General News

BURNS COMPETITION SUCCESS
Published: 25 February 2009

The Knox Academy entry to the East Lothian Council wide Burns Competition coordinated by Library Services has been awarded the overall prize and declared the winner!  A number of individual prizes were also awarded to Knox Academy pupils. 

The competition entry was a real cross-curricular effort involving staff and pupils from English, Art and the School Library.  The overall award means that the school will receive a visit from a well-known author...watch this space for more info. 

Congratulations to all involved for a superb effort!

 

TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS
Published: 25 February 2009

Knox Academy is currently advertising for a Teacher of Mathematics to join the school from August 2009.  Please use the link below for more information:

http://www.ka-net.org.uk/school-info/recruitment

 

INTERNET SAFETY TRAINING
Published: 19 February 2009

An internet safety evening for parents will be run on Tuesday 24th February from 7.30 to 9.00pm.  For more information please view the calendar entry for this event.

 

WEBSITE CHANGES
Published: 16 February 2009

The school website underwent an upgrade during the February break and the following changes have been put in place:

  • The calendar on the home page now moves with the date.
  • Visitors to the website will be advised which pages have been updated recently.
  • Departmental pages have been added and work will now commence on completing the content.
  • A Head Teacher's update section has been added to the home page.  This will be updated regularly by Mrs Craig, visitors will be able to access an archive of previous updates for information.

We're always interested in hearing from users of our website, what they like, what they don't like, what they think is missing....  If you have any suggestions for improvements please contact us at knoxacademy@knox.elcschool.org.uk.

Happy browsing!

 

STAFFING CHANGES
Published: 16 February 2009

Welcome to Miss Steele who takes up post on a temporary basis today (Mon 16th Feb) in the PE department. 

Miss Steele will be covering the PE timetable of Mr Greenaway who is currenting Acting Principal Teacher Guidance.

 

FEBRUARY BREAK
Published: 05 February 2009

The school will be closed to pupils from 12.05hrs on Friday 6th February until 8.44am on Tuesday 17th February 2009. 

 

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
Published: 05 February 2009

During the February break (w/c 9th February) the website will be unavailable due to essential maintenance and upgrades. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.  The school office will remain open as normal for any queries. 

Watch this space for some new pages!

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER
Published: 02 February 2009

Please note that Knox Academy currently remains open to staff and pupils. 

If there is any change to this status this will be reported on Radio Forth and via this website. 

For information, pupils travelling to school by bus were released early today (Monday 02/02/09) at 12.30hrs following advice from the transport department however the school remained open to all other pupils. 

Please do not hesitate to contact the school office with any queries.

 

SPORTS NEWS UPDATED
Published: 29 January 2009

Please click the link below to visit our Sports News pages.  Remember, the Sports News can be found in the What's On section of the website.

For any queries regarding sports activities within the school please contact our Sports & Physical Activities Coordinator (Mr Couper) via the school office.

http://www.ka-net.org.uk/sportsnews

 

BURNS 250 CELEBRATIONS
Published: 27 January 2009

'As you may know, Knox has been celebrating the Burns 250 anniversary in many ways: Burns poetry reading and writing in English, "Tam O' Shanter' illustrations in Art, Burns songs in Music, and the life of Burns in History. If you have a son or daughter in S1 or S2, he or she may well have entered a poem or drawing in a local or national competition, or won a prize in a Burns quiz.

To mark this event, Knox Academy is offering you the chance to purchase the commemorative £2 uncirculated coin at a discounted price. The reverse of the coin features an extract from the original manuscript of "Auld Lang Syne", while the outer ring contains the text 1759 ROBERT BURNS 1796, £2.

The coin is housed in a presentation pack which contains an illustrated booklet on the life and works of Robert Burns. It is available from Knox at the discounted price of £4.74 (Retail price £7.78)'.

If you are interested in purchasing a commemorative coin please contact Mr Plain (Librarian).

Thank you.

 

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