Today our P6s attended the Boswell Book Festival at Dumfries House. They got to take part in story telling session and workshops designed to encourage creativity and explore creative writing for themselves. They had lots of fun!
Category Archives: Primary 6
P6 Bikeability
Our Primary 6s have undergone their Bikeability Level 1 training.
We are extremely grateful to Courtney and Miss Nicholl for working with our young people to gain this award.
Bikeability Level 1 teaches us to:
- Maintain our cycle: making sure our ride is in tip-top condition and make simple repairs
- Glide: smooth, calm and collected
- Control our bike: including setting off, cruising, slowing down, braking and stopping. (You’ll even learn to pedal one handed!)
- Pedal: without feeling wobbly or out of control
- Be aware of our surroundings: looking behind and turning around obstacles
Robert Burns World Federation Competitions – Art and Writing
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.
P6/7 Fitfest Ambassadors
🤩 #Fitfest Ambassadors 🤩
Calling all NCPS Primary 6s and 7s how would you like the opportunity to become a “Fitfest Ambassador” – well now is your chance.
In partnership with NCPS, NCDT are looking to recruit a group of young people in either P6 or P7 to help with the planning and organisational side of Fitfest! This Includes having your own portion of budget to spend on an activity or event at #FitFest2025 and of course a tshirt and hoodie!
So if you have a passion for all things #fitfest and are keen to be involved in the NC community then we would love to hear from you.
Young people will be asked to complete an application form and also attend a short interview so we can learn and hear lots about them.
Here is some key information for anyone who may be interested in applying:
⭐️ 27/01/25 – Tammy from NCDT & Geraldine 🦒will attend NCPS Get Together to explain #fitfest ambassadors to the whole school. Application forms will be given to the P6 and P7 teachers to distribute to anyone who wishes to apply.
⭐️ 30/01/25 – Completed applications must be returned to the NCDT Office (21 Castle) no later than 4pm on this day.
⭐️ 03/02/25 – All young people will be notified as to whether they have reached interview stage or not.
⭐️ 04/02/25 – Interviews will take place in NCPS.
Most importantly any young person wishing to be involved must be available to attend Fitfest on 25/05/25 and have permission from a parent/guardian.
We know how much the young people in our community LOVE #fitfest and we cannot wait for them to be involved in making 2025 EVEN better!
Please like, share and tag any young people who you think would be a great addition to our team!
#fitfest2025
#teamnewcumnock
P6 Open Afternoon 7/2/24
Primary 6 will be hosting an Open Afternoon drop in for parents/carers in the P6 classroom next Wednesday 7th February 2-3pm. Both Mrs Ramsay and Mr Douglas will be there. We hope you can join us. Please enter via the main entrance.
School Meal Crunch Deal – beating the crunch with a school lunch
The Council is reducing the cost of a school meal for P6 and P7 pupils, who pay for their school meal, to £1.08. This special deal will run from August 2023 to June 2024. The same menu options will be available and our school meals will be freshly prepared each day, using quality ingredients from local suppliers.
DIARY DATES SUMMER 2022
We are so excited to inform you all about our upcoming events! Due to COVID mitigations recently being reduced we have been able to plan fun opportunities for our children, during this final stretch to the summer holidays 🙂
CLICK HERE TO SEE DATES FOR THE DIARY Summer Term 2022
We are delighted that we can rebuild our partnership with Dumfries house who have kindly found space in their packed schedule for our P1-5 pupils for Farming themed workshops and play, despite having bookings from schools all over Central Scotland! This matches perfectly with our WORLD OF WORK theme, which this year was all about local opportunities, which includes our farming community.
P1a P1b P2 and P2/3 will enjoy the Springwatch workshop at the farm, meeting a variety of animals, learning how to look after them and all about animal life cycles, as well as enjoying time in the STEM playground and new park!
P3 P4 and P5 will be visiting the RHET Festival of farming days at Dumfries House, taking part in workshops where they will be learning about the variety of careers available in agriculture and rural life, as well as enjoying and meeting a variety of animals including horses, pigs, chickens, bees, sheep and cows.
Halloween Fun Day 2021
We are so excited to announce that we are hosting a Halloween Fun day on Friday 29th October, supported by our Parent Council!
Pupils are encouraged to come to school dressed up in their Halloween costumes and enjoy games, competitions and treats in class.
Each class will be awarding a “best costume” prize, voted for by the pupils. Prizes are being donated by the Parent Council.
There will also be a “Design a Pumpkin” competition with the winner from each class being gifted their VERY OWN PUMPKIN!
It’s going to be SPOOKTACULAR!
