General News

Published: 30 November 2023

The Music Department are hosting our annual Christmas Concert on Thursdsay 21st December 2023 at 7pm

Tickets on sale from Friday 1st December in the Music Department at Break. 

£4 adults, £2 under 18s (Cash Only)

Pipes, Jazz Band, S1 Choir, Folk Group, String Quartet, Student Bands, Knox Voices, Orchestra, Cello Ensemble...

Come along and enjoy a fabulous evening!

Published: 27 October 2023

A planned diet of prelims for National 5/Higher/Advanced Higher will take place from Friday 24 November 2023 until Monday 11 December 2023 (inclusive).

The prelim timetable will be shared with pupils at the end of October.

Further advice and expectations can be found in the letter from our Head Teacher dated Thursday 26 October 2023

Published: 27 October 2023

If you're a girl studying National 5 Maths and feel you need a space to ask a 'stupid' question as you prepare for your Prelim then come along to M1.3 at 1.05pm every Thursday. Bring your lunch!

We've decided to do this because sometimes girls don't feel confident enough to take Maths further than National 5 and we want to change that! 

Romilly and Ms Campbell will running this so if you have any questions feel free to ask!

Published: 11 October 2023

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10th October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.

In registration classes watched the video below and were shown a short presentation.

In addition pupils may find the book "Little Book of Coping Skills" useful.

 

 

Published: 04 October 2023

The Instrumental Music Service will be showcasing the talent of young musicians in East Lothian through concerts on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October at St Mary's Kirk, Haddington.

Knox Jazz Band will be performing on Wednesday 11th October.

Tickets can be reserved and paid for on the door  - all details in the poster below.

 

 

Published: 04 October 2023

Following their recent success as members of the East Lothian Senior String Ensemble S4 Brodie Wallace (violin) and S4 Isabella Gold (violin) have now teamed up with S3 Matthew Scott (viola) and S5 Freya Maycock (cello) to launch the Knox String Quartet.

Knox String Quartet are currently rehearsing every Tuesday after school in the Music Department and we look forward to hearing great things from them at our school concerts in the future!

 

Published: 01 October 2023

Listen again to the Spring Concert which was held on Thursday 30 March 2023 on the concerts section of our website.  Previous concerts are also accessible on their individual pages.

Thanks to Nuala Kirkham, Beatrix Haydock and Elle Davies for filming the concert.

 

Published: 13 September 2023

Almost all the Tempest proofs have been delivered to pupils after the photography session last Thursday.  Should you wish to order photographs or gifts, please order promptly to receive free delivery from Tempest to the school.

All S1 present on Thursday 7 September 2023 should have a photograph, all Meadowpark students, all S6 and also those who did not have a current photograph on school records eg absent last session or a new student at the school.

Published: 07 September 2023

Scottish jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie hosted a truly inspirational workshop on Wednesday 6 September 2023 for the Higher/Advanced Higher Music students as well as members of Jazz Band, Goats' Toes and Knox pianists.

Fergus was the Winner of the SAY Award 2022 and Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year 2022. He is an excellent communicator and engaging, emotive performer with an infectious enthusiasm for his craft. 

The Music Department would like to thank Lamp of Lothian for sponsoring this event.

Published: 06 September 2023

You may be aware of an additional feature of Google Classroom which is designed to help Parents/Carers gain an overview of the set tasks and assignments. This feature is called Guardian Summaries and it enables Parents/Carers to receive e-mail updates about:

  • Missing work — Work not turned in when the summary was sent.
  • Upcoming work — Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails).
  • Class activities — Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers.

As a parent/carer you will be able to control the frequency of these updates or decide to opt-out of receiving them at a later date.

Setting up Guardian Summaries
To setup Guardian Summaries your child will need to follow these steps. This must be done by each child in your household for whom you wish to receive e-mail updates.

With your child use the link: knox.is/guardiansummary which requires your child to log in via Edubuzz.

We will use the main contact email we have on record but there is an option in the form to add a second email address. It is therefore essential that the pupil record is accurate so please contact us if you wish to make any changes to your stored information.

Please also note that, due to GDPR regulations, your child may choose to opt out of sharing information with you and if they decline permission we will not be able to set up the summaries for you.

Activating Guardian Summaries is a manual process which needs to be carried out by the school once the form is completed.

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