Category Archives: Whole school

FAB Friday 20/3/26

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To celebrate the end of term almost here, this Friday 20th March, we will be hosting a whole school FAB Friday Get Together, where we will be recognising the Wider Achievements of our pupils .

We want to hear about your child’s successes! Please bring in your certificates, medals or stories about your achievements from this past term.

To help with the programming of the morning, please complete the form below by next Thursday 19th March to let us know what your child wishes to celebrate. We will use the names gathered on the Form to create the running order.

FAB Friday 20/3/26 – Fill in form

Stars of the Week 6/3/26

6/3/26

Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.

P1 – Violet Y for AMBITION

P2 – Mia F for DETERMINATION

P2/3 – Chase W for AMBITION

P3/4 – Daisy F for ALL OUR VALUES

P4/5 – All of P4/5 for ALL OUR VALUES

P5 – Brooke F for ALL OUR VALUES

P5/6 – Leyton D for DETERMINATION

P7 – Ceejay W for DETERMINATION and Savio S for ALL OUR VALUES

Our House winner this week is: PINE

World Book Day 2026

We had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day this year, from dressing up as book characters or in our comfy pjs ready for a bedtime story, taking part in activities in class, joining live lessons and visiting the Book Fair.

Thank you for your support in purchasing from our Book Fair. Your purchases will contribute to funds towards our school which will enable us to buy more books for our school and class libraries.

Stars of the Week 27/2/26

27/2/26

Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.

P1 – Ben F for DETERMINATION

P2 – James C for DETERMINATION

P2/3 – Piper M for AMBITION

P3/4 – Isla M for MUTUAL RESPECT

P4/5 – Niko C for DETERMINATION

P5 – Elias B for RESPONSIBILITY

P5/6 – Dain D for AMBITION

P6 – Zak D for DETERMINATION

P7 – Aurelia K for DETERMINATION

Our House winner this week is: BRACKEN

Noo that’s whit a ca’ a Burns Nicht! 26/2/26

A huge thank you to our talented young people, brilliant local performers and all in our school community who joined us for our 4th annual Burns Family Night!

We love having the opportunity to welcome everyone in to showcase the work and talents of our young people, and with the title of β€˜Scots Schuil and Scots Teacher of the Year 2025’ to our name, we really do have a lot of talent to share!

The evening was a huge success, the profits of which will go towards our P7 Residential Trip. A huge thank you to our P7 pupils, Abbie, Arabella, Kal and Baylee who compared the night for us.

Tasty treats for our guests to enjoy. Thank you to P5 for helping to decorate the hall with our lovely Scots word placemats.

Former pupil, Ruaridh McMeekin joined us from EPIC bagpiping to play for our guests and young people as they entered.

Our wonderful school choir sang at the start and end of our evening, even giving the audience a sneaky peek of our Choral Festival entry for this year.

A jammed packed hall! We are extremely grateful to our friends, family, local community and invited guests for coming along to support us.

Local musician, Lewis Cedar entertained us with songs and had the children joining in. A huge thank you to Lewis who supported us with the PA system on the night.

Former pupils Emma Young, Amy Johnstone and Emma Johnstone, entertained us through verse speaking, instrumental and song.

Local musician, Joan McDade entertained us with some songs.

Tracey Harvey entertained us and had the kids in stitches with her poem, ‘Tattie’.

Our Strings Music Teacher Mrs Hill and her 2 children, Maeve and Adam, entertained us with their music and even had us up dancing along.

‘Weel kent face’, Wullie Dick from New Cumnock Burns Club spoke for us.

Our talented Scots poetry competition class winners.

Our interactive Kahoot! quiz is always a huge success! Well done to our winning team, ‘The Young Team’.

A huge thank you to our local community, friends and family for your continued support!

Stars of the Week 20/2/26

20/2/26

Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.

P1 – Noah B for AMBITION

P2 – Ruby Sh for DETERMINATION

P2/3 – Dylan J for AMBITION

P3/4 – Brodie B for DETERMINATION

P4/5 – Lucas D-S for DETERMINATION

P5 – Riley for DETERMINATION

P5/6 – Jacob H for DETERMINATION

P6 – Ella M for MUTUAL RESPECT

P7 – Summer W for DETERMINATION

Welby Breakfast 17/2/26

A huge thank you to Yvonne and her team from Welby Breakfast for coming to visit us at school. We are extremely grateful to our local Premier store for nominating us to receive a visit.
Welby Breakfast are Scottish Government funded from the Healthy Living programme. They provided a fun, interactive morning where pupils were provided with healthy samples of breakfast ideas and were educated in the importance of how to start the day with a healthy meal.

Stars of the Week 13/2/26

13/2/26

Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.

P1 – Albie P for DETERMINATION

P2 – Xander M for DETERMINATION

P2/3 – Craig B for DETERMINATION

P3/4 – Michael O and Denin D for DETERMINATION

P4/5 – Ella G for AMBITION

P5 – Kayslin M for ALL OUR VALUES

P5/6 – Abbie L for RESPONSIBILITY

P6 – Olivia M for RESPONSIBILITY

P7 – Alfie E for AMBITION

Our House winner this week is: BRACKEN