At New Cumnock Primary School we have so many talented pupils who have worked hard to learn and perform Burn’s poetry.
We are proud to announce the winners of our class Scots poetry competitions:
P1A- Bryce W
P1B- Stewart Y
P2- Aaeryn M
P2/3- Axel C
P3- Baylee M
P4- Adele M
P5- Amy J
P6- Bruce G
P7- Emma Y
We would also like to thank Mr Sullivan who has worked with the P4-7 school choir to put together a virtual performance of “Flow Gently Sweet Afton”.
Miss McQueen’s Primary 2’s have now achieved their Bronze level in Wider Achievements.
Well done!😃⭐️
They will all now be working on their Silver award, which will require some support from home. Details of fortnightly targets are on the P2 Wider Achievement tab within the class information area.
Congratulations to our Stars of the Week!
This week our pupils were trying to demonstrate EQUALITY from our Vision and Values.
P1A- Riley S for EQUALITY
P1B- AJ F for EQUALITY
P2- Iniya P for EQUALITY
P2/3- Emilie Y for EQUALITY
P3- Georgia G for EQUALITY
P4- Riley B for EQUALITY
P5- Bethany M for EQUALITY
P6- Thomas W for EQUALITY
P7- Eaghan M for EQUALITY
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
Thursday 24th June – Prize Giving video including all prize winners and P7 leavers will be shared on school communication platforms.
Well done to all our pupils that logged in and joined the East Ayrshire Sumdog Contest this week! We hope you all had fun and enjoyed putting your maths knowledge to the test.
Out of the 89 classes that qualified for the contest, we are so proud to share with you that Mr McClure and P6/7 received the highest placing from our school on the East Ayrshire leader board!
| 23rd | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 299 |
In addition to this, out of the 962 students that played along, 2 of our pupils made it into the top 10! Well done to Megan M and Emma Y both from P6/7!
| 4th | Megan M | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 987 |
| 7th | Emma Y | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 981 |
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
We hope you all managed to catch tonight’s episode of Blue Peter to see our wonderful school choir represent Scotland in their Christmas Special.
It was so exciting to hear and see our wonderful singers in action, having the time of their lives! What an amazing opportunity for them to be part of, they really are superstars! We are so incredibly proud of you all!
In case you missed it, here are some snapshots and a recording from the show. You can also watch it again on BBC iPlayer.
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!
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