Well done to all pupils involved in the Spring Concert last night - an excellent performance.
This was another demonstration of the incredible talent presented by pupils at Knox Academy.
Numeracy and Computing
Mr C Blair (Curriculum Leader)
Faculty News: Numeracy and Computing
Published: 17 March 2010
The Big Bang: National Science and Engineering Awards
Last May Knox Academy entered a team of S2 students in the Young SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) Ambassadors Challenge, which was run in conjunction with Edinburgh University. The team won this event, beating schools from across the Lothians. The same team (Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans, Conor McHugh, Gabby Jackson and Fraser Thomson) now in S3, then entered their project into the National Science and Engineering Awards, and they made it to the finals!
They went to Manchester last week to attend The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair. This was the exciting setting for the finals of the National Science & Engineering Competition, where 240 teams and individuals with the best...
read more... Published: 12 February 2010
Last May Knox Academy entered a team of S2 students in the Young SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) Ambassadors Challenge, which was run in conjunction with Edinburgh University.
The team won this event, beating schools from across the Lothians. The same team, now in S3, then entered their project into the National Science Awards and they have made it to the finals.
They will be going to Manchester for three days in March to attend The Big Bang Fair, and will be competing against teams from across the UK.
Best of luck to the team!
Published: 11 May 2009
Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans, Gabby Jackson, Conor McHugh and Fraser Thomson took part in the Young SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) Ambassadors Challenge this year ... and won! This is a competition run by Edinburgh University and open to all schools throughout the Lothians. The project brief that the team were given was to select an area of the school and propose a way of making a significant saving in the consumption of energy.
The project lasted for 4 months and the team worked extremely hard to produce a detailed report and model. They were assigned a mentor from Scottish & Newcastle Ltd (Mr Darren Goodwin) who attended many of their team meetings and supported them throughout the project.
On Friday 8th May they returned to Edinburgh University for the...
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