It was lovely to welcome all of our young people back to Term 3.
Staffing
Sophie Shorthouse will start her role as DHT, at Meadowpark, on Monday. A huge thank you to Jenn Davis so leading Meadowpark for the last three weeks.
SQA Exams
These start this morning and we would like to wish all our seniors all the very best for these. Staff will be available to support senior pupils at the times they would have had that timetabled class, should they wish to pop in and see them for support.
English N5 Support for SQA Exam
The English Department will be holding a revision day on Friday 2nd May for National 5 English candidates.
Period 1 - Essay Writing in Mr Bristow's Room
Period 2 - Scottish Text Revision (Duffy in Miss Breslin's Room, McCaig in Mr Welsh's Room)
Period 3 - General Revision in Miss Breslin's room
Period 4 - RUAE activities and revision in the library with Mrs Sinclair, Ms Milligan and Ms Linnett.
Please encourage your young person to attend these sessions. Thank you,
Achievement Ties – Nominations are now open
A quick reminder that applications are now open. The deadline for nominations will be Friday 9 May 2025.
School Uniform
Just a reminder that the expectation is that all of our young people wear our uniform to school. This is as much about safety as anything else as allows us, at a glance, to know they are Knox Academy pupils by what they are wearing. Hooded tops are banned at the school for safety reasons as hoods can be worn up and therefore mean we cannot see who the individual is – compromising safety. We appreciate that some young people have alternative uniforms for medical or sensory reasons and this has been agreed with House Teams. Thank you to parents/carers with your support with this.
S4 and S5 Blazer Fittings
Border Embroidery Uniforms will be attending Knox Academy for a S4 and S5 Blazer/Uniform Sales Event. This will be held in Knox library on Wednesday 30th April from 230-730pm. At this event pupils will be able to try on and order a blazer- a 15% discount will be offered on any items ordered at the event. We hope to see you there. Please contact Alison Swallow, Knox Welfare Assistant if you have any questions.
Rights Respecting School Award – Silver
Parents/carers should have received a detailed email about our areas of strength and areas for development. In a nutshell: strengths were the pupils, who clearly knew about their rights and the many things happening across the school to promote rights. Our next steps are to make links to rights more explicit and regularly refer to the UNCRC in lessons and activities. The Silver certificate is valid for three years (from March 2025 to March 2028)
School Improvement Planning for Session 2025-26
All parents/carers should have received the summary of our self-evaluation responses from parents/carers, staff, pupils and partners via an email. Thank you to all of you who took the time to complete the questionnaires and this summary will now be used to inform our School Improvement Plan for next session.
Dates for your diary:
25 April – 30 May – exam leaves for S4-S6 pupils
5 May – May Day holiday (pupils and staff)
6-9 May – S1-S3 activities week (including S3 PGL trip)
19 May – Pupils’ holiday and staff in-service day (note those doing SQA exams this day must attend for these)
20 May – Parent Council, 6.30-8pm, School Library (all welcome)
26-30 May – S3 Work Experience
2 June - New Timetable starts
5 June – S3 BGE Graduation Ceremony
Our school calendar is updated regularly and should be used to access all information throughout the year and allows you to plan ahead too.
Sue Cook
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