Earlier this month all S3 Business Management pupils participated in a day of team-working events, run by Business Dynamics.
The tasks centred around three areas: communication, problem solving and working with others; in order to assist pupils preparing for the world of business.
The East Lothian News has today published an article reflecting this event.
To read this week's bulletin click here (Word Document).
The final performance of 'Passing Places' is this evening (Tuesday 6 Feb) at 7pm: 'highly recommended', J Craig. £5 Adults, £3 Pupils.
Lord of the Flies is on Wednesday and Thursday at 7 pm (lasts under an hour). Directed by pupils Neil Reynolds and Chris Thompson. This is a stripped back adaptation of this classic story of survival and instinct. The directors have chosen an all female cast and take inspiration from dance/drama with powerful music which is sure to make an impact! £5 Adults, £3 Pupils.
Getting around East Lothian
Community and supported transport – is there a better way?
Transport and the ability to get around impacts on everyone in East Lothian. Addressing this issue can be challenging as the majority of public transport in the area is commercial, and outwith the control of East Lothian Community Planning Partnership. However, the Council does subsidise some bus services, and the NHS and the voluntary sector also provide many vital transport services in our communities.
Our Plan for the Future of East Lothian sets out what the Community Planning Partnership wants to achieve for our county in the future. This includes having well connected communities with sustainable forms of transport.
The Community Planning Partnership is holding a conference to raise awareness of the range of community and supported transport currently available in East Lothian. It is open to everyone, including providers and users of community and supported transport, as well as business and services providers whose clients use these services.
The conference will be held on Saturday 3 March 2012 in the Town House, Haddington (9.30am for a 10 am start, finishing 12.30 pm). Refreshment and crèche vailable. Booking is essential.
The programme is available here. To book a place, register here or phone 0131 653 4060.
East Lothian Council
Mr Jappy, Miss McPhee, Mrs Slowther and Mrs Barber made a 3-day return visit to our partner school in the city of Karvina, Czech Republic.
Departing on Thursday 26 January, the group visited Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp in Poland before making their way south to the city of Karvina, Czech Republic. Friday was spent visiting the mountain of Radhost, and the village of Pustevny, to experience traditional Czech mountain life. Saturday was spent visiting the city of Ostrava, before travelling north to Krakow for their flight home early on Sunday morning.
The weather was very cold during their stay, but once again received a warm welcome from their Czech hosts. A group of teachers from Karvina will be visiting the school in mid March.
Photographs of the visit can be viewed below.
A Jappy
Mrs Baird's S2 and S3 classes have been reflecting on the theme of "Speak Up Speak Out" for Holocaust Memorial Day 2012.
They have been looking at past and present case studies as well as looking at examples abroad and within the UK where the language of hatred has been prevalent.
To commemorate the day, pupils have been making class 'Posters of Hope'. These have included collages of candles as symbols of light and hope as well as personal messages of encouragement from the pupils to the world.
Images of the class collages can be seen below.
Mrs S Baird
The new weekly library bulletin is now available - to read please click here (Word Document).
This session we have launched Community Assemblies. We have invited prominent members of the local community to speak to all pupils about their role in the Haddington Community and why Haddington is such a good community to live in.
This month Debi Gliori, local author and illustrator spoke about her life and work. As a result of the Prelim Diet, this assembly was a video-assembly held during an extended registration.
This means that the assembly can be viewed by the wider school community - the embedded video is below - or viewable by clicking here.
Kids Witness News (KWN) is a global film competition run and funded by Panasonic.
This year the Knox Academy team members are Caitlin Wright, Saimah Uddin, Owen McHugh, Eilidh Munro, Rhona Taylor, Becky Cole, Andrew Waddell and Janina Calder-Petrie, all S3 pupils.
The subject of the film is "Knife Crime and its effect on society". Our slogan is ‘Think of life, put down the knife’.
Yesterday, the group were lucky enough to be able to visit St Andrew's House in Edinburgh to interview Kenny MacAskill, the Justice Secretary for Scotland. The team arranged the interview with Mr MacAskill themselves, for which they were commended. Mr MacAskill was very friendly and approachable and answered all our questions with great detail.
The KWN team greatly enjoyed the experience and would like to thank all involved for their help.
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Saimah Uddin and Caitlin Wright
