The Royal Drawing School are running a fully funded, free 10 week Saturday drawing course for young people aged 10-14 years old, based at New Cumnock Townhall and online.
Taught by professional practicing artists, the weekly classes are an opportunity for students to develop their passion for drawing in a creative and supportive environment.
They still have some spaces left! If your child is a keen artist, please follow the link below for more information and email youngartists@royaldrawingschool.org to register their place.
This week we were visited by Tammy from the New Cumnock Development Trust who came to tell us all about Fitfest 2026 and how our P6 and P7 pupils have the opportunity to apply to be a Fitfest Ambassador.
Application forms were sent home and the closing date for these to be delivered to the NCDT office is this Wednesday 17th September. Applications will be shortlisted and interviews held soon after in school.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our young people to develop leadership skills and to represent their school and community.
If your child didn’t get an application form and wishes to submit one, please email Mrs McNulty and she will get one sent home on Monday.
Our P7 House Captains visited the Knockshinnoch memorial to lay a wreath to honour the 75th anniversary of the mining disaster in which 13 men lost their lives.
This is a huge part of our heritage and has been discussed with the whole school at Get Together.
We were excited to be part of the New Cumnock Coronation Celebration weekend!
Primary 7 pupils Lily P and Noah R were crowned as King and Queen and then paraded around the town on the Friday evening, followed by a Disco performed by our very own DJ Wee Parky.
The Saturday family fun day was a huge success and it was great to see so many people come out to enjoy the community celebrations. Our school choir entertained the crowd by performing some songs they have been rehearsing in preparation for the event.
A huge thank you goes to the Coronation Committee for their kind donation of commemorative medals for every child in the school, what a lovely gesture to mark such a memorable occasion.
The Clean Green Schools Team are on a mission to tackle the issue of dog fouling in our local community.
To help us with this, we are looking for donations of empty 2L plastic bottles. Please send in any you may have at home to the school (washed out and labels removed too please!)
This week we will be celebrating the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III . We would love for you to be part of it!
On Friday 5th May, children are invited to come to school wearing red, blue and white. Each class will be participating in activities about the Coronation and in the afternoon we will all join together in the playground for a Coronation Celebration party. Our very own DJ Parky will be entertaining everyone. Children are invited to give Lyle their song requests beforehand and bring along picnic blankets to enjoy some snacks and a dance.
Thursday 4th May-Monday 8th May – Please see the programme and poster below for events taking place in New Cumnock to celebrate the Coronation.
We wish our very own Noah R and Lily P all the very best for their appearance as King and Queen as part of these celebrations during Friday’s parade!
Our school choir will also be performing on Saturday afternoon at the Family Fun Day. Members have been lettered about this and must return their consent slips as soon as possible. We hope you can come along and show your support!
The New Cumnock Community Coronation Group have asked us to appoint a ‘King and Queen’ to be part of the upcoming community events to celebrate King Charles’ Coronation.
Names of children who wish to be entered will be added to a hat and chosen randomly at Monday’s Get Together next week.
Children must be willing to dress up, happy to be part of a parade through the town and must be available on the evening of Friday 5th May.
This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a huge community event and important part of history!
Please speak with your child about what is expected of them if chosen and if they wish their name to be entered, please complete the contact form below to submit their details by MONDAY 24TH APRIL please.
