Tomorrow 6 of our pupils will visit Belmont Academy in Ayr where they will perform in either verse speaking, singing or instrumental, representing our school in the Ayrshire Burns Competition 2022.
I’m sure you will all join me in wishing these youngsters all the very best! I know they will do us proud and showcase their wonderful talents!
Mrs McNulty ❤️
I am delighted to share that this year’s Regional Burns Competition will be held in Belmont Academy, Ayr on Saturday 11th June 2022.
The competition will take place in 5 different disciplines:
The competition is open for P1-P7 pupils.
Although I have not yet returned from Maternity Leave, I will be volunteering my time to work with pupils who are keen to enter. This time however, will be limited, therefore pupils will be required to spend time practising at home.
I have very much appreciated the efforts of pupils who have entered these competitions in previous years. We have experienced lots of success in these competitions due to the high standard of talent in our New Cumnock Primary pupils!
If your child wishes to enter the competition, please complete the attached contact form by no later than the 1st April to allow me to make contact with families and complete the official paperwork that is required in order to enter.
I look forward to working with our talented pupils once again!
Mrs McNulty
May we take this opportunity to invite you to any of the forthcoming community open meetings which will look at the work of the 9 Community Council Group (9CC) and community priorities for investment ideas for the future.
See below for a press release and also a poster which provide dates and venues of the meetings, please do share with your friends, family and throughout the community.
Please see attached notices for the upcoming New Cumnock Community Council Election provided by Kieran Wardrop from Vibrant Communities.
As there were more nominations than there were places to be filled for the Election, the Community Council will be elected by way of ballot.
As such and to ensure appropriate COVID measurers are in place, the election of Community Councillors has been postponed and will now take place on WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2021, venue to be confirmed. Members of the public residing within the area of New Cumnock Community Council will be invited to come along and vote for the candidates of their choice. Voting will take place between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. Details of the venue for the Election will be provided in due course.
Here at New Cumnock Primary School, we use our School App for a quick and effective way to contact and communicate with our parents/carers. Our new P1s are being sent home an information leaflet about this today. Please see below for details on how to download this app on your mobile device.
Please also share this information with anyone who may be dropping off or collecting your child from school (childminder/grandparents/family friends) as we may sometimes have to send information urgently before the start or end of the school day.
Last session, our infant department piloted online Learning Journals. The feedback from parents/carers on the use of Learning Journals during this trial period was extremely positive.
‘I have really enjoyed using learning journals. Very often when I ask * what he has been doing at school he doesn’t tell me much. However being able to see what he is doing improves this. I am able to ask * about the teachers entry and he engages in discussion with me about what he learned and how much he enjoyed it. * enjoys getting feedback on what we post from home. I’m sure it has given his teacher an insight in to what * is like at home.’
‘I really enjoyed being part of this, with all the current restrictions stopping us from having any face to face contact with teachers this allows us to see some of the things that * has been doing in class. Also allows us at home to feed back to the teacher. Definitely a great thing from my side.’
Due to the success of the pilot, we will now be rolling out Learning Journals to all pupils in our infant classes.
The Learning Journals app allows staff to upload photos and videos of your child’s learning. The system is clear, simple and easy to use for parents, staff and children.
A huge benefit of Learning Journals is that it provides a lasting visual record of a child’s time at school. The profiles can be exported to a printable PDF to be kept forever, as well as having an electronic copy that can be viewed whenever you want.
Learning Journals is a web based service, therefore parents are now able to login and catch up with their child’s progress wherever they are be it home, work or even out and about, by using their smartphones.
Parents can instantly leave comments and feedback ensuring that the school have a strong link with the home.
Please see the image below to view the app you must download from your play/app store.
In order to be sent a username, password and pin allowing you to log in to view your child’s account, all P1-3 parents/carers (excluding those from the trial who have already been set up) must complete the contact form below.
Once added to the system, Learning Journals will then send you the link to get logged in.
For further information, please visit the Learning Journals website by clicking the link below.
Kind regards,
Mrs McNulty
Now that schools are back, the Cumnock Chronicle are looking for parents/carers to send in pictures of your little ones heading into school for their first day, to be featured in the newspaper to mark this special occasion.
Please forward your photos to Fionnuala Boyle at fionnuala.boyle@newsquest.co.uk.
As you will all know, our Burns Heritage is a huge part of our school life. Unfortunately the Robert Burns World Federation were unable to host their annual Schools Competitions this year.
However, in their absence they have collated performers to showcase a Youth Concert, featuring our very own Lucy W from P7 who will be reciting poetry and representing Ayrshire in doing so!
The concert will feature pupils from across Scotland and we are so proud of Lucy being invited to perform too! The concert will be streamed on Zoom tomorrow evening (Friday 23rd July) at 7.30pm. The meeting link and join code has been sent out to families on the school app. If you are unable to access this and would like to receive the code, please email Mrs McNulty at danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk.
Today we are delighted to share our Prize Giving ceremony with you all. It is not how we envisaged our ceremony to be, as we love it when we all gather in the church at this time of year to celebrate your successes. Nevertheless, we have worked together to mark this momentous day in our school calendar and we hope you enjoy it! So sit down, get a cup of tea and enjoy our Prize Giving ceremony from the comfort of your own home.
We will begin with Mrs McMurdo’s Head Teacher Speech.
No Prize Giving is complete without a few words (or a tune) from our beloved Minister, Rev. Cuthbert.
Thank you to all our certificate winners for posing for your photo either at school or at home. We are delighted to share these with you now.
Now onto our Hunter award winners. Each year, one child from each class is awarded this prestigious award. Listen carefully as each teacher shares their reasons for choosing their award winner this year. We want to extend a huge thank you to The Hunter Foundation for their continued support of our school and our annual Prize Giving.
And now onto our wonderful P7s. This is certainly not the way we wanted your school years with us to end. We are extremely proud of you all and cannot wait till we can have you all back to celebrate your time with us. We wish you all the very best of luck in your future.
Some final words for our P7 Leavers. A huge thank you to Mrs McTurk for sharing this poem with us last year, it is wonderful and so fitting for this occasion! Click on the link below if you wish to download a copy to keep.
Unfortunately we have had to make some changes to our original staffing plan for next session. We appreciate that this is short notice and apologise for this.
It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that NCPS will be losing Mr John McClure this year. Mr McClure has secured a permanent contract at Drongan Primary School, where he will take up his post in August.
A huge virtual hug goes out to you Mr McClure! We have loved having you as part of Team New Cumnock. We wish you all the best of luck for the future and hope our paths cross again one day.
Next session we are sure you will join us in welcoming Mrs Kirsty Mair. Mrs Mair is a probationer teacher and will now be taking the P6 class in August.
Some fun facts about Mrs Mair…
Another new addition to our staff is Mrs Donna Agnew. Mrs Agnew was with us for a short spell last year and we are delighted to be welcoming her back in August where she will teach the P5 class.
Some fun facts about Mrs Agnew…
Mrs Ramsay and Miss Mason are excited to be undertaking a Pupil Support role next session.
Next session Mr Hastings will begin his new role as Deputy Head Teacher at New Cumnock Primary and Mrs Clarke will take on the role of Temporary Principal Teacher when we return in August. We wish them both all the very best in these posts.
And this marks the end of our Virtual Prize Giving ceremony. Thank you for tuning in. We hope you all have a lovely, relaxing summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you all again in August.
Stay safe everyone.
Team New Cumnock x
