January 2015

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE - ADDITIONAL INFO
Published: 16 January 2015

On Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th January our S2 and S3 pupils were involved in workshops delivered by a company called Tree of Knowledge. Tree of Knowledge work within education to develop the best in young learners.  Our workshops were based around the idea of resilliance and the growth mindset. The speaker whi delivered these workshops suggested 2 valuable books at our parent information meeting on Monday evening. The books that the workshops are based around are as follows;

  

Two documents which give further information can be downlaoded below:

C Falconer
Depute Headteacher

DRAMA - LIVE PERFORMANCES
Published: 14 January 2015

UNFORTUNATELY NOW CANCELLED

Refunds will be issued to pupils who have already paid for this performance.

 

 

 

 

The Drama Department organise trips to a variety of live theatre productions to enhance pupils’ knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of drama.

There will be a performance on Monday 2 February for S2 and S3 pupils, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Please see this letter sent via pupil post for further details.

ORCHESTRA AUDIO FOR PRACTISING
Published: 09 January 2015

The link below will take you to a website that has an audio recording of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - one of this years Spring concert pieces.

Click here to access the audio recording.

Please note that we will not be aiming to play the fast sections as fast as the recording, so don't panic!!

FASHION SHOW SUCCESS

Published: 04 January 2015

"HARD-working pupils have been strutting their stuff on the catwalk to raise money for an East Lothian charity.

Clarissa Washington-Mackay and Rachel Dewar, S6 pupils at Knox Academy, raised £187.34 in aid of East Lothian Special Needs Playschemes (ELSNP) after working on the fashion show for a number of months."

Read more about this, in this week's East Lothian Courier.