This has been Work Experience Week for the pupils in S4. Feedback so far has been very positive and I look forward to hearing all about the placements next week.
The Garleton S3 and S5 teams competed in the national finals of the ‘Make Your Mark’ Enterprise challenge and travelled to the Science Centre, in Glasgow, yesterday. All had an enjoyable time but did not emerge as the winners.
During the week I visited the S5/6 classes timetabled in Column C. The theme was attitude to work and study and preparartion for the prelims in January. While some pupils seemed a little surprised that that it is only 6 working weeks to the prelims, They all assured me they were revising and working hard. There were many positive comments from staff, however some pupils need to be a little more organised and meet all deadlines.
Yesterday was very busy:
We had a visit from Bright Red Publishing (who hold the contract from SQA to publish all SQA Past Papers as well as several revision guides). The company had in turn awarded the printing contract to Haddington-based company, ScotPrint. As the local school to ScotPrint, Bright Red decided to present Knox Academy with a set of the past paper books that have been placed in the library.
In the afternoon, after carefully checking the conditions and weather forecast, a group of senior pupils and RMPS staff, set off for an overnight visit to a Buddhist monastery. They travelled to Samye Ling in Dumfries and Galloway, hopefully the weather has stayed kind.
In the evening, parents, pupils and guests were treated to the Expressive Arts Evening. The evening was arranged by Ms Duff and the staff from all the departments in the Expressive Arts Faculty (Music, Drama, Art and PE). The event was hugely successful and many parents and guests made a point of saying how much they enjoyed seeing all the talented pupils and wanted to thank staff for their involvement. As usual, the prefects played their part, helping with ‘crowd control’ and serving refreshments. Wonderful art, beautiful music, daredevil acrobatics, moving drama and the debut of the Knox Academy Tap Dancing Group - great! Congratulations to all staff and pupils involved.
Best wishes,
JB Craig