trader Buyer and the...

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