On Friday 15 October 2010, Knox Academy pupils competed in the 2010 Faculty Challenge.
The results and House Points awarded can be viewed below:
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Last week, Miss Leggatt took two sixth year pupils, Emilie Sandy 6G1 and Ryan Bissoonauth 6G2 to Sam Burns Yard at Prestonpans on Monday 1 November. They were looking for a chair to use in the up coming drama production of Sweeny Todd.
The group were successful in purchasing a swivel chair suitable for converting into a gothic barbers chair. The sixth year helpers will be doing the practical conversion in the Design Technology workshops in the next few weeks ready for the show just prior to Christmas.
Standard Grade Religious Studies pupils travelled down to St Mary's Church in Haddington recently to see the Church as part of their Christianity course.
Jennifer MacRae, the Minister there gave a short talk on the Church and the rites of passage which happen there, mainly Christenings, Weddings and Funerals. This followed up her visit to the class where she spoke about what it means to be a Christian and her role as a Minister in the community. She was fantastic about fielding some tricky questions from pupils.
Although it was a flying visit, pupils were given the opportunity to look around the Church and ask questions. All in all, an enjoyable wee trip.
Mrs Montgomery
The Ecolife event held on Thursday 4 November was a great success. Special thanks go to Mrs Slowther, Miss Ward and Dr Wilson from the Biology Department, for all their hard work and dedication in organising such a wonderful evening.
A reminder that the Ecolife event takes place tonight 7 pm - 9 pm. Entrance for a fantastic evening £3. Knox Pupils are entitled to free entry.
Further details can be found here.
Knox Academy are holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Friday 5 November.
Please help support this cause by wearing items of pink.
No more than 3 items of pink may be worn. To wear items of pink we are asking for donations of £1 to support Breast Cancer Awareness.
S6 pupils will be visiting classes during the morning to collect donations and to sell merchandise to support the cause eg badges and bracelets.
The PE Department would like to announce a competition as part of an advertising campaign, to encourage pupils in all year groups to bring and wear PE kit.
Pupils are encouraged to design a poster (details below) and return their creation to their PE teacher by Thursday 18 November 2010.
The Task: to create a poster on A4 paper.
The poster should include the following:
The best posters will be presented on the display boards in the PE corridor as part of the advertising campaign to encourage all pupils to bring and wear their PE kit.
The Prelim timetable for S4 pupils can be accessed below:
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As part of our ongoing efforts to improve teaching and learning at Knox Academy, we have made some changes to the school discipline policy - details can be found below.
Each pupil was issued with this letter at registration this morning.
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Remember to "Green Your Life"...
Thursday 4 November 2010
7 pm - 9 pm at Knox Academy
This is an event to promote eco-friendly living and will include:
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Entrance: £3 on the door
Information below about an event run by East Lothian Council in partnership with Capability Scotland.
This is an Information Fair for young people with disabilities and their families about life after school:
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