Monthly Archives: May 2025

Community Partnership, Health and Wellbeing, Parent Council, Whole school

Swimming Lessons

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We are extremely grateful to our wonderful Parent Council who were successful in being granted funding from the Small Wind Farms, which was used to cover the cost of swimming lessons for the whole school.

Swimming is a life skill, and water safety is something we, as a school, are keen to promote and support across all stages.

We are very fortunate that we have a super swimming facility within walking distance of our school.

Each child in our school was granted a 4 week block of swimming lessons at no cost to our families, something we know everyone will be extremely grateful for.

We were extremely impressed with the number of participants we had in each class at their weekly lesson and know our children had lots of fun taking part.

Expressive Arts, Wider Achievement

Mary Poppins JR

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Tickets are on sale now for our upcoming Mary Poppins JR show. This is not one to miss! Our children have worked so hard on this and can’t wait to show their friends and family!

If your child is part of the cast, please check the calendar on the School App to check dates and times of our last remaining rehearsals. 

Tickets are priced at £5 each. Click on the link below to purchase.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnock-primary-school/e-vxkbrr 

Mary Poppins JR 2025

Primary 7

P7 Residential Trip 2025

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The time is getting closer for our P7s to head away on their Residential Trip, so to help with preparations, please find a wee reminder of the Kit List attached with suggestions of what to pack.

Please remember, that children are responsible for taking their own luggage, so be wary to not overpack!

Medication

Please also note, all medication which is required to be taken which is not currently kept in school, must have a medical form completed by a parent/carer (these can be sourced from the main office) and medicine handed into school on Tuesday before we leave. Children should not be packing any medication in their luggage, this will be the responsibility of staff to carry.

Technology

Mobile phones and other forms of technology are not permitted. Mrs McNulty and Mrs Frew will be taking lots of videos and pictures which will be shared on our communication platforms throughout the trip. Should you need to contact your child in an emergency, please contact the school and the school will contact Mrs McNulty or Mrs Frew.

Our days and evenings will be filled with lots of activities, however should your child wish to take something to entertain themselves with, I would encourage bringing cards/dominoes/a book. Something that is small to fit in their luggage.

If you have any questions or queries. Please contact Mrs McNulty or Mrs Frew.

Information about Galloway Activity Centre

New Cumnock 2025

Kit List

P7 Residential Kit List

Meal Plan

New Cumnock – Meal plan

Activity Plan

New Cummock 28-30th May

Refunds

We are delighted to share that thanks to successful fundraising efforts and funding applications from our Parent Council, P7 parents/carers will be receiving a refund through ParentPay, from the overall cost of the residential trip.

We are VERY grateful for the following:

The P7 pupils fundraising efforts, from their Christmas Fayre stall, Valentine’s Disco and our Burns Family Night.

The New Cumnock Development Trust who granted us an amazing £1500 towards the cost of the trip.

Each family will receive a refund of £81.52 through ParentPay. (This should by complete in June, we thank you for your patience with processing this.) (For those pupils who joined us later in the school session, and didn’t require the £50 deposit, they will be receiving a refund of £31.52.)

JRSO, Parent Council, Whole school

Walk to School Week

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This week is Walk to School Week 2025 and the JRSO’s are encouraging everyone to walk to school (where possible).

In partnership with our Parent Council, we invite everyone to wear brightly coloured ‘Shorts and Shades’ for a Dress Down Day on Friday 23rd May to celebrate the end of Walk to School Week.

We ask that to take part in Dress Down Day, you bring a chocolate donation which will be used to make hampers for our upcoming Summer Fayre.

Walk to School Week competition entries are also due in on Friday. Good luck, everyone! 🙂

Community Partnership, Health and Wellbeing, Whole school

Mental Health Awareness Week 12th-16th May 2025

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New Cumnock Primary School Promote & Celebrate Mental Health Week Scotland!

The children and staff of New Cumnock Primary School have had a fantastic week participating in a variety of activities that have promoted strategies that help support and maintain good mental health. This has ranged from classroom activities that have fostered kindness and empathy, art activities, group games, dancing, reading and relaxation. As well as this the children have had the opportunity to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and nature, either through local walks, the school garden and playground area.

We have also been fortunate enough to have visiting specialists in to deliver sessions:

First we had Sharon McQuillan, a GP referral conditions specialist from ‘ShapeShift Fitness & Wellbeing Studio’ in Auchinleck, who came in to deliver clinical yoga for the day.

Then we had Laura Pagan; Sport, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator for ‘New Cumnock Development Trust’ (NCDT) who came in to deliver Clubbercise for the day; while Tammy Borthwick, Community Engagement Officer, also for NCDT, came to deliver ‘Get Jiggy with Geraldine’ for the P1 & P1/2 classes.

Finally, we had Tommy Milgrew; a professional badminton coach based in East Ayrshire, who came in to deliver sessions for the day.

We can’t thank these people enough for the time they have given to the school out of their busy schedules, and for the skills and knowledge they have passed on to our children. We have been very fortunate this year to secure these experiences, which have indeed had a positive effect. Our children have been so enthusiastic during sessions and full of buzz afterwards because of their achievements and how uplifted these activities have made them feel.

As well as all of this, Michael McRobert from ‘McRobert’s Tae Kwon do School’, based in the south of East Ayrshire, who is part of theTae Kwon do Association of Great Britain, has very kindly offered a day of his time in June in so that all children at New Cumnock Primary School can experience this martial art for themselves.

Our wee school is full of buzz, happiness and positivity! Hopefully, all their experiences will stay with them and help them along the road of life so that they have a great one!