Category Archives: Whole school

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!

Whole school

Sun Safety

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At Get Together this morning we discussed sun safety. ☀️
With this lovely weather we have been having, it is important our young people remember to:
Slip 👕
Slop 🧴
Slap 🧢
Slide 🕶️
Shade ☂️

Please ensure your child comes to school with a sun hat/sunglasses and sun cream applied in the morning. It would also be useful if they had a bottle of sun cream (with their name on) in their school bags so they can apply it to themselves later in the day.

Whole school

Swimming Lessons

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We are delighted to share with you that due to a successful funding application to the Small Wind Farms, every child in our school will receive a 4 week block of swimming at our local swimming pool. Please see the timetable below of when your child’s class will attend.

On your child’s swimming days they must bring in a bag:

  • A towel
  • Swimsuit/shorts
  • Goggles (if they wish to use them)

Parent helpers to support the walking to and from the pool have been arranged, however, they cannot support with the changing of any of our pupils, other than their own.

We ask that if any parents/carers of our infant classes (P1, P1/2, P2/3) wish to come to the pool to support with the changing of their OWN CHILD ONLY prior to or after the lesson is finished, please see the timings below. The class teacher will also be on hand to support with the changing of our infant classes.

Please note that there will not be any phone calls made home for missing swimming bags, as we are sure you can appreciate how busy our office is. Any child who does not have the appropriate kit will sit pool side with their class teacher during the 30 minute lesson.

A huge thank you again to the Small Wind Farms for their generous donation, we know our families will be extremely grateful of their child receiving the opportunity of lessons at no cost to them. ❤

Achievements, Whole school, Wider Achievement

FAB Friday 4/4/25

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To celebrate the end of term almost here, on Friday, 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 Thursday evening to let us know what your child wishes to celebrate. We will use the names gathered on the Form to create the running order.

Active Schools, Community Partnership, Whole school

Active Schools Easter Programme

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Active schools’ activity club spring into Easter with active schools! 
 
Play multi sports & physical games, have fun and keep fit while making friends along the way! 
 
AGE STAGE: Primary 1 – 7 
COST: £4 per child per session 
PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED: Register within any East Ayrshire Leisure venue or sign up online via the link: 
 
 
If you have any questions please email: active.schools@east-ayrshire.gov.uk or speak to your Active Schools coordinator.
Thanks,

Courtney Cartner

Active Schools Coordinator: Cumnock Education Group

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