Open to boys and girls and suitable for all levels of skills and ability. Come along be active, get moving and have fun.
*Parents/Carers will be required to complete a consent form for children and young people to participate*
We are extremely grateful to our wonderful Parent Council who were successful in being granted funding from the Small Wind Farms, which was used to cover the cost of swimming lessons for the whole school.
Swimming is a life skill, and water safety is something we, as a school, are keen to promote and support across all stages.
We are very fortunate that we have a super swimming facility within walking distance of our school.
Each child in our school was granted a 4 week block of swimming lessons at no cost to our families, something we know everyone will be extremely grateful for.
We were extremely impressed with the number of participants we had in each class at their weekly lesson and know our children had lots of fun taking part.
The children and staff of New Cumnock Primary School have had a fantastic week participating in a variety of activities that have promoted strategies that help support and maintain good mental health. This has ranged from classroom activities that have fostered kindness and empathy, art activities, group games, dancing, reading and relaxation. As well as this the children have had the opportunity to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and nature, either through local walks, the school garden and playground area.
We have also been fortunate enough to have visiting specialists in to deliver sessions:
First we had Sharon McQuillan, a GP referral conditions specialist from ‘ShapeShift Fitness & Wellbeing Studio’ in Auchinleck, who came in to deliver clinical yoga for the day.
Then we had Laura Pagan; Sport, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator for ‘New Cumnock Development Trust’ (NCDT) who came in to deliver Clubbercise for the day; while Tammy Borthwick, Community Engagement Officer, also for NCDT, came to deliver ‘Get Jiggy with Geraldine’ for the P1 & P1/2 classes.
Finally, we had Tommy Milgrew; a professional badminton coach based in East Ayrshire, who came in to deliver sessions for the day.
We can’t thank these people enough for the time they have given to the school out of their busy schedules, and for the skills and knowledge they have passed on to our children. We have been very fortunate this year to secure these experiences, which have indeed had a positive effect. Our children have been so enthusiastic during sessions and full of buzz afterwards because of their achievements and how uplifted these activities have made them feel.
As well as all of this, Michael McRobert from ‘McRobert’s Tae Kwon do School’, based in the south of East Ayrshire, who is part of theTae Kwon do Association of Great Britain, has very kindly offered a day of his time in June in so that all children at New Cumnock Primary School can experience this martial art for themselves.
Our wee school is full of buzz, happiness and positivity! Hopefully, all their experiences will stay with them and help them along the road of life so that they have a great one!
Our Sports Day was held today at the Glens Park. We were very grateful of the lovely weather we had!
Each of our House teams led a victory march around the pitch to kick start our Sports Day celebrations.
A huge thank you to our parents and carers who came along to cheer on and support our children as they competed in their class flat races and novelty races as well as our upper house relays.
The Sports Day points will be added to the shields and our overall winning House will be announced at our annual Prize Giving on Wednesday 18th June.
A huge thank you to the Glens Park for hosting our Sports Day and allowing us to use your facilities!
Primary 1:
Early Level Parental letter updated April 2021
Primary 2-4:
First Level Parental letter updated April 2021
Primary 5-7:
We are looking for a further 4 girls from P5-7 to attend a girl’s football event at Cumnock Juniors Park, Townhead, Cumnock on Tuesday 1st October from 3-5pm.
The community minibus will leave school at 2.45pm and return to school for 5.15pm. Please complete the form below if your child wishes to attend. It will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Letters will be sent home soon after.
