All posts by Mrs McNulty

Parent Council, Whole school

Mary Poppins JR – Raffle Donations Wanted

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Next week during our Mary Poppins JR show, we will be hosting a raffle during the break.

We are looking for donations for our raffle. If these can please be handed in to the school office by Monday 16th June?

On our show nights, we will also be selling programmes and the winning programme will receive a prize.

Our Parent Council will also be hosting a tuck shop, if you wish to buy snacks to enjoy whilst watching the show, so please remember to bring your pennies along with you.

Tickets are selling fast, book yours now so as not to miss out on what will be a wonderful show!

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

Community Engagement, Parent Council, Whole school

Summer Fayre Success

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A massive well done to our hard working Parent Council on another fantastic event for New Cumnock Primary School. The rain certainly didn’t dampen any of our New Cumnock spirit!

It was great to see so many parents, children, staff and members of our community supporting the school.

Thank you everyone!

A huge well done to Lottie J who won the Guess the Bears Name competition, she is now the proud owner of ‘Bubbles’!

 

Active Schools

Badminton for Beginners

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We are pleased to announce that, following the successful badminton sessions held during activity weeks and/or at after-school clubs, we are offering weekly beginner sessions for children who are interested in further developing their skills. The current sessions available are as follows:

· Barony Campus, Cumnock: Thursdays 6.00 – 7.00pm

· Grange Academy, Kilmarnock: Mondays 6.00 – 7.00pm

Additionally, we are exploring the possibility of introducing Friday evening sessions in Cumnock, as several children have indicated they are unavailable on Thursdays. We are also considering running sessions during the school summer holidays to provide further opportunities for participation.

If you would like more information about these sessions or others that we may introduce in the future, please contact Tommy Milgrew:

Tel: 07718 768127 · Email: tmilgrew1@gmail.com

Clean Green Schools, Community Partnership, Whole school

OnPath Energy

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Yesterday we received a visit from OnPath Energy who helped us to learn more about Renewable Energy as part of our Clean Green journey.

We have been invited to take part in a competition to name one of their Wind Farms they have been approved for. The company wish to mark the heritage and significance of the sites to our local community and its mining history. Try to keep this in mind when coming up with your chosen name.

Sheets will be sent home before the end of the week but must be returned by Monday 9th June to be entered into the competition.

transition, Whole school

ECC – Primary 1 Transition 2025

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*Please note the change to Bump Up Day*

Bump Up Afternoon

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Our School Bump Up afternoon, when children will visit their new classes and meet their new teacher, will take place on Monday 16th June from 1.30-2.45pm.

Information Session for Parents/Carers

Following our Bump Up afternoon, on Monday 9th June parents/carers are invited to attend our Information Session in the hall from 3pm. Please enter via the Community Entrance once you have collected your child from Nursery.  All children are welcome to stay with you for the information session.

We hope you have the time to stay with us to hear the important information for your child starting school.

In the meantime, we hope you find the Parent and Child Transition booklets below helpful and informative.

NCPS Parent Transition Booklet June 2025

NCPS Child Transition Booklets June 2025

New P1s Lunch Visit

On Tuesday 10th June, at 11.30am our new P1s are invited for lunch in our dinner hall. Please note, we can only permit 1 adult to accompany each child. 

On this day, please enter the dinner hall from the Breakfast Club door (door at the rear of the main car park). You will then exit from this door at 12pm prior to the rest of the school coming along for lunch.

P1 Picnic

On Wednesday 11th June, from 1.30pm-2.15pm our new P1s are invited to attend a Picnic with our current infant classes and their P6 Buddies. This event is for children only. Children from New Cumnock ECC will be brought along by staff, children coming from other establishments should come to the main reception at the above time.

Achievements, Expressive Arts

Mary Poppins JR Stagehands Wanted!

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We are looking for volunteers to be the stagehands in our upcoming school production.

This job requires moving props and scenery during the performance of our school show.
This person, preferably an upper P5/6/7 pupil, would be required to attend afterschool rehearsals over the next 2 weeks (dates and times are varied and can be found on the school app) and must be available on both evenings of our school show on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th June at 7pm. If your child is interested in this role, please email Mrs McNulty danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk or phone the school and state your child’s name and class.

Primary 7, School Life

P7 Residential 2025

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Our P7s and accompanying staff had the best time and made memories that will last a lifetime!

We had such a busy few days, and enjoyed a huge variety of activities ranging from Paddleboarding and Windsurfing to Archery and Team Building.

We feasted like kings and queens with rolls and sausage/bacon/egg for breakfast, soup and rolls for lunch, and burgers and pizza for dinner (in addition to the numerous snacks and endless cups of tea!)

A huge thank you to all the great staff and instructors at the Galloway Activity Centre!

Please keep an eye on Learning Journals for more uploads from Mrs Frew.  Here is a wee taster of photos below.

 

Community Partnership, Whole school

NCDT Old Skool Family Fun Night & BBQ

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– 01/08/25 : 6pm to 8pm
– Loch Park, New Cumnock
– £2pp inc BBQ (All U16s MUST be accompanied by an adult. NO EXCEPTIONS)

We are delighted to see this firm favourite return and hope to see you all there and taking part. We will have:

* Bingo – Rounders
* Sack Race – Flat Race – 3 Legged Race
* Tug O War – Welly Boot Throw
* BBQ & Refreshments
And plenty of fun ​surprises along the way.

There will be back to basics seating in the stands so feel free to bring along your blankets and camping chairs.

This is a ticket only event. No ticket, No entry. BOOK NOW: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnck-development-trust/t-zzvoaek
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.