Social Subjects

Faculty News: Social Subjects

Published: 24 May 2013

Mrs Montgomery and Mr Woolley are leading the Amsterdam trip from 25th May - 30th May. If any pupils are worried/anxious about the exam and feel that they need additional help, Mrs Ingham is more than happy to assist. Pupils should phone up in advance to book a meeting. Pupils can visit the department on Friday 31st May for quiet revision.

Published: 09 May 2013

S1 pupils in the RMPS Department have been busy completing their Learning For Life: Inspire > Aspire posters. The best entries have now been sent away for independent judging. Well done to all involved. 

Published: 27 February 2013

Knox Academy has been made aware of a fantastic free event for ambitous young Scots to meet Scotland's top entrepreneurs...

 

Join TEDxYouth for a day of sharing ideas and meeting like-minded people.

At TEDxYouth you're going to hear eleven inspiring talks and have the chance to meet some of the leading minds in Scottish business right now. If you're full of ideas and keen to change the world, then you're the people we want to register.

The event is free to attend and open to anyone aged 14 - 18

SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 100 - spaces are filling up fast - SIGN UP NOW!

The schedule for the day is as follows...

1000 – 1030 - Registration

1030 – 1210 – Session 1

    Gavin Oattes (Scottish Young Entrepreneur of the...

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Published: 13 February 2013

The S3 Business Core Skills Day was an event which took place in January, and taught all S3 pupils who had taken Business as one of their subjects about teamwork, creativity and the world of work.

It was run by three representatives – one from the oil industry, one from the construction industry and one from the Royal Navy. Pupils took part in three fun and interesting events in a randomly assigned team, and told to work together to achieve a goal. The first task was to rescue six jelly babies from a collapsed school by building a small robot to scoop them up and return them safely.

 

The second task was to use 200 lego bricks to...

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Published: 05 February 2013

Higher Geography Revision Sessions will start on Tuesdays 4 pm from 19 February 2013 with Mrs Barber.