The link below will take you to a website that has audio recordings of 'The Magic of Harry Potter' and 'Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer' - this years Christmas concert pieces.
Click here to access the audio recordings (near the bottom of the page).
Scroll down to the piece you want and click on the speaker icon.
The Scholastic Book-Fair arrives into Knox Academy Library week beginning 23rd September 2013. The Fair will be available to pupils from Tuesday the 24th to browse and purchase books; posters and stationery items.
The School Library will begin to receive commission to use in the Scholastic Bookshop once purchases reach £300. On reaching this 25% will be awarded to the School Library. The amount of commission rises as further totals are reached until 60% commission from purchases of £800 + is met.
Your support during Book-Fair is greatly appreciated and the commission earnt allows the School Librarian, Mr B. Plain, to replace damaged stock and obtain copies of teen bestsellers to enhance School Library stock.
During the October holidays, a group of teachers including Miss McPhee and Miss Waters are going to the Ruhanga School in Rwanda. In order to help the children improve their education, they would like to collect full pencil cases to take to each child in the school (2000!). We will be coming round tutor groups next week to collect pencil cases.
Each pencil case should contain
Any other stationary items that you would like to include.
We want to collect as many pencil cases as possible so that every child in the school will receive one. It is up to registration classes to decide how they would like to organise this - each pupil brings in a full pencil case or each pupil is responsible for an item of stationary and contributes to class pencil cases.
There will be house points up for grabs for classes who fill the most pencil cases.
The deadline for the pencil cases is Friday 4th October. All pencil cases will be collected from registration teachers by the end of the day on the Friday.
S McPhee
Come and experience a thrilling diversity of dances inspired by Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games sports, performed live by students from across East Lothian in celebration of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The evening also includes the screening of the Commonwealth Moves documentary.
Each dance was filmed in a relevant sporting location by a film crew from Knox Academy and edited to make a lasting legacy of East Lothian's commitment to the 'One Year to Go' celebrations.
Clyde, the official mascot of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be making a special appearance on the evening.
Thursday 5 September - 6.30 pm - £5
Tickets: 0131 665 2240 or from the Brunton Theatre
The Brunton, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, EH21 6AA
The S6 and staff will soon be heading off to Dalguise for a weekend of fun and teambuilding. For information a suggested kit-list is provided below...
Notes on clothing:
The majority of this weekend will be based out of doors – you are likely to get wet! All clothing should be practical, comfortable and warm. Make sure that you have at least one pair of old footwear that you can get wet (e.g. trainers).
Do you have a creative side? There is an opportunity to design a banner to advertise the Haddington Firework Display.
Saturday 2 November 2013, from 6.30 pm (Fireworks 7.30 pm), Whittinghame Drive
This is open to all pupils.
Requirements to include:
Closing Date:
Entries will be collected from the school on Tuesday 24 September with judging taking place on Wednesday 25 September. The top 5 designs will be displayed at the Farmers' Market on Saturday 28 Septmber for a Public Vote.
Winners will be notified via the school on Thursday 26 September.
The Winning Design wil be used on banners at town entrances.
This competition and the information within is being promoted on behalf of the Haddington Fireworks Committee and was correct at the time of publication.
The Knox PSP (Parent School Partnership) will meet this Wednesday (4 September) at 6:15 pm at the school.
All parents are most welcome to attend. It is a very useful way to find out what goes on behind the scenes!
V Cole
Parent School Partnership
On the 29th of August we travelled to Edinburgh to attend a talk by Google Vice President Dr. Vint Cerf, one of the people responsible for creating the internet. He answered questions on a wide range of subjects, submitted by pupils from the many different schools and colleges in attendance.
Some of the topics he discussed were his work on interplanetary networking (computer networking between different planets), his thoughts on how technology will evolve over the coming years, the possibilities of wearable computers such as Google glass, his work on creating the internet and his thoughts on how the internet has grown since its inception. Our favourite part by far was hearing about his work with NASA, and how computers are used on such a grand scale.
We all really enjoyed the experience of listening to Dr. Cerf speak about his life and his thoughts on the future. The high level of audience participation made us feel more in touch with his words. To have the chance to see such an inspirational figure, especially one who was so influential in the early stages of the internet, was an exciting opportunity. Dr. Cerf is one of the most prominent figures in the computing industry and hearing of his many achievements motivates us to aspire to achieve more. Overall it was an extremely interesting talk and a wonderful opportunity.
Adam Richmond, Lee Trotter and Josh Tait
Aikengall Community Wind Farm are holding a Family Open Day on 7 September 2013 from 10 am to 3 pm (6 km south of Innerwick), for which everyone is welcome.
Further information can be obtained in the poster below or via their website.
All pupils are reminded that you must have your Young Scot card to get department textbooks and library material issued onto you library record.
This is to comply with Data Protection and East Lothian Library Procedures.
You should not allow material for friends to be issued onto your card. If they lose or damage the item, you will be responsible for the replacement charge of the item on your record.
If you have lost or your card is no longer working please see Mr Plain for an application form for a new card.
