This week we continue to be amazed by the wonderful work going on both in school and at home from our young people!
Don’t forget to check our class blogs too for photos of the learning taking place each week.
Category Archives: Whole school
Stars of the Week 5/3/21
Well done to this weeks 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 whilst in school and Remote Learning.
Primary 1 – Ivan D for DETERMINATION
Primary 1/2 – Ava F for DETERMINATION
Primary 2/3 – Steven M for MUTUAL RESPECT
Primary 3 – Jack C for DETERMINATION
Primary 4 – Jorjie M for RESPONSIBILITY
Primary 4/5 – Orla M for DETERMINATION
Primary 5/6 – Timothy C for DETERMINATION
Primary 6/7 – Lily M for DETERMINATION
Primary 7 – Taylor R for DETERMINATION
Sumdog East Ayrshire Competition Results
Well done to all our pupils that logged in and joined the East Ayrshire Sumdog Contest this week! We hope you all had fun and enjoyed putting your maths knowledge to the test.
Out of the 89 classes that qualified for the contest, we are so proud to share with you that Mr McClure and P6/7 received the highest placing from our school on the East Ayrshire leader board!
| 23rd | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 299 |
In addition to this, out of the 962 students that played along, 2 of our pupils made it into the top 10! Well done to Megan M and Emma Y both from P6/7!
| 4th | Megan M | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 987 |
| 7th | Emma Y | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 981 |
Numeracy Support for Parents/Carers
Please visit our Parent Zone of the school blog where we have added new resources designed to support our parents/carers. (Click on the link below or click on the Parent Zone tab in the menu above) Please note the new addition of resources from the Scottish Attainment Challenge Team which shares Family Learning Activities designed to provide information and links to help parents, families and children enjoy maths activities together.
In addition to this they have also created a series of videos which share some of the approaches to teaching and learning in numeracy, calculation strategies and terminology currently being developed across schools in East Ayrshire.
Numeracy Support | New Cumnock Primary School (glowscotland.org.uk)
Weekly Round Up 12/2/21
We are now at the end of week 5 of Remote Learning. Well done for everyone’s efforts to stay engaged with your school work. We are so proud of the wonderful Remote Learning taking place that we wanted to share some of it with you from the past week.
We hope you all enjoy a well earned few days holiday next week, see you all again on Thursday 18th February.
Stars of the Week 12/2/21
Well done to this weeks 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 whilst Remote Learning.
Primary 1 – Katie H for DETERMINATION
Primary 1/2 – Ciara O for DETERMINATION
Primary 2/3 – Kal M for DETERMINATION
Primary 3 – Carson B for RESPONSIBILITY
Primary 4 – James M for DETERMINATION
Primary 4/5 – Lucy S for AMBITION
Primary 5/6 – Harry P for DETERMINATION
Primary 6/7 – Callum O for DETERMINATION
Primary 7 – Chailyn P for RESPONSIBILITY
Big Schools Bird Watch – Friday results
Our final count everyone!
Big Schools Bird Watch – Friday 12th Feb
Our final day of bird watching! I hope you have enjoyed this week and perhaps learned a little bit more about the regular visitors to your garden and surrounding area. Maybe you’ll be come a regular bird watcher from now on, I know I am!
Please let me know what you saw yesterday by filling out the form below. I will post the final form later on this afternoon for today’s spots.
Thank you so much to P2/3 for all the wonderful information they have provided us with this week.
Today’s bird is a blackbird.
I’ve included another hands on activity today because I love the fact you can recycle things lying around to make it. This is how to make a bird bath! I don’t know if you have ever see birds having a bath, maybe in a puddle? It’s great to watch them and will bring a smile to your face. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Use the link below for some ideas and adapt it to suit you!
To finish off this week’s activities I’ve included another audio story. If you scroll to the bottom of this link you will find a story about a blackbird. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
Big Schools Bird Watch – Thursday 11th Feb
Hello to all our bird watchers of New Cumnock Primary School! Please tell me what you spotted yesterday by filling out the form below.
Bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today’s bird is a sparrow.
If you can, have a look at this PowerPoint which explains in more detail about the bird watch and why it is important to take part.
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I have a very ambitious activity that you might want to try with a grown up at some point, maybe not today unless you have the materials to hand. It is very exciting to have a bird box nearby and watch the birds coming and going. We have one in our garden and were fortunate enough to have blue tits nesting last year, it was an amazing experience! If you’d like to give building your own box a go follow the link below.
Don’t forget to take 10 minutes again today to spot birds in your area. I look forward to seeing your results tomorrow!
Dress To Express – Children’s Mental Health Week 2021
A huge well done to everyone who took part in Mrs McMurdo’s Wider Achievement Challenge of Dress to Express last week. We loved seeing photos and videos of you all dressed to reflect how you feel and your explanations were super!
Apologies that these photos were missed from our video, but they are too good not to share! Thank you Mary and Miss Mason for your fabulous entries!
