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Published: 15 May 2015

Knox Academy and East Lothian Council are delighted to announce that The ‘Jam Packed’ Computing Project is coming to deliver it’s first event in Scotland.

On Friday 29th and Saturday 30th of May we will be hosting what's known as a Raspberry Jam event here in the school and there are 3 main parts:

The first is in school on the morning of the 29th and we're going to have Primary pupils taking part.

The second part is open to all and is our Friday night Family Hack Jam between 6-9pm. Parents are encouraged to come in with the children and take part in various workshops....

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Published: 11 May 2015

Tomorrow evening the Junior Drama Club are presenting A Fairy-tangled Tale at 6 pm in the Drama Studio.

 

An excerpt from the programme:

"A piece devised by the cast with S6 pupils.

This evening you shall meet many well-known fairytale characters who find themselves entangled in each other’s stories.

The running time is approximately 45 minutes.

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Published: 01 May 2015

The evenings before the French, Spanish and German exams, Articulate will be running a Twitter help desk with the hastag #articulateexam for secondary pupils.

Pupils can tweet any questions and they will be answered by Articulate's team of teachers.

21st May - French (7pm - 10pm)

25th May - German (7pm - 10pm)

28th May - Spanish (3pm - 6pm)

Published: 23 April 2015

As part of the S1 Business Education course, pupils have used their business skills and knowledge to set up their own Deli Cafe which will sell a variety of soups, sandwiches and smoothies.

In the week beginning Monday 11 May they will be making their soups, sandwiches and smoothies, using their own ingredients, in the Home Economics Department.  We would like to invite you to come in and watch each group in your child’s class present about their business and, more importantly, to taste the produce on offer.

A letter has been sent home 'pupil-post'.

Dates and times for each class are as follows:

1T3 – Tuesday 12 May at 9.55 am

1T2 – Tuesday 12 May at...

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Published: 12 April 2015

Listen again to the talent of Knox Academy pupils who took part in the Spring Concert held on Tuesday 31 March 2015.

To listen and view the videos (in High Definition) please click here.