As our Lockdown video for ‘Times Like These’ was such a hit, we thought we would entertain all our children and families again with a Christmas edition. However, this time, we are putting YOU in charge!
Click on the song you would like to see the staff of New Cumnock Primary School to perform and the winning one will be performed, recorded and shared with you all on the run up to Christmas.
We are so proud to share with you that our school have received a number of prestigious awards in recent weeks.
Mrs Elliott has worked hard to present all the hard work going on in New Cumnock Primary to show that we are an inclusive school and have strategies in place to make us Dyslexia friendly. We are delighted to share that we were awarded the East Ayrshire Inclusive Education (DFS) Silver Award. The panel had a wonderful morning hearing about our inclusive journey. A huge well done to all involved!
In addition to this, Mrs Petrie has been working her socks off to present information to a panel of validators about our digital journey. We are excited to share that with all the evidence Mrs Petrie provided to show that we are using innovative practise, we have been awarded with the Digital Schools Award. They were very impressed to hear the work that our children are doing to support staff and each other to upskill our digital abilities. They were so pleased with our digital journey and leadership shown that we have been recommend to become a mentor school! This is amazing! A huge well done to everyone!
Furthermore, Mrs Johnstone and Primary 1 have been working hard with the Learning Outdoor Support Team (LOST) to investigate ways to care for and experience nature, and a result have been awarded the Wild Challenge Bronze Award. Well done to you all, what an achievement!
We have had a few queries recently as to how and where to access your child’s class homework.
As we are minimising the items being passed between school and home, each class will be setting homework tasks weekly through their class blogs.
These can be found in the CLASSES AND STAFF tab on our school blog.
Once you select your child’s class, you must click on the link within that page which will take you directly to your child’s class blog. Once there you must select the HOMEWORK tab. All homework tasks will be posted here for you to refer to. Your child may be asked to submit tasks via email/Teams but will be instructed to do so by their class teacher if this is a requirement.
A quick ‘how to’ guide to access homework can be found in the video below.
If you have any further questions or queries, please notify a member of the Senior Leadership team. Their contact details can be found below.
joanna.mcmurdo@eastayrshire.org.uk
Today our House Captains fulfilled their first official duty by attending the public service of remembrance at the Castle Miner’s Lamp Memorial, marking 70 years since the Knockshinnoch Disaster.
It was heart warming to see so many of the local community in attendance, to commemorate the memories of the mine workers who lost their lives in the tragic event all those years ago.
Our House Captains laid a wreath on behalf of the school and spoke with local counsellors. They were a true credit to our school!
We are delighted to share that our Hunter trophies have now arrived after a delay in production and have been presented to our award winners from last session.
We are incredibly proud of each of our winners and loved having an opportunity to celebrate this wonderful achievement again with their peers! Well done to you all! 🤩
Garden Room – Alfie O
Primary 1 – Baylee M
Primary 1/2 – Georgia G
Primary 2/3 – Ryan H
Primary 3 – Amy J
Primary 4 – Bruce G
Primary 5 – Mary Y
Primary 5/6 – Eilidh M
Primary 6/7 – Lucy W
Primary 7 – Craig M
Some memories from this school year, it has certainly been a year we won’t forget! 🌈
Mrs McNulty ❤️
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 coming to school last Friday to be awarded with their certificates. 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, it is wonderful! Click on the link below if you wish to download a copy to keep.
Last but not least, we are sadly saying goodbye to 4 members of staff this session. A huge virtual hug goes out to Mrs Morton, Miss White, Mrs Sussman-Bryden and Miss Ritchie. We have loved having you all as part of Team New Cumnock and hope our paths cross again one day.
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
On Saturday 7th March, Mrs McNulty, parents/carers and 33 of our pupils attended Irvine Royal Academy to participate in the Ayrshire Schools Burns Competition.
We had pupils entered in Verse Speaking, Singing and Instrumental sections.
For the first time ever there was a P1-3 Verse Speaking section and we were not restricted to how many entries we could submit so Mrs McNulty thought, the more the merrier!
A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to get our children ready for this competition, a huge well done to our pupils and parents/carers for the work you have put into being prepared.
A great day was had by all. The standard of talent was exceptionally high and not only did our pupils shine with their singing, speaking and musical talents, but also with their positive attitudes and excellent behaviour! We couldn’t be prouder of you all! A huge well done to all our participants.
Under normal circumstances, our 1st and 2nd place prize winners Alex M and Lucy W would represent Ayrshire at the National Competition in Carluke, however, due to COVID-19, unfortunately there will not be a Nationals Competition this year.
Team New Cumnock!
Our Verse Speaking performers
Our Singing performers
Our Instrumental performers
We were delighted to enter 2 former pupils, who are now at Cumnock Academy. Casey K was entered in S1/2 singing and Adana W was entered in S1/2 Verse Speaking
Emma Y made it to the final 6 in P4/5 Verse Speaking and got to perform again in front of a big audience
Lucy W made it to the final 6 in P6/7 Verse Speaking and got to perform again in front of a big audience 
As we weren’t able to track down everyone for photos at the event, it was a great excuse for Mrs McNulty to have another photo shoot with us all back at school!
Our proud Verse Speakers with their certificates
Our proud Singers with their certificates 
Our proud Instrumentalists with their certificates 
Our proud prize winners!
1st place P4/5 Singing – Alex M
2nd place P6/7 Verse Speaking – Lucy W
3rd place Instrumental – Hayley C
Certificate of Merit P4/5 Verse Speaking – Emma Y
Mrs McNulty hopes to get copies of the official photos taken on the day and will get these to you all when she does.
To support our children and families during the upcoming weeks we have sent children home with Learning Packs filled with activities and access to online resources to support their learning.
In addition to this, we will be using our class blogs within the school website to upload materials and share information with you all.
To access your child’s class blog, select the menu tab as shown below…
Select your child’s class from the drop down menu…
Within their class page, click on the live link to take you to their class blog…
Here you will see the feed of posts from the class, uploaded by their class teacher…
Within the blog, there are further pages, one of which is a ‘HOMEWORK’ tab. The class teacher will upload information and tasks here if the closure of school is prolonged…
In addition to the Class Blogs, we have also been very fortunate to receive a wealth of resources to support our learners in the event of school closure. Please select the ‘Home Learning’ tab found in the main menu…
Within this page there are a wealth of resources, sorted by level and curricular area. We hope these will be of use to our children in a spell of absence from school…
Not one to miss out on the blogging fun, Mrs Bradford, our Home Link Worker, has her own page within our school website. Her page can be accessed as shown below, within the Parent Zone tab of the main menu…
Here, Mrs Bradford will post useful links and contact information for any families needing support during the school closure period…
Parents/Carers,
If you wish to contact us during the spell of School Closure, please find our Senior Management Team’s email addresses below, should you need advice/support in the coming weeks.
Mrs McMurdo: eajoanna.mcmurdo@glow.sch.uk
Mr Hastings: eagary.hastings@glow.sch.uk
Mrs McNulty: eadanielle.mcnulty@glow.sch.uk
Over the coming weeks, we will be using our school app as the primary means of communication with our parents/carers. Please follow the instructions below to ensure you have downloaded it to your device.
To download your school app, search for School App for Parents in the Apple or Google Play app store.
It should be the first search result, but if you’re unsure see the correct logo below! Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below.
Once you’ve found the app, just press download (all downloads of the app are completely free!) Once the app has finished downloading, open it and type in the name of your school/nursery and press ‘Select’. You may be prompted to type in a username and PIN, if you are unsure what this is contact us.
