A very busy week at Knox Academy!

Badminton success continues for Megan Richardson and Hannah Laing, at the weekend they were in Perth for the Scottish Schools Championships. They won the U18 girls’ doubles title; this means they have now won the doubles title at every level: primary, U14, U16 and now U18. Also, Megan won the singles title and Hannah was runner up. Congratulations to them both.

During the week I visited all S1 Maths classes; the theme was homework. It is a pleasure to report that the vast majority of pupils were considered satisfactory by staff, regarding homework. A few however, need to be more organised and use their Homework Organisers to make sure homework is completed on time.

On Tuesday evening, we held the information evening for the parents and carers of pupils moving from S4 to S5 and S5 to S6 in August. The coursing arrangements were outlined and details of the subjects on offer discussed. I hope all who attended, found the evening helpful and informative.

As part of their NC Acting and Theatre Performance (Musical Theatre), seven very talented S6 pupils presented a cabaret, ‘Sing! Sing! Sing!’ on Wednesday evening. This proved to be an entertaining and moving evening of song and dialogue. Charlie Cowan, Kelsie Hamilton, Ailie Henderson, Katie MacKinnon, Flora Muirhead, Ryan Bissoonauth and Leanne Adams treated the full and enthusiastic audience to performances of professional standard. Congratulations to them all and many thanks to the Drama and Music staff for their support and assistance in making the evening such a success.

Today is Red Nose Day of course, and the S6 pupils have been busy collecting money for this good cause. Last night, the S6 Charities Committee organised the ‘Knox Talent Show’. The very enthusiastic audience showed their appreciation for the various acts of singing and dancing. The five judges had a very hard task to decide on an overall winner from amongst the talented youngsters. After a great deal of discussion, the judges named singers Katie Holton, S2 and Jonathan Fraser, S1, as highly commended joint runners-up. The overall winner was Mary-Beth McFern, S3, who sang and accompanied herself on the guitar. Congratulations to Mary-Beth and all the participants and organisers on a successful event, all money raised will go to Red Nose funds. Also, many thanks to the gallant staff who took part in the surprise teachers’ acts, special thanks to Mrs Ingham who charmed the whole audience with her lovely singing. Various events are continuing this morning and details of the total raised for Red Nose Day will be available next week.

All in all, Knox really does have talent, and lots of it.

Best wishes,

JB Craig