EVERYTHING from friendly frogs to a rack of edible pool balls featured in Knox Academy students’ culinary creations. The Haddington secondary school held its first ever bake-off contest, with pupils and staff all encouraged to put forward their tasty treats. Mrs Cochrane and Ms Donald from the school’s home economics department had the tough task of picking out winners for each year group and a staff champion. Sue Cook, headteacher at the school, congratulated each of the winners, who will receive flour from Mungoswells as their prizes. She said: “It was really fun running this competition and we got so many entries it took the staff a whole afternoon to wade through them and decide the winners – a really fun way to engage our community during lockdown.”
Special ties have been presented to pupils to recognise a wide array of successes. Achievement ties for each of the school’s houses – Garleton, Lammerlaw and Traprain – were established last year. Now, more than 20 pupils have received either achievement ties or endeavour certificates to mark their efforts. Sue Cook, headteacher at the Haddington secondary school, said: “The achievement ties and endeavour certificates are a great way of recognising and rewarding our young people for demonstrating our school values of ambition and community. “This term, these have been presented for wider achievement in sport, the arts and citizenship at school, regional and national levels.