Altered Sky with support from Vacant Life, Burning Bridges and Faint Hearted will be playing at The Bridge Centre on Friday 24 August 2012.
Doors open at 7 pm - Tickets £3
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Fantastic success was achieved by S1 and 2 pupils using Accelerated Reader software.
During English classes pupils took 1,038 book quizzes. and read a staggering 45,728,963 words in the last school session.
19 S1 pupils passed their certification target with 12 S2 reach their target certificate.
The software which uses quizzes on pupils personal reading books, develops reading ability and allows pupils to track their own progress with personal reports.
Parents and Carers can see how pupils are progressing on Accelerated Reader through Home Connect AR. To receive the link for Home Connect AR please contact either Mr Plain or your child's English Teacher.
After submitting their Knife Crime entry film to Panasonic earlier this year, the Knox KWN Team were in high demand to carry out additional projects.
Under their new title 'Knox Academy Film Productions', a KONY documentary video was produced and viewed as a virtual assembly during registration at the end of June.
Their most recent completed project is a video for Haddington Rugby Club. This video was created to encourage youngsters to play rugby and show them, and their parents, that it is safer than it may seem as the games are strictly structured to suit the age group.
To view these videos, please click here: Extra Curricular > Knox Academy Film Productions
Rugby Club Open Day
On Friday 10 August 2012, Knox Academy's KWN Team celebrated continued success at the Panasonic Global KWN Awards, held at The Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London. The Team were presented with the Award for Best Documentary for their documentary on Knife Crime.
This is a fantastic achievement for the Team with Global recognition. Full results and details of the 6 finalist schools (from China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom) along with each entry can be viewed on the Panasonic website.
Detais of the Knox KWN 2012 Team's journey can be viewed here.
Last week was Panasonic KWN Winners' Week, representatives from each of the 6 finalist schools from across the world were welcomed on Tuesday with a full programme of events, culminating in the Global Awards Ceremony on Friday.
Rhona and Owen accompanied by Mr Dempster were given the opportunity to attend the Olympics (Track and Field, and Syncronized Swimming), a visit to the Panasonic Pavillion to see clips of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in 3D, Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre, Sightseeing in London including entry to The Tower of London and the London Eye experience in the evening.
Being the host country for the Panasonic Global KWN Awards this year it was brilliant that the remaining members of the team along with Miss Duff and Mr Bristow were able to attend the Global Awards Ceremony on Friday. The Ceremony was an amazing experience for all, taking the format of the Television Awards with red carpet, invited guests and the press. Afterwards at the Farewell Party everyone enjoyed a cultural exchange between schools around their table and presentations from each country.
Before retiring for the evening at The Park Plaza County Hall (2 minutes from Westminster Bridge), we took a late night walk along the Thames to see the The Houses of Parliament with Olympic projections on the side of the Palace, and the London Eye with spectacular lighting.
On Saturday, as a bonus for Knox Academy, we were invited to participate in a Video Conference with Toho Girls' Junior High School in Japan. We were treated to an interactive lesson on Origami, which was facinating and challenging! This was held at the Panasonic Pavillion in the Olympic Park, afterwards we were able to watch the 3D experience and summary of clips of the Olympic Games this far as a whole group.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to Panasonic for their hospitaliy across the week.
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read more...A reminder to all pupils and parents/carers... we welcome new S1 pupils and those returning for the new session on Thursday 16 August at 8.44 am.
Should you have any youngsters attending primary school, they will resume on Wednesday 15 August. This situation also applies to the September Break, where secondary staff have an extra in-service day.
The extra in-service days have been allocated for Curriculum for Excellence developments.
Session dates can be viewed here.
In a slight change to the calendar, the S1 Settling-in Evening will now take place on Thursday 27 September at 6.30 pm.
All staff and pupils would like to welcome Mrs S Ingham (formerly Depute) back at the start of Session 2012-2013 as she commences her new position as Head Teacher of Knox Academy.
Following results some pupils in the senior school may wish to discuss recoursing for the coming session.
There will be an opportunity to discuss any issues on Tuesday 14 August between 1300 and 1500.
Guidance teachers and Heads of Department will be available in the ASSEMBLY HALL between these times. Appointments will be on a first come first served basis.
S Illingworth
Depute Head Teacher
The SQA examination results are due to be issued to pupils on Tuesday 7 August 2012. We hope that all our pupils receive the results that they deserve, but are aware that examination results may result in the desire to change subjects or levels within a subject.
On Tuesday 14 August between 1 pm and 3 pm, members of the Guidance Team will be in school for pupils who wish to discuss re-coursing options and exam results.
