We are now at the end of week 5 of Remote Learning. Well done for everyone’s efforts to stay engaged with your school work. We are so proud of the wonderful Remote Learning taking place that we wanted to share some of it with you from the past week.
We hope you all enjoy a well earned few days holiday next week, see you all again on Thursday 18th February.
Well done to this weeks Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values whilst Remote Learning.
Primary 1 – Katie H for DETERMINATION
Primary 1/2 – Ciara O for DETERMINATION
Primary 2/3 – Kal M for DETERMINATION
Primary 3 – Carson B for RESPONSIBILITY
Primary 4 – James M for DETERMINATION
Primary 4/5 – Lucy S for AMBITION
Primary 5/6 – Harry P for DETERMINATION
Primary 6/7 – Callum O for DETERMINATION
Primary 7 – Chailyn P for RESPONSIBILITY
A huge well done to everyone who took part in Mrs McMurdo’s Wider Achievement Challenge of Dress to Express last week. We loved seeing photos and videos of you all dressed to reflect how you feel and your explanations were super!
Apologies that these photos were missed from our video, but they are too good not to share! Thank you Mary and Miss Mason for your fabulous entries!
We are delighted to announce that Jolly Learning have now made all of their Jolly Phonics Readers available as e-readers for Android and Apple devices FOR FREE!
Jolly Phonics e-readers now available! — Jolly Learning
This is the reading scheme we use in school. As we are progressing with new learning, our class teachers will be continuing to use class readers as a resource. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to download these whilst this offer is available.
Spanning 93 books across 5 levels of decodable readers, they will help you to support your children remotely as they practice their reading skills anywhere!
You can access the books by clicking on the links below:
For the Google Play Book Store:
Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers
Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers
For the Apple Book Store:
Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers
Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers
To support anyone with visual difficulties, you may find the following guides and app ideas useful to help you when accessing school work during Remote Learning.
Our teaching staff and Senior Leadership Team actively monitor the class use of Microsoft Teams and it has came to our attention that in some cases in recent days, class Teams pages have displayed some undesirable behaviours.
We encourage our parents/carers to monitor this closely too.
Thank you for your continued support.
We are aware that many of our families do not have access to a printer. Our teaching staff try hard to not be heavily reliant on worksheets in the daily tasks they set, but sometimes a worksheet perfectly sums up the aim of the lesson.
If you don’t have access to a printer, fear not!
There are some options:
As we continue to offer Live interactions as part of Remote Learning between our pupils and their teachers from P3-7 via Microsoft Teams, we will be introducing this now for P1-2/3 pupils through VScene.
P1-2/3 children will find instructions about how to access VScene on their class blogs. Please note that a PIN number to enable secure access to VScene will be sent by text message to these families.
We previously sent out parent and pupil guidance around online learning. Please find it attached again below for your reference.
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Please note the main points to be aware of:
Thank you for your continued support as we navigate this new territory together!
We are aware that some families may require additional resources to support their child whilst Remote Learning. Therefore this week we will have a member of staff in the reception area of the school on:
Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th January between 10am and 12pm.
If you require any resources please drop by. We will have stationary, paper and jotters to help your child record their learning during the coming weeks.
Please come to the main entrance of the school, ensuring you adhere to the socially distanced markers present, wear a face covering and sanitise upon entering the reception area.
As you will all be aware, learning about the life and works of Robert Burns is a big part of our curriculum and heritage here at New Cumnock Primary.
Normally, this time of year is busy and exciting with poetry, signing and instrumental rehearsals taking place in preparation for school, regional and even National level competitions!
Unfortunately, these competitions have been cancelled this year due to the current Covid restrictions.
However, here at New Cumnock Primary, we still want to celebrate the work of our National Bard and showcase our pupil’s poetry talents to our wider community!
We received lots of video entries for our Burns celebration, and Mrs McNulty was delighted that she was able to use every one that was sent in. Thank you so much, we hope you enjoy!
Please find below some ideas and activities if you wish to celebrate Robert Burns’ birthday with your own Burns Supper at home tonight.
How to celebrate Burns Night – History Scotland
Burns Night Activities For Kids (activityvillage.co.uk)
Make Your Own Tartan Craft (activityvillage.co.uk)
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UPDATE: Please check this video upload below if you had difficulty with the previous video playing on your device. If you are continuing to experience problems, please contact Mrs McNulty at danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk
