A reminder that S6 pupils will be going round classes on Wednesday 1 November 2023 to collect donations. Please bring cash if you can, although we also have a card reader and there is a QR code on each tin. A great opportunity to support a very worthwhile cause.

Since 2019 Knox Academy has recognised achievement in school based extra-curricular and non-school based wider achievements through the award of Achievement Ties.  The Achievement Ties committee meets twice yearly to discuss nominations and allocation of Achievement Ties. There are two categories of Achievement Tie that can be awarded 'Half Colours' and 'Full Colours'.  There will be a presentation to all pupils on Tuesday the 8 November 2023 during registration which outlines how pupils may achieve these awards. 

Nominations are now open and can be completed through a Google Form.

For information on eligibility for the awards please see the Achievement Ties 2023 document.  There will be a virtual assembly for pupils during registration from our two S2 Achievement Ties Ambassadors on Monday 6th November informing pupils about the awards and how they might achieve them.   

The deadline for the first of two nomination periods this academic year will be Friday 1 December 2023.  Any applications received after this date will role on to the next meeting of the committee in May 2024.

JUNIOR CHOIR will continue to rehearse in the Music Department every Tuesday lunchtime in Mrs Middlemiss's room. This is open to everyone in S1-3 and those taking music in S3 are strongly encouraged to attend.

We will be learning the song 'What About Us?' by PINK  and will be joining forces with the newly launched Staff/Senior Choir to become Knox Voices for the Christmas Concert 2023.

Please come along on time - we will sing from 1:20 - 1:40pm (You are welcome to eat your lunch in my room before choir starts)

Here's a sneak peak at the song...

Reminder: Can all pupils with experience of swimming please come to a short meeting at break time on Tuesday 31 October 2023 in the small gym. Prior to COVID East Lothian ran a school's swimming competition and it is now back up and running. We require pupils to swim in 50m events, and also 100m IM across all year groups. If you cannot make the meeting, but would like further information, please speak to Ms Borwick or Thomas before Tuesday.

Rights Respecting Schools Award will be meeting on Tuesday 31 October 2023 at 1.15 pm to discuss the Showcase in November.  New members most welcome so come along and find out more.

L Montgomery

Edinburgh College is offering a number of full-time courses starting in January 2024. Information is on their website. Applications for these courses open on Tuesday 31 October 2023. If you are thinking of leaving school and would like to know more about this, please see your Pupil Support Leader or Mr Flood.

There will be a Halloween Bake Sale on Tuesday 31 October 2023 during break in the social area.  This is a fund raising event for the S6 Young Enterprise team who will be selling home made products soon.  Remember to bring cash!!!  Thanks for you support which allows us to participate in the Young Enterprise programme. 

There are 2 jackets which have been left in the Business Education store cupboard.  These have been there for several weeks. One is a Mountain Warehouse, and the other a Nike branded black jacket.

If these are yours please come to claim them by the end of the month (October 2023).

If not collected they will be passed to the School Office/Essentials Hub as unclaimed property.

Thanks

Here are some pictures of the third official STEM club session, where our juniors created some amazing structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Next Wednesday lunchtime we will be continuing with these designs and testing their ability to withstand an 'earthquake'. Prizes are up for grabs for the best tower - so be sure to come along! 

As part of Knox Academy’s strategy to tackle the Cost of the School Day we would like to set up a Breakfast Club that would be open to all. For this we need funding. Our Breakfast Club project is now in the running at Haddington Tesco's blue token scheme. 

Please support us to get the most funding possible from Tesco by voting for us using the blue tokens in the Haddington Tesco store. Voting is open until the 14 January 2024 so there's plenty of time to vote more than once! 

Football will be on this Thursday 26 October 2023 at the Aubigny! We are hoping to play Musselburgh next week so make sure if you would like to play in this match that you are at training this week.

Miss Stobie 

A reminder to all those taking part in the Grease musical: rehearsals start for everyone today (Tuesday 24 October 2023) after school at 3.30pm. Please go straight to the assembly hall for further instruction.

Any Eco-Committee members who are available to start setting up the Essentials Hub on Thursday afterschool should see Ms. Laudi by Wednesday (25 October 2023) lunch time to indicate that they can help this week.

The next Eco-Committee meeting will be on Monday 30 October 2023 during lunch time in Ms. Laudi's room. 

In this week's STEM club session on Wednesday lunchtime, we are going to be making 'elephant's toothpaste'! We'll be in Ms Goodsman's room (T1.11) , so bring along your lunch and don't miss out on any explosions! Looking forward to seeing you all there, new members are always welcome  :)

Keep an eye or your emails and/or listen out at registration for your careers appointment with the Careers Adviser in the library.

If you can’t make it please let Chris know and he can reschedule.

Remember, appointments are available for any students and if you want to be seen sooner rather than later just request an appointment or drop in.

Grease auditions: could all students who are auditioning for ACTING OR SINGING roles please come to MS. Breslin's room (T2.4) on Monday at lunch time for instructions about the upcoming audition process. Those auditioning for dance need to just go to the assembly hall on Tuesday after school. 

Garden Stirling Burnet Solicitors are looking for pupils who may be interested in doing some part-time work with their firm, based in Haddington.  This would ideally be afternoons although they will consider other working patterns given that pupils are still in education.

Ideally this would be suited to someone who is maybe interested in law or is looking to do office work once they finish their education. The work would be file scanning and other admin related tasks.  Pupils would be given full training on anything that they would be asked to complete.

If you are interested, please see Mr Flood for more information.

Hi Everyone

This is a last call for anyone who wishes to put themselves forward for the pupil council, we have already received some applications and they have been brilliant so far. But if there is anyone who wishes to apply who has not already done so could they please email the pupil leadership team on our email, pupil-leadership@ka-net.org.uk with your name, class and a short summary of why you would like to join the pupil council. The deadline for submissions is Monday 9th of October, so please apply if you would like to help make our school a better place (especially those in S3 and S5 as we are lacking pupils from those areas!)

Thank you

Pupil Leadership Team

Here are some pictures of the first official STEM club session, where our juniors created some amazing sparklers and tested flame colours too! Next week we will be making elephant's toothpaste - so be sure to come along!  

The Instrumental Music Service will be showcasing talent of young musicians from across East Lothian in concerts on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October at St Mary's Kirk, Haddington.

Knox Jazz Band will be performing on Wednesday 11 October 2023.

Tickets can be reserved in advance and paid for on the door.

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Jonathan Gawn and all the Instrumental Tutors who support our young musicians at Knox Academy.

Calling all budding young scientists in S1-3! 

We are currently running a STEM club every Wednesday lunchtime, in Ms Goodsman’s room (T1.11). We are a group of 6th year pupils who want to share our interest in science with younger years, and help encourage more girls into Physics and Computing. 

We have a variety of exciting activities planned for the coming weeks. To start off with a bang, we will be exploring the science behind fireworks and even making our own sparklers! 

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to your science teacher or us:

• Leila ka18lmaycock@edubuzz.org
• Ivy ka18ibriggs@edubuzz.org
• Alex ka18ajacksonbeale@edubuzz.org

Don’t miss out!
Thanks!!!
Ivy and co.