General News

Published: 05 March 2009

Knox Academy introducted allocated seating at the Christmas Concert and plan to do so again at the Spring Concert (1st April). In an attempt to streamline the process this year, all pupils taking part in the Spring Concert will be allocated a priority booking form which will entitle them to reserve up to 4 seats per family. Forms should be returned to the school office by Wednesday 18th March and seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will no requirement for pupils to queue for tickets until the remaining tickets are put on general sale from Monday 23rd March.

Pupils taking part in the Spring Concert will be issued with a priority booking form at rehearsals, however can collect one from the Music Department if they are absent and miss their rehearsal. Forms will be available from Monday 6th March and must be returned, to the school office, by Wednesday 18th March.

 

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!

 

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

 

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.

 

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!

 

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.

 

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. 

 

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!

 

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.

 

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

 

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