Category Archives: Community Engagement

Community Engagement, Community Partnership, Scots Language, Whole school

Noo that’s whit a ca’ a Burns Nicht! 26/2/26

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A huge thank you to our talented young people, brilliant local performers and all in our school community who joined us for our 4th annual Burns Family Night!

We love having the opportunity to welcome everyone in to showcase the work and talents of our young people, and with the title of ‘Scots Schuil and Scots Teacher of the Year 2025’ to our name, we really do have a lot of talent to share!

The evening was a huge success, the profits of which will go towards our P7 Residential Trip. A huge thank you to our P7 pupils, Abbie, Arabella, Kal and Baylee who compared the night for us.

Tasty treats for our guests to enjoy. Thank you to P5 for helping to decorate the hall with our lovely Scots word placemats.

Former pupil, Ruaridh McMeekin joined us from EPIC bagpiping to play for our guests and young people as they entered.

Our wonderful school choir sang at the start and end of our evening, even giving the audience a sneaky peek of our Choral Festival entry for this year.

A jammed packed hall! We are extremely grateful to our friends, family, local community and invited guests for coming along to support us.

Local musician, Lewis Cedar entertained us with songs and had the children joining in. A huge thank you to Lewis who supported us with the PA system on the night.

Former pupils Emma Young, Amy Johnstone and Emma Johnstone, entertained us through verse speaking, instrumental and song.

Local musician, Joan McDade entertained us with some songs.

Tracey Harvey entertained us and had the kids in stitches with her poem, ‘Tattie’.

Our Strings Music Teacher Mrs Hill and her 2 children, Maeve and Adam, entertained us with their music and even had us up dancing along.

‘Weel kent face’, Wullie Dick from New Cumnock Burns Club spoke for us.

Our talented Scots poetry competition class winners.

Our interactive Kahoot! quiz is always a huge success! Well done to our winning team, ‘The Young Team’.

A huge thank you to our local community, friends and family for your continued support!

Community Engagement, Expressive Arts, Literacy, Scots Language, Whole school

Burns Family Night 26/2/26

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Our P7 helpers, school choir members and class winners from our school Poetry Competition will soon be lettered to invite them to perform at our next annual Burns Family Night on Thursday 26th February 6-8pm. (Please see the poster above for more information)

Tickets to attend must be purchased prior to the event. Performers do not require a ticket to attend.

We would encourage family and friends to purchase a ticket to come along and show their support. Be quick so as not to miss out!

The quick link to purchase tickets can be found below. It’s sure to be wonderful night, jammed pack with entertainment from our talented young people as well as invited guests!

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnock-primary-school/t-ejaeyly

Community Engagement, Whole school

Santa Dash Sing-A-Long 9/12/25

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Tomorrow, Tuesday 9th December, we will host our whole school sponsored event – Santa Dash Singalong.

All money and sponsor forms for this event should be handed in to your child’s teacher tomorrow morning. Please note that any sponsors received after this date cannot be accepted due to money being banked already.
All returned sponsor forms will be put into a draw to win a movie night hamper.
We will be leaving school at 9.30am to head to our singing spots throughout New Cumnock to spread Christmas cheer by singing a range of Christmas songs. If you are able to come and see us, please do,or give us a wave at the window if you see us passing by. Each class will also have a donation bucket with them for any member of the public who wishes to donate if you like what you hear.
P1 – Afton Court Sheltered Housing Complex
P2 – Mounthope Terrace
P2/3 – Dalhanna Drive 
P3/4 – New Cumnock Fire Station
P4/5 – Ashmark Avenue 
P5 – Castle Shops 
P5/6 – Afton Bridgend square 
P6 – High Park shops 
P7 – Pathhead park 
Please ensure your child is wrapped up warm with a thick coat for this event and children are encouraged to wear festive headwear if they have some.
 
Please note that if it is too wet tomorrow, we will postpone our Santa Dash Sing-A-Long until the next anticipated dry day. We don’t want to trail the children out singing in the rain and not have the public able to come out and enjoy seeing us all. A message will be sent via the school app early tomorrow morning if this is the case.
Community Engagement, Parent Council, Whole school

Summer Fayre Success

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A massive well done to our hard working Parent Council on another fantastic event for New Cumnock Primary School. The rain certainly didn’t dampen any of our New Cumnock spirit!

It was great to see so many parents, children, staff and members of our community supporting the school.

Thank you everyone!

A huge well done to Lottie J who won the Guess the Bears Name competition, she is now the proud owner of ‘Bubbles’!

 

Community Engagement, Community Partnership, Scot's Language, Whole school, Wider Achievement

Noo that’s whit a ca’ a Burns Nicht!

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A huge thank you to our talented young people, brilliant local performers and all in our school community who joined us for our 3rd annual Burns Family Night!

We love having the opportunity to welcome everyone in to showcase the work and talents of our young people, and with the title of ‘Scots Schuil and Scots Teacher of the Year 2025’ to our name, we really do have a lot of talent to share!

The evening was a huge success, the profits of which will go towards our P7 Residential Trip.

We thank you for your continued support!

Tasty treats for our guests to enjoy.

David Bunten from EPIC bagpiping.

Our school choir.

A jammed packed hall.

Local poet, Stuart Paterson.

Local musician, Ciaran McGhee.

Chloe and Adele shared their own poems they had written.

Local musician, Joan McDade.

Wullie Dick from New Cumnock Burns Club.

Our Scots poetry competition class winners.

Local poet, Rab Wilson.

Musical duet, Jolyn and Davie, otherwise knows as Brigadoon.

Our interactive Kahoot! quiz is always a huge success! Well done to our winning player, ‘Tea Cakes’.

Simon Thoumire from ‘Hands Up For Trad’ gave the closing words.

Everyone gathered singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ to finish off the evening.

Community Engagement, Community Partnership, Wider Achievement

New Cumnock Burns Club – Burns Supper 2025

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Today, our class poetry winners and school choir performed at the New Cumnock Burns Club, Burns Supper at the Town Hall. It was a wonderful afternoon, with a wide array of talent on display. From wonderful singing to recitations and a lovely meal provided free of charge, there was something for everybody!

Well done to each of our talented youngsters for being such confident performers!

A huge thank you to New Cumnock Burns Club for their very generous donation to our school too, we are extremely grateful for this and appreciate the partnership we have.

 

Choir, Community Engagement

Choir Christmas Events

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Our school choir have been extremely busy over the festive period, singing in the community. They do say, ‘The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!’

We have visited:

The School for our Christmas Fayre (30/11/24)

Dumfries House for the arrival of Santa (30/11/24)

Kilmarnock Town Centre for their Christmas Light Switch On (1/12/24)

The Baptist Church for the Women’s Fellowship (2/12/24)

New Cumnock Parish Church for The Women’s Guild (3/12/24)

Afton Court Sheltered Housing for the residents and staff (4/12/24)

New Cumnock Parish Church for The Coffee Bean (5/12/24)

Cumnock Hospital for the patients and staff (12/12/24)

Dumfries House for the King’s Foundation (18/12/24)

A huge thank you to all our community partners for welcoming us along!