We hope everyone enjoys the New Cumnock Gala Day today. Well done to the team involved in making this event possible for the community.
Good luck to our pupils who are part of the Royal Party, we hope you have a special and memorable day!
Category Archives: Community Engagement
Mental Health Week Scotland
Mental Health Week Scotland was a huge success at New Cumnock Primary School. We were fortunate to have had visiting specialists come and deliver sessions throughout the week to support this:
Pauline Auld from PA Dance Academy delivered dance sessions; Sharon McQuillan from ShapeShift Fitness Studio delivered Yoga & Mediation sessions; Gina Scott from Bunnylove brought her petting zoo; and James McDonald (Paddy), East Ayrshire’s Countryside Development Officer delivered learning activities in the Wildlife Garden, as well as land art and river dipping.
As well as this, the children took part in food preparation activities, nature walks to Knockshinnoch Lagoons, Art activities, class games, kindness activities, a movie session and a picnic in the playground afternoon.
During this time, the children have truly excelled, demonstrating a great understanding and engagement with the themes and activities presented. They enthusiastically participated in a variety of activities designed to support good mental health, showing a remarkable ability to connect with and benefit from each experience. Their proactive approach to learning strategies for self-help was particularly impressive, as they not only absorbed the information but also applied it in meaningful ways. The children’s ability to reflect on their mental well-being and that of their peers was evident, as they shared insights and supported each another throughout the week. Their exceeding expectations in this area is a testament to their maturity, empathy, and commitment to personal growth. We are incredibly proud of the children’s achievements during Mental Health Week Scotland and look forward to seeing them continue to thrive in all aspects of their learning journey.
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who helped support or deliver these wonderful experiences for the children: parent helpers, visiting specialists and the hard work and dedication of all the school staff who continually strive to give our children a diverse variety of enriching learning experiences.
Well Done FitFest Ambassadors!
Our P6 and P7 FitFest Ambassadors did a wonderful job at the weekend with their duties at the well attended event at Greenhead Park!
We are extremely proud of them for the dedication and commitment they have shown towards not only their role on the day, but with the work they have carried out with the NCDT on the run up to the event.
Well done to you all and thank you to Tammy and the New Cumnock Development Trust for giving our young people such a wonderful opportunity to act as leaders in our community.
Sports Day 14/5/26
Sports Day will be held next Thursday, 14th May 2026. Parents/carers are invited to join us for 10am at the Glens Park.
Children are encouraged to come wearing their House Team colours on Thursday. Please do not worry if they don’t have any items in their colour, there is no need to buy anything new, sports gear will suffice.
A wee reminder of colours:
Bracken 💛
Heather ❤️
Pine 💚
Thistle 💙
This year, on Sports Day, we are also asking our pupils to bring in a food/drink item in their house colour.
Our Parent Council will use these to make 4 House Hampers which we will be raffled off.
Raffle tickets will be on sale at Sports Day for £1 per strip. Please ensure you bring cash for this and look our for our Parent Helpers at their table.
The raffle will be drawn and winners announced at our Summer Fayre on Saturday 6th June.
Thank you again for your continued support.
Noo that’s whit a ca’ a Burns Nicht! 26/2/26
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!
Poetry winners and school choir visit to Women’s Guild 17/2/26
Today our class poetry competition winners and school choir attended the Women’s Guild to perform their winning pieces for them. We had a lovely afternoon entertaining within our local community!
Burns Family Night 26/2/26
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
Santa Dash Sing-A-Long 9/12/25
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.
Summer Fayre Success
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’!
FitFest 2025
FitFest 2025 was held today and was a wonderful fun-filled event for the whole community!
A huge well done to everyone at the New Cumnock Development Trust who made it happen.
We are extremely proud of our FitFest Ambassadors and Mrs Armour Mrs Donnelly for participating in the 5K run.
