PSP Meeting this Wednesday 6.15pm LSS room. Look forward to seeing you there.
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East Lothian Star Awards
Yesterday evening the East Lothian Star Award took place. Knox had been nominated in the Community Partner category. Knox won their category and have a lovely trophy and certificate to prove it! Massive congratulations go to Mr Flood and his team (Careers’ Advisors, Mr Plain, Mr Johnston) and to our partners Canon UK, Prentice Coaches and East Lothian Council.
Well done Knox
The Sunday Times Top 50 State Secondary Schools in Scotland- 23rd November 2014
Knox Academy has entered the Sunday Times Top 50 List of State Secondary Schools in Scotland! This is a fantastic achievement for the whole school community. Congratulations to everyone!
Please note there are over 350 state schools in Scotland.
Well Done
Piping Congratulations
Congratulations to Joshua Marsh who came 1st and 3rd in the East Lothian Solo Piping and Drums Championships held at Preston Lodge High School on Saturday 29 November.
Next meeting 3rd December
Next meeting of the PSP takes place next Wed 3rd Dec 6.15. Agenda to follow shortly. And huge welcome to all our new Facebook followers especially for taking us to the 100 mark.
Knox Academy Parent School Partnership – Facebook page
Please “like” the page to receive updates as and when they are available.
Transition to Knox – Focus Group
As part of the Knox school self evaluation Mr Blair (Teacher of Mathematics) is hoping to look at the transition for parents and pupils P7/S1 and has asked the Parent Council for assistance. We thought one way to get views was to have a small focus group for an hour at Knox on Thursday 13th Nov. We are hoping for around 10 parents in each group.
There will be two groups
1st Group for parents of children in P7 6.15 to 7.15
2nd Group for parents of children already in S1 7.30 to 8.30
The format of the meeting will be to answer around 5 questions in two groups and then a plenary session for open discussion.
The meeting will take place in the Learning Support room at Knox which is through the main doors, turn left and it is first on the right.
Please contact us (knoxacademypsp@gmail.com) if you can make it – just so we know how many home made brownies to bring
SCILT – Scotland’s National Centre for Languages
This leaflet exists for all parents/carers, produced by the Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, specifically to explain the new 1+2 approach. The information is extremely helpful and is designed for parents/carers.
The Scottish Government’s Report ‘Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach‘ was published in 2012. Local authorities and schools are now working towards implementation of the report. The aim is to enable children and young people to study two languages in addition to their mother tongue in all Scottish primary and secondary schools
www.scilt.org.uk/LearnersParents/Parentleaflet/tabid/1875/Default.aspx
SUCCESS GUIDES & PAST EXAM PAPERS
National 4/5, Higher Success Guides and Specimen Exam Papers are now available to order in school. Order forms can be collected from Mr Plain in the Library, with orders due back into school before end of school on Friday 24th October.
Hodder Gibson (Nationals only) offers 20% discount on their SQA approved titles and Leckie & Leckie offer 30% on their titles.