A wee message for our former pupils who are currently in S1…
Today’s 3pm Biscuit and Blether with Mrs Clarke and Mrs Bradford is cancelled and will now be next Friday 30th September. This will be the final session.
Apologies for the short notice.
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Additional public holiday arrangements for Tuesday 20 September 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen on Thursday 8 September 2022 we are observing a period of National Mourning.
The UK Government has announced an additional one-off Bank Holiday on the day of Her Majesty’s State Funeral – Monday 19 September 2022.
As this falls on our September Public Holiday we can confirm that East Ayrshire Council will move this Public Holiday from Monday 19 September 2022 to Tuesday 20 September 2022.
School will reopen on Wednesday 21st September at 9am.
Additional public holiday arrangements for Tuesday 20 September 2022 (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
Parent’s Phonics Presentation
Next Wednesday 21st September, before you are invited to visit your child’s class for Bring a Parent to School Day, P1, P1/2 and P3 parents/carers are invited along to hear about how Phonics is delivered at the early Primary stages. We are keen to show you how you can support your child at home in order to improve their Literacy abilities.
Please enter via the Community Entrance to join us at 1.45pm in the hall before visiting your child’s class at 2.15pm.
⚽️Glenafton Athletic Official “Kids Kick About Sessions”⚽️
Thanks to a recent successful funding bid Glenafton Athletic FC are delighted to offer FREE community football sessions.
This is a 4-week trial period where we are excited to bring sessions for kids aged 2 to primary 4.
Fingers crossed that the trial period is a success, and we can look at continuing this into the future.
Sessions will be on a Monday and will begin on 26th September 2022 at Loch Park with coaching from first team signing Dylan O’Kane and sessional staff.
– Mini Kickers (Age 2 to Pre School) @ 4.15pm to 5pm *Adult Supervision and Participation ESSENTIAL*
– Primary 1 & Primary 2 Kids @ 5pm to 6pm
– Primary 3 & Primary 4 Kids @ 6pm to 7pm
Look out for special guest appearances! And a celebration event at the end of the 4wks!
These are fun filled and relaxed sessions with no pressure to commit to anything more at this stage 🙂
Place confirmation will be emailed to the appropriate parent/carer no later than 23/09/22
Register here NOW: https://forms.office.com/r/zeZFv7A5v0
Bring a Parent to School Day is back!!!
We are delighted that Covid mitigations have now eased and we can welcome our families back into school!
We would like to invite parents/carers into school to visit your child’s class, see their work and meet their teacher.
This will take place over a series of Wednesday afternoons leading up to the October holidays. (Classes, dates and times can be found below).
Please enter the school via the Community Entrance. At the end of each session, parents/carers will be able to leave, to go to their child’s exit point. This will allow our Covid cleaning procedures to take place before the school bell rings and children are brought outside.
Wednesday 14th September 2.15-2.45pm: P1 (Mrs Johnstone) & P1/2 (Mrs Armour)
Wednesday 21st September 2.15-2.45pm: P3 (Mrs Elliott)
Wednesday 28th September 2.15-2.45pm: P2 (Miss McQueen) & P3/4 (Mrs Petrie)
Wednesday 5th October 2.15-2.45pm: P4/5 (Miss Nicholl) & P5 (Mrs Frew)
Wednesday 12th October 2.15-2.45pm: P6 (Mrs McNulty) & P7 (Mrs Clarke)
Our classes will be showcasing our Active Literacy and Numeracy resources and we will have parental information packs available for you to take away, to help you when supporting your child’s learning at home.
We look forward to welcoming you all back into the school building and thank you in anticipation of your support with this.
The Exchange August Newsletter
The Exchange Counselling Service are delighted to share their first newsletter of the year with you. They are a wonderful service within East Ayrshire that supports not only our children but their families.
Click on the link below to view their August newsletter.
East Ayrshire School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter (office.com)
Come along to our Parent’s Group!
We are very excited to be able to welcome our families back into school again and are keen to start a Parent’s Group on a Wednesday morning.
Please see the poster below for more information and complete the attached form to submit your interest.
Clubs at New Cumnock Primary School
We are very keen to start provision before and after school time, by offering Breakfast Club and After School Clubs again.
Please take a few minutes to complete the form below to let us know your thoughts on this.
Thank you!
Reporting to our Parents
Throughout the school year, we will use a variety of strategies to report to our parents on a regular basis. It is important that you can access each of those detailed below. If you are experiencing difficulty with any of our communication platforms, please contact the school for support.
School App
As we are a paperless school, the School App is our main method of communication when reaching out to our parents quickly with important matters.
To download the app, please search PSA in the Apple of Google Play app stores.
School Blog
The School Blog will be used to share whole school matters and events with our families.
Please find the link below to the main page. You may find it useful to save this as a shortcut on your mobile device to enable you to access it easily.
The many tabs on the School Blog can be used to navigate a wealth of information about our school which is shared there.
New Cumnock Primary School | East Ayrshire Council site (glowscotland.org.uk)
Learning Journals
This session we will be using Learning Journals across the whole school from P1-7 to report on individual children’s progress across the curriculum.
Photos and comments about your child’s learning will be shared with our families on a private profile here, enabling you to view, comment and share learning experiences which take place outside of school.
Please ensure that you have submitted your contact details to enable you to access your child’s account.
Our Parent Council Needs You!
Our Parent Council are looking for someone to take on the role of SECRETARY.
This person would be required to take minutes at the meetings and circulate these to other council members.
This would be a great addition to your CV and a wonderful way to keep abreast of all the goings on in our school.
If you are interested in taking on this role (open to existing members and new members), please email our Parent Council Chairperson, Mrs Kerry Cooper on:
Please note, our next Parent Council meeting will be held in school on Thursday 22nd September at 6pm. We love it if you could attend and held build our Parent Council forum! We want your voice to be heard!
