General News

RECRUITMENT: MARCH 2013
Published: 08 March 2013

Knox Academy is pleased to announce the following new vacancies:

Applicants interested, in the following position(s) are invited to apply through myjobscotland, where further details can also be accessed. The closing date for applications is indicated below:

Closing Date: Sunday 24 March 2013

  • Post 1: Teacher of Biology, Part time temp until 4 July 2014, 17.5 hours per week, as required Mon-Fri
  • Post 2: Teacher of Drama,  Full time temp maternity cover until 04 July 2014, 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri
  • Post 3: Teacher of Geography, Full time permanent, 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri
  • Post 4: Teacher of PE, Full time temp until 4 July 2014, 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri
  • Post 5: Teacher of Physics, Full time temp maternity cover until 04 July 2014, 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri

All of the above posts can be applied for by following the link here - you will be asked which post you are applying for as part of the application process.

Current vacant posts can be viewed on this website under News > Recruitment

FREE EXAM GUIDES: ENGLISH AND MATHS
Published: 07 March 2013

Leckie & Leckie have teamed up with the Daily Record & Sunday Mail to create free exam guides that will feature in this weekend’s papers.

There are two separate exam guide supplements – one for Maths and one for English – which will be filled with practice exam questions, fully worked answers and revision hints and tips.

In each supplement there will be also be a voucher which offers 3 for 2 on all Leckie & Leckie Study Guides at local WHSmith store's from now until 6 April 2013.

Information taken from Leckie & Leckie Newsletter - 7 March 2013

S4/5 COURSING INTERVIEWS
Published: 06 March 2013

Pupils in S4 and S5 will be distributed with appointment letters at registration (Thursday) for coursing interviews which start on Monday next week.

As a reminder there is an S4/5 Parents' Information Evening on Thursday evening (7 March 2013) at 6.30 pm.

 

 

SCHOOL TRANSPORT TENDER
Published: 04 March 2013

We have had notification from East Lothian Council that this school year is the last of the present 4 year tender and as such the new contracts will be put out to tender this week. These will be evaluated and awarded early May to allow start in August.

The Tender will be split in 2 this year as follows and all current contractors will cease operation of the routes on the final day of term:

  • Mainstream will be for 4 years
  • Additional support Needs will be for 6 years

Please note that this may mean that contractors may change.

 

Mainstream Parents need take no action as all pupils currently being transported will automatically be renewed.

Parents of pupils with additional support needs who require transport must complete the form attached and complete a Transport Passport attached as per the guidelines below:

 

  • The travel passport should be completed and once completed placed in the pupils school bag with their diary.
  • The travel passport should be discussed by the parents/carer and the driver and escort.
  • The travel passport should be updated regularly with any changes and brought to the attention of the driver and escort.

 

The return date for forms is 1 May 2013.

 

Further details and assistance are available from the School.

 

Documents

Travel Passport
Application form for home to school transport - Additional Support Needs
Application form for home to school transport on Medical Grounds

SCOTTISH YOUTH PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
Published: 04 March 2013

Voting in the Scottish Youth Parliament Elections opens on Monday 4 March and runs until 15 March 2013.

There are three seats in East Lothian and we have four candidates standing for election – Brendan Sleigh, Eilidh McSporran, Maya Allan and Rhiordan Langan Fortune.

The four will be campaigning solidly for two weeks until 15 March, trying to make sure that they attract as many votes as possible. Some, like Rhiordan, are seeking re-election. Rhiordan has already had a very eventful first term, which included a trip to speak in the House of Commons on the subject of the Scottish Living Wage in November 2012.

Make sure you vote in the Scottish Youth Parliament Elections. Information on each candidate is available here

Ballot boxes have been set up at schools across the county and young people can also vote online.

To vote you need a Young Scot Card or you can get a voting number from East Lothian Council’s Dialogue Youth Officer, Caroline Davis.

Caroline says:

"Our Youth Parliament members in East Lothian make a terrific difference to national policy every year so I’m hoping that as many young people as possible will make use of their vote. Our MSYPs have raised issues which are close to young people in the county, including equal marriage, transport and the living wage. In fact, they met with Nicola Sturgeon at the Scottish Parliament yesterday, where she paid tribute to how MSYPs made Scotland’s leaders listen to the views of young people and act on them."

You can catch up with our candidates and their policies at schools and other venues around the county over the next couple of weeks and you can make sure that they know what your priorities are too.  You can find out more about them by going to the Scottish Young Parliament East Lothian page.

