On Monday 1 November, on what could only be described as a foul night, 4 Young Entrepreneurs, travelled to Forrester High School in Edinburgh.  A Young Enterprise Scotland (YES) training evening (organised by Lothian YES) was held there which was far more pleasant than the weather outside!

Part of the Young Enterprise programme involves attending training evenings.  This training evening was for the Christmas Fayre which is held in Edinburgh at the Apex International Hotel, The Grassmarket, on Saturday 4 December 2010, 10 am – 3 pm, COME ALONG!

The training session was designed to give us the skills necessary to confidently sell products, to ensure that our table design is appealing and stands out from the crowd, but most importantly, to teach us organisational skills so that we have the best chance of success on the day.

The highlight of the night, however, was not the formal training, it was meeting the entrepreneur Peter Mclean.  Peter is Managing Director of the ‘Foodie Company Ltd’. He gave us invaluable advice on how to start up our own successful business.  Speaking to him after the event, we learned how to market our product, how to negotiate with suppliers and how to effectively price products.  (Peter started his company three years ago and now has a café in Edinburgh and is big competition to us in the Hamper side of our business.)

Overall, the night was a great success; a big thanks to Mr Dempster for taking us!

Further details on our products will follow...

Campbell Hastings (Managing Director)
Pride of East Lothian

Last week, Miss Leggatt took two sixth year pupils, Emilie Sandy 6G1 and Ryan Bissoonauth 6G2 to Sam Burns Yard at Prestonpans on Monday 1 November.  They were looking for a chair to use in the up coming drama production of Sweeny Todd.

The group were successful in purchasing a swivel chair suitable for converting into a gothic barbers chair. The sixth year helpers will be doing the practical conversion in the Design Technology workshops in the next few weeks ready for the show just prior to Christmas.

The Ecolife event held on Thursday 4 November was a great success.  Special thanks go to Mrs Slowther, Miss Ward and Dr Wilson from the Biology Department, for all their hard work and dedication in organising such a wonderful evening.

A reminder that the Ecolife event takes place tonight 7 pm - 9 pm.  Entrance for a fantastic evening £3.  Knox Pupils are entitled to free entry.

Further details can be found here.

The PE Department would like to announce a competition as part of an advertising campaign, to encourage pupils in all year groups to bring and wear PE kit.

Pupils are encouraged to design a poster (details below) and return their creation to their PE teacher by Thursday 18 November 2010.

The Task: to create a poster on A4 paper.

The poster should include the following:

• Your name and class.
• Title: ‘Kit Fit’ (this must be included on the poster).
• PE kit required: trainers; tracksuit or jogging trousers or shorts; a collared or round neck t-shirt; outdoor top.
• The poster can also have a slogan/poem/statement about bringing PE kit.
• Artwork: The poster can be hand drawn; painted; designed on computer.

The best posters will be presented on the display boards in the PE corridor as part of the advertising campaign to encourage all pupils to bring and wear their PE kit.