HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
14 – 29 October

Autumnal Art 
Dean Castle Country Park ∙ Tues 18 Oct ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Feed The Birds
Dean Castle Country Park  ∙ Wed 19 Oct ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Witches Trail
Burns House Museum ∙ During Opening Hours ∙ FREE
Baird Institute ∙ During Opening Hours ∙ FREE

Quentin Blake – Family Day
Fri 21 Oct ∙ Dick Institute ∙ 12 noon – 3pm ∙ FREE.

Quentin Blake – Family Day
Thu 20 Oct ∙ Baird Institute ∙12 noon – 3pm ∙ FREE

I Spy With My Little Eye 
Wed 19 Oct  2.30pm ∙ Palace Theatre ∙ £10/£38 family of 4

Friday Night Club 
Barony Sports Village ∙ Fridays ∙  5 – 12 yrs ∙ 6pm – 7.30pm ∙ £3.50 
Loudoun Leisure Centre ∙ Fridays ∙ 5 – 12 yrs ∙ 6.30pm – 8pm ∙ £3.50 
Grange Leisure Centre ∙ Fridays ∙ 5 – 12 yrs ∙ 6pm – 8pm ∙ £4

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Mrs Clapperton and the NCDT group had the privilege of meeting Molly and Woodrow from Fossilfield Centre today. They are therapy horses used for health and wellbeing purposes. The children groomed the horses and had a go at being a jockey on the race horse simulator.

Mrs Clapperton and Mrs Ramsay took along a group of eight children to the intergenerational tea dance at Dumfries House, organised by East Ayrshire Vibrant Communities. We had a delicious afternoon tea followed by entertainment by Fabulous Fraser! We met Councillor Mr Jim McMahon and Depute Provost Claire Leith. The children and adults had the best time. The boys and girls were up dancing and Presley was even chosen to go up with Fabulous Fraser.

Please see below our School Improvement Priorities for this session.  For more detail in relation to this session’s Improvement Plan and last session’s Standards and Quality Report, go to ALL ABOUT OUR SCHOOL, DOWNLOADS AND DOCUMENTS.

We are delighted that the community within New Cumnock has recently benefitted from the installation of a life-saving defibrillator being installed at New Cumnock Primary School.

Around 70 people each week in Scotland have a cardiac arrest, but currently, only one in ten survive.  The use of a defibrillator, particularly within the early stages of a cardiac arrest, dramatically increases the chances of survival.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, in collaboration with East Ayrshire Council, New Cumnock Primary School and Parent Council gained funding and assisted with the installation of the device as part of their drive to improve survival rates from cardiac arrest within the local area.

The device has been installed within one of the special cabinets on the outside of the New Cumnock Primary School building, meaning it can now be accessed 24/7 by any member of the public in an emergency.

As well as helping to provide the defibrillator, the local fire station at New Cumnock will also be providing a training input on the use of this vital life saving equipment. This will be undertaken on a Wednesday evening at 7pm over the next two weeks.  Members of the public will learn what to do in an emergency and see a demonstration of the defibrillator in use.

Another way to save a life is by becoming an ‘On Call Firefighter’ within Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.  We would urge anyone interested to contact their local stations or even visit a station drill night and see what the role is all about.  New Cumnock drill night is every Wednesday, with Cumnock on a Tuesday, both running from 18:30 until 21:30hrs.

Further information is also available within the link below:

https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/careers/on-call-firefighter-recruitment/

Please complete the following form if you have ANY issues with using Learning Journals and we will do our best to resolve the issue for you.

Mrs Johnstone

A wee message for our former pupils who are currently in S1…

Today’s 3pm Biscuit and Blether with Mrs Clarke and Mrs Bradford is cancelled and will now be next Friday 30th September. This will be the final session.

Apologies for the short notice.

Thank you to all our parents who were able to come along on Wednesday evening to our Residential Information Session.  I hope everyone found it useful and are excited about our P7 adventure!

For those who were unable to make it, I have attached the PowerPoint that was shown on Wednesday to this post.  All P7 pupils have been shown this PowerPoint and should be able to talk their adults through it.

All P7’s have also received a letter today outlining details of the trip.  If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Mrs Clarke at the school.

The Parent Pay link has gone LIVE today.  the link is for the MAXIMUM COST, but only £50 is needed as a non-refundable deposit to secure a spot on the residential.  Deposits must be paid by WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER.  If you have any questions around this please contact the school.

We are hoping to keep the cost as low as possible, but as I’m sure you will understand, we are obligated to tell you what the maximum cost is in case we cannot secure additional funding.

We are all looking forward to this amazing trip to make memories that will last a lifetime!

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK- Residential trip PowerPoint