Today our class poetry winners visited Afton Court Sheltered Housing to entertain the serviced users with their award winning performances. A true example of community partnership and intergenerational work at its finest!
Category Archives: Community Partnership
NCDT Afterschool Sport
NCDT are hosting an afterschool sport session this Wednesday 25th March 3:15pm-4:30pm in the Scout Hall. This multi-sport class is aimed to all abilities from Primary 4-7. Please contact NCDT to book your child’s place as spaces are limited. 
⚽ Road to the World Cup Football Camp 🌍
NCDT in partnership with New Cumnock Community FC and Glenafton Athletic are delighted to host our exciting 2-day football camp at Loch Park, New Cumnock!
📅 15th & 16th April
⏰ 10.30am – 3.30pm
👦👧 P1 – P7 (Boys and Girls Welcome)
Young players will enjoy fun training, games and challenges inspired by the World Cup.
🌍 Theme: Come along geared up in your favourite World Cup team colours or kit!
🍕 Day 2 Special:We’ll finish the camp with Pizza and a Presentation to celebrate the players’ efforts!
💷 £12 per day or £20 for both days
📍 Location: Loch Park, New Cumnock
🎟 Book now via TicketSource to secure your place!
⚽ Spaces are limited — join us on the Road to the World Cup!
🥚🌼 Egg Decorating & Rolling – Easter Fun! 🌼🥚
📅 Thursday 9th April
Join us for a fun-filled morning of egg decorating in Trotters, then we’ll head off to Greenhead to see who can roll their egg the furthest down the hill!
🕤 Session 1 – 9.30am – Age 4 / Primary 2 – (must be accompanied by an adult)
🕦 Session 2 – 11.30am – P3/4
🕜 Session 3 – 1.30pm – P5/7
🎟️ FREE activity – bookable via TicketSource📍 Supported by Corrie Mains Farm
Spaces are limited, so be sure to book your place early! 🐣✨
⛳ FREE 6 Week Golf Coaching for Young People (P6+) ⛳
NCDT are looking to gauge interest in a FREE 6-week golf coaching programme for young people Primary 6 and above.
🏌️ Professional coaching 🏌️
All equipment provided
🏌️ Mixed group and Girls-only group options
🏌️Likely to run Monday evenings
A great opportunity for young people to try golf, learn new skills and get active outdoors. Delivered in partnership with New Cumnock Community Golf Club, with thanks to NCDT Community Development Funding.
📍 Priority will be given to young people living in New Cumnock.
If your child might be interested, please email Tammy on tammy.ncdt@outlook.com with your child’s personal details.
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!
Welby Breakfast 17/2/26
A huge thank you to Yvonne and her team from Welby Breakfast for coming to visit us at school. We are extremely grateful to our local Premier store for nominating us to receive a visit.
Welby Breakfast are Scottish Government funded from the Healthy Living programme. They provided a fun, interactive morning where pupils were provided with healthy samples of breakfast ideas and were educated in the importance of how to start the day with a healthy meal.
Afton Lily Burns Supper 13/2/26
Well done to Stewart Y 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!
New Cumnock Parish Church Burns Supper 31/1/26
Our very own Stewart Y, and his big sister Emma, who is also a former pupil of ours, performed at the New Cumnock Parish Church Burns Supper tonight.
Stewart gave a recitation of Willie Wastle and was given the important duty of addressing the haggis.
Both superstars wowed the room with their wonderful recitations! Well done Stewart and Emma!
PA Dance Academy Psychic Night 27/2/26
