General News

Published: 27 August 2009

Knox Academy has been given the opportunity to attend the ‘2Moro’s Driver’ event on Wednesday 2 September 2009.  The event is organised by Lothian and Borders Police Road Safety Unit and is open to pupils in S6.

It is a multi-agency event, which is based on a play funded by Road Safety Scotland and performed by the Baldy Bane Theatre Company.  It deals with the fun, risks and the responsibilities involved when becoming a new driver and getting a first car.

The event will be held at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh and will last from 9.40 am – 12.30 pm (approximately).  A bus will transport pupils to and from the event with staff supervision. There is no cost to yourself as The Community Safety Forum has agreed to fund the transport to this event.

If you would like your son/daughter to attend, please complete and sign the enclosed parental consent form and return it to school by Thursday 27 August 2009.  Any pupil who does not return this form will not be allowed to attend the event. The form should be given to Miss Garwood.

We are sure you will agree that this is an extremely worthwhile event, especially at this time of year when our current S6 will soon become tomorrow’s young drivers.

 

Published: 27 August 2009

Edinburgh and Lothians Higher Education Convention 2009

3rd September

Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ

With nearly 60 exhibitors from universities and colleges around the whole of the UK this year’s Higher Education Convention is geared up to be another successful event.

Knox Academy has an allocated time slot from 10 am – 11.30 am on Thursday 3rd September.  If there is enough interest from the S5 and S6 pupils we will supply a bus to and from the event at a cost of £2.00.

To register your interest and intention to attend this event, please return the attached green form along with £2.00 to Miss Easson by Tuesday 25th at the latest.

In the event of there not being enough interest to warrant putting on a bus, please note that there is an open session available to pupils and parents on Thursday 3rd September from 4.30 pm – 6 pm.

 

Published: 26 August 2009

2nd September at 7.30 pm

Parents and guardians of Knox Academy pupils submitting UCAS forms to universities and colleges are warmly welcomed to an evening of presentations to assist in the process of applying for courses this year.

The format of the evening is as follows:

 

Welcome
Heather MacLeod
Knox Academy
The school process
Eleanor Garwood
Knox Academy
Researching your options
Alan McLachlan...
read more...
Published: 19 August 2009

All pupils were issued with a letter from the Scottish Government, and a FAQ information sheet during assemblies held this afternoon. 

Copies of these documents can be found below:

 

Published: 06 July 2009

Knox Academy have registered with a new fundraising website which will help us, and you, earn cashback from your everyday shopping. Buy4schools is a website which provides access to over 2,000 online shops, including Tesco, Boots, Dixons, Marks & Spencer, Toys R Us, PC World, Next, Play.com and many more.

Purchases made from any retailer via our Buy4schools webpage, generates up to 15% commission, which is then split 50/50 between the school and parent.

The great thing is that parents only need buy what they were going to anyway, and they earn cashback for it!

A few important points:

  • Buy4schools is FREE for schools and parents
  • There is no obligation for you to buy anything
  • Shops won't charge you any more for buying through Buy4schools
  • You will not receive unsolicited emails from Buy4schools

Every parent gets a £5 welcome bonus when they register so please help us raise funds and earn cash-back you at the same time.

We hope you sign up and are very grateful for your support. We will keep you regularly informed over the coming months of how much we raise.

 

Published: 16 June 2009

From August the price of a school meal will increase to £1.90 (currently £1.80).

 

Published: 05 June 2009

Reminder that Monday 8th June is an inservice day and the school is closed to all pupils with the exception of those sitting an SQA examination.

 

Published: 03 June 2009

This summer Children’s BBC in Glasgow launches a brand new game show hosted by Pete Firman, called “Wait for It..!” Hailing from a department already responsible for some of CBBC’s biggest shows ‘Raven’, ‘Get 100’, ‘Stakeout’, ‘Ed and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions’ this promises to be another CBBC hit.

We’d like to invite viewers and fans of CBBC to take part in the studio recordings which are due to take place at the start of the school summer holidays.

There is a an amazing opportunity for children aged between 9-13 years old to come into Studio A at Pacific Quay and be part of the audience for the game. The show itself is a great mix of questions and game play, where contestants must wait as long as possible to answer in order to score maximum points. The main aim of the game is to avoid being plunged into a large pool of gunge!

The lucky audience members will enjoy a ring side seat at the pool of gunge and get to cheer on contestants throughout! Not to be missed.

For more information contact us now at waitforitaudience@bbc.co.uk or on 0141 422 6769. Recording dates are Tues 30th June – Fri 10th July (inclusive).

 

Published: 27 May 2009

Reminder to all pupils moving from S4 into S5, that they return to school at 8.44am on Tuesday 2nd June for their S5 Induction Day.  Their new timetable begins on Wednesday 3rd June.

 

Published: 21 May 2009

St Mary's RC Primary school has been temporarily closed to all pupils.  For more info click here

The Nursery class will move to Knox Academy from early w/c 25th May on a temporary basis.  If you have any queries or concerns regarding this please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 01620 823387. 

Thank you.

 

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