Schools

Due to the continuing severe weather conditions, it has been confirmed that ALL East Lothian schools will remain closed to pupils on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December.  The forecast for Wednesday night is for worsening weather conditions with snowfalls of between 5 and 10cm and falls of 20-30 cm in some parts of the county.

Major efforts to open up safe access routes to schools will continue during the rest of the week. East Lothian Council appreciates that these closures are causing major inconvenience to parents and carers. However, every effort is being made to re-open schools in the face of unprecedented severe weather conditions and transport difficulties.

Further updates for this week will be added here in due course with information also being available on Radio Forth and school websites.

School staff should continue to follow the Policy on Employee Absence due to Adverse Weather conditions.

Access to learning resources at home

During the adverse weather, and at any other time, parents, carers and children are able to access a wide range of learning materials though our innovative Edubuzz website. You can find a wide range of learning resources, suggested research activities and homework tasks – either on your own school’s Edubuzz pages or on any of the other school sites. 

Our teaching staff are adding to and updating this information on a regular basis and many of them are available to contact by email.   Edubuzz also gives you access to over 1000 other sites and the opportunity to network with more than 2000 contributors across East Lothian.

For a full list of Edubuzz school sites, including your own school, click here ...

These are in addition to resources available on Knox Academy's website and the SQA Past Paper service

School Closed - Wednesday 1 December

Knox Academy will continue to be closed to pupils today. 

Pupils should be aware, that for many subjects, there are resources available on this website which can assist in self-study during this period of severe weather:

• Art
• Biology
• Business Education
• Drama
• History & Modern Studies
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Science

At an assembly this morning, S1 pupils were issued with information regarding Activities Week 2011.

Each S1 pupil will bring home an information letter, return slip and consent form.  Please return the required documentation to the School Office no later than Friday 3 December 2010.

Electronic copies of this documentation can be found here.

On the evening of Wednesday 17 November, social networking was on the agenda for Advanced Higher Business Management pupils.  Aileen McKnight, Rachael Weir and Christina Laing joined the Business Education staff, Mr Dempster, Mrs Ferguson, Mr McFarlane and Mr Flood, for a viewing of The Social Network at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh.

The evening was a great success where everyone gained further insight into the foundation of FaceBook Inc and Mark Zuckerberg's role as an entrepreneur. Many examples were demonstrated in the film which will be useful in discussion throughout the Advanced Higher Business Management course: different managerial styles, leadership, motivation, working as part of a team and the conflicts within that team, and changes that occur as a enterprise grows into a company with worldwide influence.

A fantastic evening, enjoyed by all concerned.