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transition, Whole school

ECC – Primary 1 Transition 2025

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*Please note the change to Bump Up Day*

Bump Up Afternoon

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Our School Bump Up afternoon, when children will visit their new classes and meet their new teacher, will take place on Monday 16th June from 1.30-2.45pm.

Information Session for Parents/Carers

Following our Bump Up afternoon, on Monday 9th June parents/carers are invited to attend our Information Session in the hall from 3pm. Please enter via the Community Entrance once you have collected your child from Nursery.  All children are welcome to stay with you for the information session.

We hope you have the time to stay with us to hear the important information for your child starting school.

In the meantime, we hope you find the Parent and Child Transition booklets below helpful and informative.

NCPS Parent Transition Booklet June 2025

NCPS Child Transition Booklets June 2025

New P1s Lunch Visit

On Tuesday 10th June, at 11.30am our new P1s are invited for lunch in our dinner hall. Please note, we can only permit 1 adult to accompany each child. 

On this day, please enter the dinner hall from the Breakfast Club door (door at the rear of the main car park). You will then exit from this door at 12pm prior to the rest of the school coming along for lunch.

P1 Picnic

On Wednesday 11th June, from 1.30pm-2.15pm our new P1s are invited to attend a Picnic with our current infant classes and their P6 Buddies. This event is for children only. Children from New Cumnock ECC will be brought along by staff, children coming from other establishments should come to the main reception at the above time.

Community Partnership, Whole school

NCDT Old Skool Family Fun Night & BBQ

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– 01/08/25 : 6pm to 8pm
– Loch Park, New Cumnock
– £2pp inc BBQ (All U16s MUST be accompanied by an adult. NO EXCEPTIONS)

We are delighted to see this firm favourite return and hope to see you all there and taking part. We will have:

* Bingo – Rounders
* Sack Race – Flat Race – 3 Legged Race
* Tug O War – Welly Boot Throw
* BBQ & Refreshments
And plenty of fun ​surprises along the way.

There will be back to basics seating in the stands so feel free to bring along your blankets and camping chairs.

This is a ticket only event. No ticket, No entry. BOOK NOW: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnck-development-trust/t-zzvoaek
Community Partnership, Health and Wellbeing, Parent Council, Whole school

Swimming Lessons

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We are extremely grateful to our wonderful Parent Council who were successful in being granted funding from the Small Wind Farms, which was used to cover the cost of swimming lessons for the whole school.

Swimming is a life skill, and water safety is something we, as a school, are keen to promote and support across all stages.

We are very fortunate that we have a super swimming facility within walking distance of our school.

Each child in our school was granted a 4 week block of swimming lessons at no cost to our families, something we know everyone will be extremely grateful for.

We were extremely impressed with the number of participants we had in each class at their weekly lesson and know our children had lots of fun taking part.

JRSO, Parent Council, Whole school

Walk to School Week

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This week is Walk to School Week 2025 and the JRSO’s are encouraging everyone to walk to school (where possible).

In partnership with our Parent Council, we invite everyone to wear brightly coloured ‘Shorts and Shades’ for a Dress Down Day on Friday 23rd May to celebrate the end of Walk to School Week.

We ask that to take part in Dress Down Day, you bring a chocolate donation which will be used to make hampers for our upcoming Summer Fayre.

Walk to School Week competition entries are also due in on Friday. Good luck, everyone! 🙂

Community Partnership, Health and Wellbeing, Whole school

Mental Health Awareness Week 12th-16th May 2025

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New Cumnock Primary School Promote & Celebrate Mental Health Week Scotland!

The children and staff of New Cumnock Primary School have had a fantastic week participating in a variety of activities that have promoted strategies that help support and maintain good mental health. This has ranged from classroom activities that have fostered kindness and empathy, art activities, group games, dancing, reading and relaxation. As well as this the children have had the opportunity to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and nature, either through local walks, the school garden and playground area.

We have also been fortunate enough to have visiting specialists in to deliver sessions:

First we had Sharon McQuillan, a GP referral conditions specialist from ‘ShapeShift Fitness & Wellbeing Studio’ in Auchinleck, who came in to deliver clinical yoga for the day.

Then we had Laura Pagan; Sport, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator for ‘New Cumnock Development Trust’ (NCDT) who came in to deliver Clubbercise for the day; while Tammy Borthwick, Community Engagement Officer, also for NCDT, came to deliver ‘Get Jiggy with Geraldine’ for the P1 & P1/2 classes.

Finally, we had Tommy Milgrew; a professional badminton coach based in East Ayrshire, who came in to deliver sessions for the day.

We can’t thank these people enough for the time they have given to the school out of their busy schedules, and for the skills and knowledge they have passed on to our children. We have been very fortunate this year to secure these experiences, which have indeed had a positive effect. Our children have been so enthusiastic during sessions and full of buzz afterwards because of their achievements and how uplifted these activities have made them feel.

As well as all of this, Michael McRobert from ‘McRobert’s Tae Kwon do School’, based in the south of East Ayrshire, who is part of theTae Kwon do Association of Great Britain, has very kindly offered a day of his time in June in so that all children at New Cumnock Primary School can experience this martial art for themselves.

Our wee school is full of buzz, happiness and positivity! Hopefully, all their experiences will stay with them and help them along the road of life so that they have a great one!

Parent Council, Whole school

NCPS Parent Council

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Summer Fayre 7/6/25

Our annual Summer Fayre will be held on Saturday 7th June from 12-2pm. Please see below for more information.

We are hopeful that this lovely weather continues so we can host it in the playground!

We need your help

If you are able to support us at a stall at the Summer Fayre, please contact a member of the Parent Council or contact the school to note your interest and someone from the Parent Council will be in touch.

Dress Down Day

The Parent Council will be hosting a ‘Shorts and Shades’ Dress Down Day next Friday 23rd May. Children can come to school in their play clothes and sunglasses for the day.

There will not be monetary cost to this, we ask instead for your child to bring along a chocolate donation, which the Parent Council will then use to make up hampers for the upcoming Summer Fayre.

Did you know?

The Parent Council plays such a vital role in our school, with many events and opportunities for our young people made possible through Parent Council funding and effort.

This includes:

  • School Discos
  • Tuck shops at our school shows
  • Swimming lessons for the whole school gained through a successful Small Wind Farm application
  • Contribution towards our P7 Residential trip through a successful NCDT funding application
  • Whole school Christmas pantomime trip through a successful NCDT funding application
  • Christmas and Summer Fayres for the whole community

If you would like to be a part of this positive contribution to our school and to the lives of our young people, please join us!!!

Next meeting

The next Parent Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th May at 6pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

Achievements, Health and Wellbeing, Sports, Whole school

Sports Day 2025

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Our Sports Day was held today at the Glens Park. We were very grateful of the lovely weather we had!

Each of our House teams led a victory march around the pitch to kick start our Sports Day celebrations.

A huge thank you to our parents and carers who came along to cheer on and support our children as they competed in their class flat races and novelty races as well as our upper house relays.

The Sports Day points will be added to the shields and our overall winning House will be announced at our annual Prize Giving on Wednesday 18th June.

A huge thank you to the Glens Park for hosting our Sports Day and allowing us to use your facilities!