If you want more information, email Caroline at cdavis@eastlothian.gov.uk

 

Caroline Davis
Dialogue Youth Co-ordinator
Musselburgh East
Community Learning Centre
Haddington Road
Musselburgh
East Lothian EH21 8JJ
Tel: 0131 653 4071
Mobile: 07813 968823

e-mail cdavis@eastlothian.gov.uk

TEMPORARY EMAIL FILTERING
Published: 04 March 2013

Owing to malicious emails coming to East Lothian Council from ".com" accounts, this domain has been temporarily blocked. 

If you have such an email address, please be advised to use a different email account for sending emails to school.

A reminder of the school email address: knoxacademy@knox.elcschool.org.uk

Thank You.

TEDxYouth EVENT - SAT 2 MARCH
Published: 27 February 2013

Knox Academy has been made aware of a fantastic free event for ambitous young Scots to meet Scotland's top entrepreneurs...

 

Join TEDxYouth for a day of sharing ideas and meeting like-minded people.

At TEDxYouth you're going to hear eleven inspiring talks and have the chance to meet some of the leading minds in Scottish business right now. If you're full of ideas and keen to change the world, then you're the people we want to register.

The event is free to attend and open to anyone aged 14 - 18

SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 100 - spaces are filling up fast - SIGN UP NOW!

The schedule for the day is as follows...

1000 – 1030 - Registration

1030 – 1210 – Session 1

    Gavin Oattes (Scottish Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 & Managing Director of Tree of Knowledge)
    Magnus MacFarlane Barrow (Founder of Mary's Meals)
    Video: William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill
    Richard Clifford (Director of the MakLab in Glasgow, who will be demonsrating 3D printing)

1210 – 1300 – Lunch
1300 – 1440 – Session 2

    Colin MacLeod (Tree of Knowledge)
    Jim Duffy (Founder of Entrepreneurial Spark)
    Colin Webster (Rethinking the Future: 'The Circular Economy)
    Video: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

1440 – 1500 – Break
1500 – 1600 – Session 3

    Gregor Lawson (Founder of Morph Suits)
    Video: Hans Rosling: The Magic Washing Machine
    Mick Jackson (Founder of WildHearts & Micro-Tyco) ** New Speaker Added **

For more information about the speakers - via Twitter and Facebook visit their website here.

If you're young, ambitous and looking for more - this is the event for you! Sign up and we guarantee you it'll be a Saturday afternoon well spent.

The theme at TEDxYouth@GeorgeIVBridge is "The Next Enlightenment" and is open and free to attend to anyone between the ages of 14 - 18 - to register visit here.

National Museum of Scotland
Chambers Street
EH1 Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Saturday, 2 March 2013 from 10:00 to 16:00 (GMT)

This information was taken from the TEDxYouth website, as indicated above and is being promoted (after being informed of the event via Twitter) as an opportunity for business minded pupils.  It is not a Knox Academy organised event.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING 7TH FEBRUARY

Published: 27 February 2013

Since our last meeting a lot of progress has been made. Firstly, the lunchtime radio will hopefully be up and running by the end of the week so a big thank you to Donald Turvil for working on that. Photographs are to be taken today showing pupils what is expected of their dress code. We have also set a date for our School Council Assembly which will be on the 22nd of April to highlight what the council has achieved in this session.

In the S1 to S6 issues a few issues were highlighted. An S6 representative had mentioned that the new computer system in the library do not accept personal pen drives so the leadership team spoke to Mr Illingworth about it an he is looking into supplying S6 with school pen drives which they can use.

We hope everyone enjoyed their February break and we look forward to our next meeting.

DRIVING THEORY TEST
Published: 26 February 2013

East Lothian Council Young People's Services have recently renewed their subscription to Theory Test Pro, but this time it can be accessed from home.

There is now a box asking for a library barcode when registering – smartcard holders should enter all 16 numbers while those with barcode cards. should enter their number with a capital B first.

The site can be accessed here.

KWN 2013: TEENAGE CANCER DOCUMENTARY
Published: 21 February 2013

KWN is a global Panasonic competition for young people in both primary and secondary school. In this competition the challenge is to create a documentary on either ecology or communication subjects.

This year the Knox KWN 2013 Team have produced a documentary on Teenage Cancer, surrounding a character, based on a true story, named Lacey.  

LACEY'S STORY
Lacey is a healthy teenage girl, but two years ago she was fighting for her life. Cancer affects thousands of teenagers like Lacey each year in the UK. Find out what cancer is, and how people in Lacey's situation are helped. This film highlights the importance of fighting cancer, together.

The Knox Academy KWN 2013 team members are Olivia Christie, Chloe Craig, Harriet Lomholt-Welch, Isla Macdonald, Charlotte Riddell, Ben Scott, Charlotte Smith and Megan Sproul.  

 

H Lomholt-Welch

Website email readers can access the documentary film in the KWN area of the school website - here.

 

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