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Happy Retirement Reverend Cuthbert!
We are very sad to see Ms Cuthbert leave us here in New Cumnock after so many years of service to not only our local Parish Church but to our school and our local community.
We have many fond memories of our time with Ms Cuthbert and have compiled them in a book for her from the pupils of New Cumnock Primary. We will deliver this to Ms Cuthbert with a gift from us all at New Cumnock Primary when it is safe to do so.
We also wanted to share a video from the pupils, who will always think of Rev. Cuthbert every time we hear this song as it is one of her favourites!
We wish Helen all the very best in her retirement and the future. Please keep in touch with us!
Learning Journals Feedback
Virtual Bump Up P1-7 Week Beginning 21st June
Next sessions P1s (Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Armour)
Due to the current isolation and staffing situation within the school, we unfortunately must cancel the ECC Bump Up this Wednesday. Please refer to the school blog posts below where we have information for parents, introductions to our staff and an opportunity to ask any questions to our infant teachers. have a Form which can be completed if you have any questions
For our infant classes (P2-3) who will be receiving a virtual Bump Up opportunity, please click on the link below for their class Form where you can submit any questions you may have or information you wish to share with your class teacher for next year.
Next sessions P2 Form link (Miss McQueen)
Next sessions P2/3 Form link (Mrs Elliot)
Next sessions P3 Form link (Mrs Frew)
For our upper classes (P4-7) who will be using Microsoft Teams to access a virtual Bump Up opportunity, please see below for a ‘how to’ guide to support you in getting logged into Teams. You require your new Glow username and password to do so. Pupils have been added to their new class Team. In the final week of term, the new class teacher will post in this Team introducing themselves and giving pupils the opportunity to ask any questions they may have about next year or share any information about themselves to make them known to their new teacher.
Firstly, log into glow with your username and password. Please note this is case and space sensitive. Your username will start with eap.
Glow usernames and passwords are the responsibility of the pupils to access and keep safe, we are not permitted to share this information with parents and carers.
Once you have logged into Glow, select the Teams app on your launch pad.
Once selected, you may be prompted to use Teams in the web browser or to download the app from your app store.
When you open the app, it will It will then ask for an email address, this is your Glow username followed by @glow.sch.uk.
It may then again ask for your glow password to be entered.
Once in, you will see the Teams groups you have been added to. This will be your current class one, your class for next session 21/22 and any other extra curricular groups, for example, the school choir.
Click on the group you wish to access. You will see the general channel and in some cases there may be a homework channel. This will allow you to keep work related discussion separate from general discussion. There may also be resources shared in the files section for you to access.
Give it a go to check it is working, try sending a message to your class! This is a great way to keep in touch with your teacher and class mates and seek support when needed.
Some things to remember:
- Staff are monitoring these pages so any inappropriate content will be removed.
- You must use the channels appropriately, remember we can see everything you type, be mindful of what and when you type.
Prize Giving Cancellation
Unfortunately, due to the current isolation and staffing situation within the school, we must cancel our planned Prize Giving ‘mop-up’ and P7 Leavers presentation which were due to be held this week.
We do however, intend to still honour our winners by posting out certificates and will arrange for trophies and shields to be presented after the summer holidays when it is safe to do so.
We will still be releasing our Prize Giving video as planned and would love to have all our winners photographed, to be included in this.
We need your help!
Parents/carers, can you please take a photo of your child (in school uniform if you can) and email it to Mrs McNulty at danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk before Wednesday 23rd June.
This will then be added to the Prize Giving video which will now be released on the last day of term, on Friday.
Thank you for your support in enabling us to still celebrate our prize winners and P7 leavers.
Prize Giving Arrangements – UPDATED
Thursday 24th June – Prize Giving video including all prize winners and P7 leavers will be shared on school communication platforms.
Parent Council AGM Rescheduled for 21/6/21
This Monday 21st June, our Parent Council are hosting their annual AGM meeting at 6pm.
The meeting will be held online via Zoom, meaning you can join us from the comfort of your own home.
In order to be sent the access code to the Zoom meeting, please fill in the contact form below and the code will be emailed out to you prior to the meeting.
Each year, we hope to gain new Parent Council members who will help support and drive forward our school. Our Parent Council are an invaluable resource to our school community, and you could so easily be part of that!
Take a look at the video below for all the ways our Parent Council help support our young people…
Please complete this contact form, to enable Mrs McNulty to email the link out to you prior to the meeting.
We hope you can join us on Monday!
Team New Cumnock ❤️
Summer Show 2021
We are delighted to share with you all this year’s Summer Show, ‘Around the World’.
We need you! NCDT Summer Programme
School Garden Progress – Thank you Shire Housing, NCDT and New Cumnock Community Garden Group!
Our DEN group have been working hard on their Community Partnership this session. We have worked closely with the New Cumnock Development Trust to bring about a positive change in our local community and represent ourselves as positive role models within our community, setting the same example to our peers.
We were kindly gifted £500 from Shire Housing and have used the money to buy outdoor paint which we have used to spruce up our school planter located in the New Cumnock Community Garden and to make our playground Friendship Stop bright, colourful and attractive to the pupils in our school. We have received so many compliments on it already. It really stands out in our playground and the fact that it looks so nice is making boys and girls want to visit it.
We have also used some of the money to purchase plants from the Netherthird Community Garden Group (supporting another local business). We are working closely with the New Cumnock Gardening Group who are volunteering to support us in developing our school garden. They gave us their expertise to help us pick plants which would be best for our school garden. We have spent a few days now working on our garden, making sure the soil is weed free, prepped and cultivated ready for planting. We can’t wait to show you all the finished result!
A huge thank you to each of the volunteers from the New Cumnock Community Garden Group, Alan from Shire Housing and Tammy from the New Cumnock Development Trust for your help and support with this project!