Please note that there is an error in today's Daily Bulletin.  There is not a French Revision class running this afternoon (Friday 28 March).

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We arrived on Friday evening to a delightful, if slightly stressful, maths relay which sparked the competitive spirit that continued throughout the trip.

The first morning, we woke up to a dusting of snow and wrapped up warm. After lots of cups of tea and breakfast we split into our groups and went our separate ways - some to the zip-wire, some to water walking and the unlucky few to some multiple choice maths! After rotating through all the activities, all very sweaty and dirty, we grudgingly left our lovely instructors and gratefully accepted our lunch of plastic cheese and cup-o-soup.

After lunch we all ran off on our mathematical orienteering challenge from which we all returned in varying levels of mud and water, some missing shoes and many missing the answers to the questions!!

We had an amazing chicken korma for dinner followed by a relaxing swim which turned into races thanks to a certain competitive individual. The, exhausted, we showed up to the vector party to which the hosts - the teachers - were, as per usual, late. The party eventually transformed into a game of basketball which gained an audience from some of the other residents at the camp.

The so called 'Party Cabin' was more of a 'Sleepy Cabin, that night and eventually we all collapsed into bed. The next morning we got up ridiculously early to go kayaking and the sun made a timely appearance. Expectations were lived up to and some lucky people ended up in the water, although one, surprisingly, from not falling in but from simply sinking! At the end lots of people just jumped in and after attempting to throw Mr Blair and being told he had to have his life jacket on we set our sights on Mr Tait....who scarpered!

We did some more maths, had a massive lunch, speedily cleaned out our cabins and waved Goodbye to Maths Camp with a Knox Academy style bus sing-a-long session!

Everyone had an amazing time and lots of new friendships were made along with a massive improvement in everyones maths. Maths Camp was without a doubt a great experience.

Written by Katie, Eve and Naomi

Knox Academy Staff (and a few select S6 helpers!) will be playing a charity football match against the Forth 1 "All Stars" team this Friday (14/03/2014) and we need your support! As the video below shows (special thanks to everyone who took part in this) we have come a long way as a team!!

Cash for Kids is the official charity of Forth 1, and they've been helping children in Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife for over 30 years.

The charity helps children who are disadvantaged through poverty, and who are sick or disabled. They also help groups and organisations that work to improve the lives of children in our community. They are always looking for individuals and organisations to get involved with Cash for Kids and help them to raise more funds. You can find contact details here.

How will we raise money?

The school will have a dress down day this Friday and pupils will be asked to donate £1 for this very worthy cause. The football match will then take place at Haddington's 3G pitch on Whittingehame Drive and will kick off at 6.30pm. Some fantastic S6 pupils will be doing various things on the night, including circulating donation buckets, running a half time 'cross bar challenge' and also a raffle.

Please come along and support our team!

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The revision sessions for Nat 5 focusing on Close Reading will be continuing this Monday. At least two English teachers will be guiding you through the skills you need to have in order to be successful at Nat 5. With not long to go now before the final exam, we recommend that you attend!

WHEN: Monday 4-5pm

WHERE: Mr Edwards' room

Also, we've updated the Poetry section of the School Website. For copies of the poem, revision notes, practice questions and more, click here.

The French Department has been working hard to update their section of the school website in order to make it as useful as possible for pupils and parents. Please have a good look around as there is a lot of new additions to all sections.

Please click on the following link to access this section of the school's website.