The Bridge Centre in Haddington are offering Dance and Movement sessions for boys and girls with autism who are aged between 8-16 years. For more information please take a look at their promotional leaflet.
General News
Published: 25 October 2017
Starting today the website email will be sent at a different time. Instead of the traditional 1 pm email, this will be changed to 5 pm (after the school day) which should enable more bulletin entries for the next day to be picked up. Hopefully this will prove to be more useful for parents/carers.
Published: 17 October 2017
Be inspired by Mr Flood's story of how he goes the #ExtraMile in support for Poppyscotland with support from our S6 students.
How will you go the #ExtraMile for this years Scottish Poppy Appeal?
Published: 15 October 2017
The school website calendar is now displaying as an Event Calendar with a responsive design. This should make events easier to read and has been designed particularly for those reading on mobile devices.
Remember that you can also subscribe to our calendar by following these instructions, allowing school events to be displayed alongside your personal events.
Published: 14 October 2017
I am so proud to announce that all of our pupils have now been on the water in a kayak or canoe. For some this has been hugely challenging and our young people have had to tap into pockets of resilience and determination in order to overcome some initial fears, but they have managed this and can legitimately celebrate their achievement.
Our full newsletter contains information about all our activities this week.
Published: 13 October 2017
The SQA is proud to be at the heart of the education and skills system in Scotland and is committed to helping young people realise their potential and to achieve their ambitions.” - Dr Janet Brown, Chief Executive of SQA.
A document entitled "Guide to Scottish Qualifications" has been published and is available on the SQA website.
Published: 13 October 2017
Knox Academy is pleased to invite applications for the following vacancies:
Closing Date: Sunday 29 October 2017
Published: 12 October 2017
Knox Academy U15 took on Longridge Towers in a friendly rugby match on Wednesday afternoon. In dreich conditions the Knox lads started off well but ended up conceding the first try with some sloppy defence. the homeside rallied and ran in a well worked try, from the resulting kick off Duncan Riley caught the ball and sped up the wing unchallenged and scored again.
Knox made changes at half time and there was a debut for Findlay Wilson his first action was to tackle a lad twice as big as him which he did so with ease! The visitors started to pile the pressure on and scored a few tries to get up a lead, Knox shuffled the team about and Charlie Gates ran in 2 tries in quick succession.
The match was closing to an end and the hoe team were winning by 9 points then disaster struck Longridge manged to sneak over the try line and convert the try. It was all hands to the pump as Knox held on for the last 2 minutes winning by the slenderest of margins 2 points.
Published: 06 October 2017
A full moon and high winds definitely have an impact on young people – and maybe on those of us who are not so young. A surge of energy has passed through Meadowpark this week and we have encouraged pupils to take it out onto the playground as much as possible. Fortunately we have plenty of space, bikes, scooters and imagination for pupils to unleash their teenage energy.
We would dearly love to have some permanent pieces of playground equipment so if anybody can help with application forms for funding please get in touch.
The High winds have meant that a number of the beautiful trees that surround Meadowpark, and further afield have lost their leaves. Not to miss a trick our ever resourceful teachers and support staff have been gathering these to make lovely Autumn displays, walking along the banks of the Tyne and through the park. It is a wonderful time of year to talk about change and transition, which many of our young people find difficult, and being to use the natural environment to assist with this enables understanding and puts difficult concepts into a real life context.
We had a birthday to celebrate this week and Oliver received not one, but two cakes from Class 2. One was made on site by Oliver’s peers and the other was made at home by Daniel. The fact that they were both demolished within minutes shows how baking and good food can be such a great motivator.
Class 1 went to Tesco to do their shopping for soup making. I would like to thank Tesco who continue to be incredibly supportive of our young people as they venture further into independence. Meadowpark pupils and staff are always made to feel welcome when shopping and this reaffirms my vision that Haddington could become an Autism Friendly town.
Class 3 used root vegetables from their weekly visit to Amisfield Garden – a huge parsnip, potatoes and leeks were washed, peeled, chopped and put in the pot. Again, the soup was consumed within minutes.
As I write all pupils are enjoying exercising in the autumn sunshine – some are swimming in Aubigny sports Centre, others doing their daily mile or visiting the local park. When they come back Class 2 will hold an Assembly on Being a Good Friend and celebrating the achievements of others.
Daily exercise and healthy eating are essential ingredients for everyone and we will continue to educate all our young people to make healthy choices – home-made food, water, fruit juice and milk rather than sweets, fizzy drinks and highly processed food.
Have a peaceful weekend.
Charli Prime
Published: 06 October 2017
On the week beginning Monday 9th October 2017, there will be a collection for the East Lothian Foodbank hosted at Knox Academy. All donations will be gratefully receive and can be left with registration teachers up until Thursday (12th) or handed into Mr Dempster's room (M.12) on Friday.
For more information on what to donate please see the YPI Food Bank Letter that was delivered through pupil post.
