Today our school choir recorded their entry for the Robert Burns World Federation, National Choral Festival.
Well done everyone, you sang beautifully!
We sang ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ as our Scots piece and ‘Comin’ Thro’ The Rye’ as our Burns piece.
We presented Mrs Wilson with a gift to thank her for playing the piano for us all term in preparation for this competition.
14/3/25
Well done to our 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.
P1 – Marcus C for DETERMINATION
P1/2 – Chase W for DETERMINATION
P2/3 – Bayley B for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Noah F for MUTUAL RESPECT
P4 – Alvinov A for AMBITION and DETERMINATION
P4/5 – Ella B for ALL OUR VALUES
P5 – Olivia M for AMBITION
P6 – Aurelia K for DETERMINATION
P7 – Paige Y for DETERMINATION
Our House winner this week is: HEATHER
Well done to our school football team for their participation in the Bill Shankly football festival today.
A huge thank you to Gus for his continued work with this smashing wee team!
7/3/25
Well done to our 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.
P1 – Piper M and Emily W for MUTUAL RESPECT
P1/2 – Harper C for DETERMINATION
P2/3 – Daniel M for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Alexander M for AMBITION
P4 – Cole M for DETERMINATION
P4/5 – Riley S for DETERMINATION
P5 – Katie H for DETERMINATION
P6 – Abbie K for RESPONSIBILITY
P7 – Hannah-Rose S for ALL VALUES
Our Waste Warriors this week are: PRIMARY 1 and PRIMARY 6
Our House winner this week is: THISTLE
I would like to bring to your attention the following National level competitions, which run alongside the Schools competitions we currently enter in Singing, Verse Speaking and Instrumental.
Competition 1 – Art
For P6 & P7 pupils
A scene from Scottish History or from a Burns song or poem.
Art may be a painting, or drawing using any medium, excluding computer generated images. Artwork should be no greater than A3 in size.
Competition 2 – Writing in Scots Language
P7 Pupils
The content should be about Robert Burns or any poem, animal or event in his works and may be written in any of the languages of Scotland. Pupils are invited to write a short story no more than A4 size and 300-500 words in length. The work may be handwritten, or computer generated and should be signed by the entrant as their own work.
Should your child wish to enter, please return completed entries to Mrs McNulty by Monday 24th March to enable them to be posted off by the deadline.
There are certificates, trophies and a monetary prize to the winning school for winning entries.
We couldn’t be more proud of Team New Cumnock today! 
Each and every one of our pupils who represented the school at the Regional Ayrshire Burns Schools Competition is a superstar. The performances they gave in front of a large audience and the feedback from the judges on their adjudication sheets is testament to that.
We are delighted to be bringing home the following prizes:
3rd place P1-3 Verse Speaking: Alice M
3rd place P4/5 Verse Speaking: Stewart Y
1st place P6/7 Verse Speaking: Adele M
1st place P6/7 Singing: Arabella S
Millar S was also in the top 6 who had to compete again in a head to head for the P1-3 Verse Speaking.
Our P1-3 Verse Speaking entries – Millar S, Alice M and Annika S
Our P4/5 Verse Speaking entries – Daisy M, Connie B, Stewart Y, Olivia M and Lewis J
Our P6/7 Verse Speaking entries – Adele M and Harry W
Our P6/7 Singing entries – Paige Y, Jorja K, Arabella S and Adele M
Also a huge well done to our former pupils who are now at Robert Burns Academy and bringing home the following prizes to New Cumnock:
3rd place S1/2 Verse Speaking: Amy J
3rd place S1/2 Singing: Aleesha C
2nd place S3/4 Verse Speaking: Emma Y
3rd place S3/4 Verse Speaking: Emma J
1st place S3/4 Singing: Emma J
1st place S5/6 Verse Speaking: Adana W
Well done everyone, you are all stars! 
Mrs McNulty would like to extend her thanks to Mrs Wilson for coming in to school to accompany our singers to help them rehearse on the run up to the competition.
We are delighted that our 1st and 2nd place winners have now been invited to attend the National Burns Competitions in Dumfries to represent Ayrshire later this year! 
28/2/25
Well done to our 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.
P1 – James C for MUTUAL RESPECT
P1/2 – Ellie P for MUTUAL RESPECT
P2/3 – Daisy F for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Freya B for DETERMINATION
P4 – Lloyd D for DETERMINATION and AMBITION
P4/5 – Ariah D for DETERMINATION
P5 – Alfie M for AMBITION
P6 – Cayden F for AMBITION
P7 – Tyler M for MUTUAL RESPECT
Our Waste Warriors this week are: PRIMARY 1 and PRIMARY 5
Our House winner this week is: HEATHER
21/2/25
Well done to our 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.
P1 – Ruby Sl for DETERMINATION
P1/2 – Lucy M for DETERMINATION
P2/3 – Ayrton F for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Saul M for ALL VALUES
P4 – Daisy M for ALL VALUES
P4/5 – Riley Y for DETERMINATION and AMBITION
P5 – Zac D for MUTUAL RESPECT
P6 – Lucia O for DETERMINATION
P7 – Aryn B for DETERMINATION
Our Waste Warriors this week are: PRIMARY 3/4 and PRIMARY 6
Our House winner this week is: BRACKEN and HEATHER
Well done to Adele M and Baylee M for kickstarting the evening by performing their winning poetry recitations at the Afton Lily Burns Supper tonight!
We are grateful of being able to showcase our young peoples talents to our local community. We hope everyone had a great night!
14/2/25
Well done to our 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.
P1 – David L for AMBITION
P1/2 – Aaron S for MUTUAL RESPECT
P2/3 – Broden R for RESPONSIBILITY
P3/4 – Logan S for AMBITION
P4 – Taylor M for DETERMINATION
P4/5 – Megan M for MUTUAL RESPECT
P5 – Aaeryn M for DETERMINATION
P6 – Bobbie R for DETERMINATION
P7 – Daisy M for MUTUAL RESPECT
Our Waste Warriors this week are: PRIMARY 3/4 and PRIMARY 7
Our House winner this week is: BRACKEN
