Category Archives: Whole school

NCPS Summer Fayre 2024

May 23, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

It’s not long until our Summer Fayre on Saturday 1st June which is the same day as the New Cumnock Gala Day.

Come to us in the morning from 10-12pm for lots of fun and games and then head up to the Square to enjoy more events hosted by the New Cumnock Events Group!

We are looking for donations of raffle prizes, if you have anything you would like to donate, please hand these in to the main office by Thursday 30th May.

Expressive Arts, Whole school

Mauchline Holy Fair Art Competition

May 17, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Please see the poster below for information on the Mauchline Holy Fair Art Competition.

The competition runs until the 24th May, entries should be handed to or posted to Mauchline Scout hall, KA5 6AW.

Work can be collected after the awards ceremony on the 25th May, or left to be on display in the community centre as a mini exhibition.

There is a competition for adults as well as one for children. There are amazing prizes up for grabs from Cassart!

charity, Whole school

Down’s Syndrome Scotland

May 17, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

We are so grateful for everyone who donated to Down’s Syndrome Scotland when we took part in their odd socks campaign. We raised £130 for the charity. Well done Team New Cumnock!

Health and Wellbeing, Whole school

NCPS Mental Health Week 13-17th May 2024

May 9, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

13/5/24 Mental Health Awareness Week Scotland

From Monday 13th until Friday 17th May, we will be hosting activities for each class in support of Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme this year is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”

Please remember when a gym kit is required – this must include your child bringing a change of footwear (trainers or plimsoles which can be worn indoors) and bringing (or wearing) shorts/leggings/joggers. We would encourage our upper children to have a change of top too, to keep them feeling fresh after physical activity.

Pinafores or school trousers being worn and footwear worn they have come to school in will result in your child being unable to take part.

Monday 13th May

· All children will need gym kit and jewellery removed as there will be sport sessions for everyone in the gym hall. Please bring a water bottle.

· P1, P1/2, P3/4 & P4/5 Lagoon walks – weather appropriate footwear and clothing please.

Tuesday 14th May

· All children will need gym kit and jewellery removed as there will be fitness sessions for everyone in the gym hall. Please bring a water bottle.

· P2, P3, P5, P6 Lagoon walks – weather appropriate footwear and clothing please.

Wednesday 15th May

· P7 Lagoon walk – weather appropriate footwear and clothing please.

· P4/5 & P5/6 children will need gym kit and jewellery removed as there will be games sessions in the gym hall. Please bring a water bottle.

Thursday 16th May

· All children will need gym kit and jewellery removed as there will be karate for the middle to upper school and yoga sessions for everyone. Please bring a water bottle.

Friday 17th May

· All children will need gym kit and jewellery removed as there will be games sessions for everyone. Please bring a water bottle.

Many thanks for your support in this,

Kind Regards

Miss McQueen

Whole school

PE Kit

May 1, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Parents/carers,

PE kit is required for all children in the school in order to participate in PE lessons. Lately, we have had more and more children missing out on PE lessons due to not having the correct kit to safely take part.

This includes:

a change of shoes to be worn indoors
shorts/joggers to change into
a change of t-shirt (this is more for our upper children who will be sweating during sessions and will want a fresh top to change back in to to wear for the remainder of the day)
long hair must be tied back
earrings must be out to participate in lessons too.

These items can be left in a bag on your child’s peg for safekeeping in school.

Your child’s PE days are noted on our blog. Please be mindful on these days that your child is arriving at school prepared to take part when possible (this includes ensuring they are not wearing pinafores/jumpsuits which means they do not have a T-shirt in school.)

If you have any shorts/joggers or trainers/plimsoles that your child has outgrown, we would happily accept them in school to create a bank of clothing for our young people should they need to access it.

Community Partnership, Whole school

May Day Holiday Football Camp

April 30, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

The May Day holiday is coming up, and the New Cumnock Development Trust have wonderful Football opportunities on for all ages. Please see below for more information and how to book your child a place.

Whole school

Themed Lunch Menu 25/4/24

April 24, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

04-April24 poster

Health and Wellbeing, Parental Engagement, Whole school

RSHP Parent Workshop 22/4/24

April 19, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Parents/carers,

Prior to the holiday, we shared with you via the app and school blog that in Term 4, we will be delivering Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenting (RSHP), as part of our Health and Wellbeing curriculum, across all stages of the school.

In line with East Ayrshire guidance, we contacted you to inform you of this.

The programme of study is generated in accordance with National guidelines. The contents of which, form a key element of personal, social and health education in our school and is an important part of children’s preparations for adult life.

Parental guidance letters can be found on the original post or within the Curriculum – Health and Wellbeing – RSHP tab on our school blog.

I write to invite you attend a Parent Workshop session where we can discuss the content of this curricular area at each stage and share with you the resources our staff will be using to support its delivery.

This will be held on Monday 22nd April 4-5pm.

I hope you can make it. Should you be unable to attend and would like to meet to discuss at another point, please contact me via email to let me know. danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk

Kind regards,

Mrs McNulty

Parental Engagement, Respect Me, Whole school

New Cumnock Primary School’s Anti-Bullying ‘respectme’ Scottish Government Initiative

March 27, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

If you remember, we posted a parental questionnaire at the beginning of our ‘respectme’ journey last year, and now we are asking for this to be done again as we need to measure impact and change based on responses across the whole school community. The questionnaires are not lengthy and shouldn’t take long to complete – so PLEASE could you spare five minutes for this, as we need this data to apply for the ‘respectme’ school award. We really appreciate your help and support.

We will have a stand/workshop at Parent’s afternoon/evening that will be supervised by our parent group members and prefects. They will be there to share the good work that has been going on in school to promote this initiative and to answer any questions you may have. They will have fliers for the website and media channels, which contain a wealth of excellent resources. As well as this, there will be iPads available should you wish to complete the questionnaire after familiarising yourselves with what we’ve been working on as a whole school community.

As well as the questionnaire, we have posted below, our ‘respectme’ policy statement for New Cumnock Primary School. This will be available to all staff, children, parents/carers and visitors to the school.

We appreciate your time and support – many thanks,

Miss McQueen

Mrs Armour

PARENTAL/CARER Questionnaire:

Health and Wellbeing, Parental Engagement, Whole school

RSHP Parent/Carer Information

March 27, 2024 Mrs McNulty Leave a comment

Parents/carers,

In Term 4, we will be delivering Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenting, as part of our Health and Wellbeing curriculum, across all stages of the school.

In line with East Ayrshire guidance, we are contacting you to inform you of this.

The age and stage of our young people is taken into account in the delivery of RSHP. The content and vocabulary of which is outlined in the parents letters attached below.

Primary 1:

Early Level Parental letter updated April 2021

Primary 2-4:

First Level Parental letter updated April 2021

Primary 5-7:

Second Level Parental letter updated April 2021

You, as parent/carer, are your child’s first and most important teacher. With your child at school there is the opportunity for parents/carers and schools to work together to help your child to learn. In the links below, there are examples of how you might support their learning. There are also some ideas from parents who have been asked about what they do to support their child’s learning. Click on the links below to find out more.

Learning-at-Home-Second-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers (rshp.scot)

RSHP-Learning-at-Home-First-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers (1)

Learning at Home (Early Level information for parents and carers) (rshp.scot)

We are keen to seek your views on the delivery of this curricular area. Please click on the link below to complete our Form questionnaire, this should take no longer than 5 mins.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKYWquo1CyFFPrpYz8wk8wYNUQlZMSE8zRjM4UEk0SVFKQ1FUSTNQUUZSUC4u

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