New Cumnock Primary School would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Sharon Dowey MSP for her recognition of our pupil’s hard work achieving our Bronze Clean Green Schools award with special recognition for Energy, our Climate Champion East Ayrshire Youth award and our 5th Green Flag award!
We received a copy of the Motion which was read out in the Scottish Parliament!
Next Thursday 2nd March, we will be celebrating World Book Day. We have lots of fun activities in store for that day, but we are also inviting pupils to dress up!
There is not cost for this. We are asking children to come to school dressed as either their favourite character from a book, or dressed in their pyjamas and to bring along their favourite bedtime story.
Please note, we do not want this to be an added expense to our families, in what is already a difficult financial climate, we simply want to celebrate our love of books and have a fun day doing so! Please see below some inexpensive costume ideas and how we can support you…
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To support out families, we are asking if you have any donations of clothing which would be suitable for dressing up as a book character or pyjamas, we would welcome these to be added to our clothing bank located within the school, which will then be made available to our families.
If you can help us, please send you donations into school and these will be made available to our families from the reception area next Tuesday and Wednesday whilst the children are off school due to Industrial Action. Simply come along to the main entrance, and a member of staff present will help you.
The deadline for families to apply for the Best Start Grant School Age Payment is 28 February 2023.
This one-off £267.65 payment is currently open to eligible families with a child born between 1 March 2017 and 28 February 2018. It can be used for anything from a warm coat to books and toys.
Parents and carers who have deferred their child’s entry to school from August 2022 to August 2023, or those home educating, must still apply before the closing date or they will miss their opportunity to access the School Age Payment.
The payment is part of the Best Start Grant, which offers financial support to families who receive certain benefits and tax credits at three key transition points in a child’s early years. Parents and carers who are under 18 do not need to receive any other benefits to be eligible. This is also true for those who are 18 or 19 and dependent on someone else, e.g. someone receives child benefit for them.
Social Security Scotland recognises that applying for benefits can be difficult. To make things easier, they can now automatically make School Age Payments to families who get Scottish Child Payment when their child is the right age.
There are some people who don’t qualify for Scottish Child Payment that could be eligible for the School Age Payment, including those who get housing benefit.
There may be others who choose not to apply for Scottish Child Payment who can still apply for School Age Payment. Some parents and carers have opted out of automatic payments. All of these people are being urged to check if they are eligible for School Age Payment and to apply if they are.
For more information and to apply go to www.mygov.scot/beststart or call Social Security Scotland on their Freephone number 0800 182 2222.
Please click on the link below to access the January Primary School Counselling Newsletter – https://sway.office.com/UEHb7r35CnGE3mg7?ref=Link
We are absolutely delighted to inform our families that we will be starting a Breakfast Club at school on Monday 30th January!
Children are invited along to school to not only receive a nutritious breakfast, but they can socialise with their friends and take part in a range of activities before the start of the school day.
Breakfast Club will start at 8.15am and children are to enter via the door to the back of the gym hall (at the rear of the school car park). At 8.45am, children will be released into the school playground before coming into school with their classmates, all energised for the day ahead!
Places are limited so registration is necessary in order for your child to be added to the register. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. You will receive confirmation of your child’s place via phone call, so please ensure you provide us with a contact number. Please complete the contact form below to request a place for your child.
We are delighted to be able to offer this wonderful facility to our families free of charge, thanks to a Community Fund Grant awarded to us from the New Cumnock Development Trust. Thank you so much!
Please note that the date for our school poetry competition will be Wednesday 1st February 1.30-3pm.
Your child may already have their class poem sent home. We would appreciate your support in helping them to practise this.
3 finalists from each class will be selected prior to this, and parents/carers will be notified, to ensure that enough time is given to make arrangements in order to attend.
The school app has been updated accordingly.
We were delighted to celebrate our Gold Award winners for Term 2 at today’s Get Together.
Children were awarded for consistent effort, good behaviour and a conscientious attitude to school.
Well done to all our winners!
Primary 1
Primary 1/2
Primary 2
Primary 3
Primary 3/4
Primary 4/5
Primary 5
Primary 6
Primary 7
Tomorrow, we will be hosting a whole school FAB Friday Get Together, where we will be recognising the wider achievements of our pupils outside of school.
We want to hear about your child’s successes! Please bring in your certificates, medals or stories about your achievement.
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to support our Christmas Fair! It was great to see the school so busy and have such a buzz about the place!
We are delighted to share that the Fair raised an incredible amount of: £1444.08!!! Thank you so much everyone!!!
Our Secret Square competition went towards raising funds for our P7 residential trip next year, and the winner number was…
Well done Laura Rinaldi!
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