A massive well done to our hard working Parent Council on another fantastic event for New Cumnock Primary School. The rain certainly didn’t dampen any of our New Cumnock spirit!
It was great to see so many parents, children, staff and members of our community supporting the school.
Thank you everyone!
A huge well done to Lottie J who won the Guess the Bears Name competition, she is now the proud owner of ‘Bubbles’!
Yesterday we received a visit from OnPath Energy who helped us to learn more about Renewable Energy as part of our Clean Green journey.
We have been invited to take part in a competition to name one of their Wind Farms they have been approved for. The company wish to mark the heritage and significance of the sites to our local community and its mining history. Try to keep this in mind when coming up with your chosen name.
Sheets will be sent home before the end of the week but must be returned by Monday 9th June to be entered into the competition.
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.
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
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.Â
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.
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.
We have a variety of school uniform available at our pre-loved clothing bank.
If this is something you would be interest in, please contact Mrs Bradford, our Home Link Practitioner, on her work mobile: 07788124474, stating the size and gender of clothing required.
– 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.
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.
Tickets are on sale now for our upcoming Summer Show. The theme for this year is ‘Musicals’, and every class in the school will be performing.
Tickets are priced at £1 each. Click on the link below to purchase.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnock-primary-school/e-rgrqpx
Today we celebrated the end of ‘Walk to School Week’ with a brightly coloured ‘Shorts and Shades’ theme! (We think we planned it perfectly as we got to enjoy the last of the super sunshine today!)
Thank you to everyone for their kind chocolate donations towards this day. Our Parent Council intend to use these to make hampers for our Summer Fayre on Saturday 7th June.
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! 🙂
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!
