Category Archives: Rich Tasks

Developing the Young Workforce

World of Work Week – Author Visits

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Before the holidays, all our children enjoyed learning about the world of work through a variety of visitors.

On Wednesday 30th March, we were visited virtually by 2 authors; Shirley Husband and Lindsay Littleson!

Shirley Husband is a local author who is known for her Harris McCoo books.  Shirley and her illustrator Maurice Hynds created the Harris McCoo series of books based on art works by Steven Brown Art.

Shirley spoke about her career as a children’s author and her process for writing picture books.  She answered lots of questions from our P1-3 children, and spoke about her journey into writing with our P4-7 classes.

Lindsay Littleson is an award winning Scottish author who writes middle grade fiction novels.  Our P5 class were even studying one of her books last term… “The Secrets of the Last Merfolk”.

Lindsay did a long Q and A session with our P4-7 classes answering a variety of questions from pupils about her inspiration for writing, how she became a writer and her favourite books.

Thank you so much to both these talented authors for inspiring our children!

 

Developing the Young Workforce, Rights Respecting Schools

World of Work Week Day 2

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Primary 6 have been enjoying learning about careers in law and the justice system.  This was linked to their learning about Article 40 of the UNCRC that says:

A child accused or guilty of breaking the law must be treated with dignity and respect.  They have the right to legal assistance and a fair trial that takes account of their age.  Governments must set a minimum age for children to be tried in a criminal court and manage a justice system that enables children who have been in conflict with the law to reintegrate into society.

They hosted a mock trial, looked at the different parts of the court and the roles involved in a trial!

Primary 2 extended their learning from their virtual Windfarm visit with Vattenfall and RJ McLeod by making pin wheel windmills!

They were so interested in how windmills worked and their creations are absolutely fantastic!


Primary 7 used the Skills Development Scotland website to investigate which careers best suited their personalities.  They answered THIS OR THAT questions which then generated a series of jobs that suited their answers.

charity, Diary, New Cumnock, Rights Respecting Schools, School Life, Whole school

Scotland Supports Ukraine Refugees

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Scotland is well known for supporting people in need of refuge and safety.

Article 38 of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child says that “governments around the world must do everything they can to protect and care for children affected by war and armed conflicts.”

This Friday (25/3/22), we are asking all children to come to school dressed in the colours of the Ukrainian flag- YELLOW and BLUE.

We are asking all those who are able, to pay a £1  donation via ParentPay for the Ukrainian Refugee Appeal.

Let’s raise as much money as possible and show our support for Ukrainian refugees.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in their YELLOW and BLUE outfits!

Eco Committee, Eco Group, School Life, Wider Achievement

Tidy Friday Launch

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Our Natural Environment group were really excited to kick start the TIDY FRIDAY initiative this week with a playground litter pick!

To support our Eco Schools and Clean Green Schools award, Tidy Friday will involve to whole school on a rota, actively engaging in keeping our school and playground looking the best it can be!

Thanks for doing such a super job in wet conditions boys!

Modern Languages, Rights Respecting Schools

LANGUAGES WEEK SCOTLAND!

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We are very excited to be celebrating Languages Week Scotland from Monday 31st January- Friday 4th February!

Article 30 of the UNCRC states that we have the right to celebrate and learn about languages and customs.

Every day in our classes we will be learning about a new language and taking part in fun activities linked to these languages.

Monday- German

Tuesday- French

Wednesday- Spanish

Thursday- Chinese Mandarin

Friday- British Sign Language

On FRIDAY 4TH FEBRUARY to celebrate the end of Languages Week, we would like to invite all pupils to come to school dressed in the COLOURS OF A FLAG OF THEIR CHOICE!

As a home learning task this week, we encourage all pupils to create their own flags either imaginatively, or by researching a country flag of their choice.

THANKS! MERCI!  DANKE! GRACIAS!  XIEXIE! ARIGATO! GRAZIE!

Prefect Training, Primary 7

Term 1 Prefects

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Congratulations to all P7’s who applied to be prefects.  Your efforts have not gone unnoticed and I am pleased to announce that all who applied have secured prefect positions.

However, we will operate prefects this year on a termly basis; 8 prefects will serve the remainder of term 1 and term 2, 8 in term 3 and 8 in term 4, with all prefects being given 12 weeks of duties.

Our House Captains will serve as prefects for the whole year.

This term our prefects are:

Mason

Blair

Leah

Lexi

Riley

Alex

Mollie

Jacob

Eco Group

Eco-Committee

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Thank you for all the applications for our Eco-Committee, it was exciting to read them and all the things we are hoping to achieve as a group!

The members of New Cumnock PS Eco-Committee are;

Gracy Borthwick

Benny Polland

Amy Johnstone

Aleesha Craig

Mason Rush

Aniah Polland

Emma Johnstone

Tammy Borthwick

Hannah Polland

Mrs Petrie

Mrs Ramsay

Michelle Leary

Miss Mason

We will have our first meeting very soon and I will send you details on that shortly. I look forward to us all working together to make our school, community and world a greener place!