Category Archives: Parental Engagement

Community Partnership, Parental Engagement, Whole school

Yipworld support for families

September 10, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Yipworld are one of our community partners who have Youth Groups and Services running for young people and the greater community.

Employability Support

Our employability team will be available from Monday to Thursday each week from 9am to 4pm each day. This support programme is aimed at anyone ages 16 to 24 and can aid in writing C.V.’s, finding
training, applying for jobs or higher education and provide advice. They are always happy to accept referrals of school leavers looking to take their next step in life!
Their employability team can be reached at either:
kthomson@yipworld.org or lmcnaughton@yipworld.org

Families First

For any low income families with children, who would like support to improve their family circumstances and achieve their goals, a service is being offered by Yipworld.

Families First can provide budgeting advice, emotional and practical support as well as introductions to attend community resources.

For further information or support with making contact please contact:

Tracey Bradford,

Home-Link Practitioner

New Cumnock Primary School

Tel: 01290 338404

Mobile: 07788124474

Parental Engagement, Whole school

Attendance Questionnaire

June 23, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

One of our priorities this year has been to improve school attendance. Your feedback is valuable and will help us to improve our attendance practices.

Please take 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire below.

Kind regards,

Mrs McNulty

Parental Engagement

Parent/Carer Feedback

June 12, 2025 Mrs Bradford Leave a comment

We would be very grateful if you could please take a couple of minutes to complete this short feedback form.

Thank you

Tracey

https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?subpage=design&FormId=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKaYGTqJiNNVFk0VYR1H2daBURVNENUY0U1VNMlhHNk5UTE5CNzNFVjY1SC4u&Token=1cdfa36f73044c14b2631cf69af840dd

Health and Wellbeing, Parental Engagement

The Exchange

June 11, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

The Exchange Counselling Service are looking to gather feedback from parents/carers and pupils about their service.

If your child has accessed this service, we ask that you and your child please spare a few minutes to complete the appropriate survey below.

Parent Form and QR code attached – https://forms.office.com/e/kPxcDhH1QC

Pupil Form and QR code attached – https://forms.office.com/e/Y3sxv7vEgt

Parental Engagement, Primary 1/2

P1/2 Get Together

May 23, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Today, Primary 1/2 got the chance to showcase their learning for us alongside their parents/carers. They entertained us all with their super singing and confident speaking.

Well done Primary 1/2 and Mrs Elliott!

Health and Wellbeing, Parental Engagement, Whole school

RSHP Term 4

May 2, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Parents/carers,

In Term 4, we will be delivering Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenting, as part of our Health and Wellbeing curriculum, across all stages of the school.

In line with East Ayrshire guidance, we are contacting you to inform you of this.

The programme of study is generated in accordance with National guidelines. The contents of which, form a key element of personal, social and health education in our school and is an important part of children’s preparations for adult life.

The age and stage of our young people is taken into account in the delivery of RSHP. The content and vocabulary of which is outlined in the parents letters attached below.

Primary 1:

Early Level Parental letter updated April 2021

Primary 2-4:

First Level Parental letter updated April 2021

Primary 5-7:

Second Level Parental letter updated April 2021

You, as parent/carer, are your child’s first and most important teacher. With your child at school there is the opportunity for parents/carers and schools to work together to help your child to learn. In the links below, there are examples of how you might support their learning. There are also some ideas from parents who have been asked about what they do to support their child’s learning. Click on the links below to find out more.

Learning-at-Home-Second-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers (rshp.scot)

RSHP-Learning-at-Home-First-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers (1)

Learning at Home (Early Level information for parents and carers) (rshp.scot)

Should you have any questions or queries regarding the delivery of this programme as part of our Health and Wellbeing curriculum, please contact Mrs McNulty by phoning the school or via email.

danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk

Parental Engagement

NEST workshops

March 24, 2025 Mrs Bradford 1 Comment

Further to our recent visit from Celine at NEST we are delighted to be able to provide parent/carer workshops in school after the Easter break. These will be supported by myself, with Celine checking in every few sessions. In order to try and accommodate as many of you as possible please complete this short survey regarding preferrable times/days etc. This will allow us to create a time which we would hope to be suitable for the majority of those of you who wish to attend.

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Parental Engagement, Whole school

Kinship Care Week information sessions

March 10, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

We’re getting ready to celebrate Kinship Care Week 2025

This year, Kinship Care Week runs from 17 – 21 March. To mark the event Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland (KCASS) are hosting information sessions for professionals and for carers. There is also an opportunity for carers to join the East Ayrshire Kinship Carers group at their coffee morning.

Information sessions and events for carers:

Saturday 15 March (11am – 2pm) – East Ayrshire Kinship Carers coffee morning

Join the kinship carers group at CentreStage in Kilmarnock to enjoy a raffle, ‘how many sweeties in a jar’, information stalls and much more. Tickets are £3 for adults, £1.50 for children.

For further information and tickets contact Nancy on 07923 825935, Ruby on 07552 401709 or email kilmarnockkinship@gmail.com

Monday 17 March – Financial Support for Young People aged 16+

It’s never too early to start thinking about the future and what that may hold financially for your family and the children and young people you care for. Join one of KCASS’s specialist helpline advisers for information on the financial entitlements for young people age16+ and the opportunity to ask questions.

Tuesday 18 March – Calming techniques and health rights

Practically every carer has been confronted by a situation when their child and young person doesn’t have the toolkit to regulate their emotions. Children’s Health Scotland will help explain why this might be happening, how to avoid it in the first place, and provide some practical techniques for coping with it when it does happen.

Wednesday 19 March – Blocked care and self-care

Join this workshop with a clinical psychologist to explore the occurrence of blocked care for kinship carers, and the importance of self-care. Find out what blocked care is, what it looks like, why it occurs, how it impacts relationships and parenting, and how to avoid and alleviate it with particular reference to self-care.

Friday 21 March – Education support for kinship carers

An informal opportunity to find out about the education service offered by KCASS and how their education advisors can support your family to get the most out of your child or young person’s education.

Literacy, Parental Engagement, Whole school, Wider Achievement

World Book Day- Potato Competition

March 5, 2025 Mrs Clarke

WE WOULD LOVE TO INVOLVE OUR WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO CHOOSE OUR WINNERS!

Please look at the photographs below then click on the link to vote for your favourite character potato! Please vote once in all 3 categories, supporting children from across the school.

Results will be announced at Get2gether on Friday, with a winner and runner up in each of the 3 categories; infant school (P1, P1/2, P2/3), middle school (P3/4, P4, P4/5), and senior school (P5, P6, P7). Well done to all our families taking part!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!!!!

CATEGORY 1- INFANT SCHOOL

CATEGORY 2- MIDDLE SCHOOL

CATEGORY 3- SENIOR SCHOOL

Parental Engagement, Technology, Whole school

Police Scotland’s Online Safety Training

February 28, 2025 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

As well as keeping people safe on the streets, Police Scotland’s officers and staff keep the public safe online.

The Internet can be wonderful for children and young people. It can be used to research school reports, communicate with teachers and friends, and play interactive games. But online access also comes with risks, like inappropriate content, cyberbullying and scams. Ensuring children and young people stay safe online is a concern for every parent and carer.

In partnership with Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team, the Education Service is hosting two virtual events to discuss how you can help keep yourself and your loved ones safe whilst online – there will be a short presentation, followed by the opportunity to ask questions.

Your children are welcome to attend.

Join the free training online

Saturday 1 March 09.00am to 10.00am – join the training online

Microsoft Teams

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 346 011 693 081

Passcode: cf3aN25a

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