Today we were rooting for Adele and Arabella as they competed in the National Primary Burns Schools Competition in Dumfries.
Both performed brilliantly in their Verse Speaking and Singing categories, competing against chidlren from all over Scotland!
We are very proud to be part of team Ayrshire who were awarded Best Verse Speaking Team today.
Tickets are on sale now for our upcoming Mary Poppins JR show. This is not one to miss! Our children have worked so hard on this and can’t wait to show their friends and family!
If your child is part of the cast, please check the calendar on the School App to check dates and times of our last remaining rehearsals.
Tickets are priced at £5 each. Click on the link below to purchase.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnock-primary-school/e-vxkbrr
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.
Today, 3 of our pupils attended the Lapraik Festival in Muirkirk to compete in the verse speaking competition.
We are delighted to share that our pupils were awarded the following prizes:
Runner Up Junior P1/2 Category: Abigail M
3rd Place Middle P3-5 Category: Lewis J
1st Place Upper P6/7 Category: Adele M
Overall Winner: Adele M
Well done to these superstars! We are so very proud of you all!
Following on from our Burns Family Night in school, the newly appointed President of Alloway Burns Club, Jolyn, invited some of our pupils to perform at their annual Youth Concert.
Our young people thoroughly entertained the audience with their verse speaking and singing.
Today, 3 of our pupils attended the Barony Burns Festival at the Barony Campus to compete in their annual verse speaking competition for all feeder Primary Schools.
We are delighted to share that our pupils were awarded the following prizes:
1st Place P1-3 Category: Millar S
2nd Place P4/5 Category: Lewis J
1st Place P6/7 Category: Adele M
Well done to these superstars! We are so very proud of you all!
A huge thank you to Mrs Smith for hosting another successful event for all the local Primary Schools and to the talented classes from Lochnorris Primary who entertained us throughout the morning.
Well done to our school football team for their participation in the Bill Shankly football festival today.
A huge thank you to Gus for his continued work with this smashing wee team!
WE WOULD LOVE TO INVOLVE OUR WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO CHOOSE OUR WINNERS!
Please look at the photographs below then click on the link to vote for your favourite character potato! Please vote once in all 3 categories, supporting children from across the school.
Results will be announced at Get2gether on Friday, with a winner and runner up in each of the 3 categories; infant school (P1, P1/2, P2/3), middle school (P3/4, P4, P4/5), and senior school (P5, P6, P7). Well done to all our families taking part!
CATEGORY 1- INFANT SCHOOL
CATEGORY 2- MIDDLE SCHOOL
CATEGORY 3- SENIOR SCHOOL
We couldn’t be more proud of Team New Cumnock today! ❤️
Each and every one of our pupils who represented the school at the Regional Ayrshire Burns Schools Competition is a superstar. The performances they gave in front of a large audience and the feedback from the judges on their adjudication sheets is testament to that.
We are delighted to be bringing home the following prizes:
3rd place P1-3 Verse Speaking: Alice M
3rd place P4/5 Verse Speaking: Stewart Y
1st place P6/7 Verse Speaking: Adele M
1st place P6/7 Singing: Arabella S
Millar S was also in the top 6 who had to compete again in a head to head for the P1-3 Verse Speaking.
Our P1-3 Verse Speaking entries – Millar S, Alice M and Annika S
Our P4/5 Verse Speaking entries – Daisy M, Connie B, Stewart Y, Olivia M and Lewis J
Our P6/7 Verse Speaking entries – Adele M and Harry W
Our P6/7 Singing entries – Paige Y, Jorja K, Arabella S and Adele M
Also a huge well done to our former pupils who are now at Robert Burns Academy and bringing home the following prizes to New Cumnock:
3rd place S1/2 Verse Speaking: Amy J
3rd place S1/2 Singing: Aleesha C
2nd place S3/4 Verse Speaking: Emma Y
3rd place S3/4 Verse Speaking: Emma J
1st place S3/4 Singing: Emma J
1st place S5/6 Verse Speaking: Adana W
Well done everyone, you are all stars! ⭐️
Mrs McNulty would like to extend her thanks to Mrs Wilson for coming in to school to accompany our singers to help them rehearse on the run up to the competition. ❤️
We are delighted that our 1st and 2nd place winners have now been invited to attend the National Burns Competitions in Dumfries to represent Ayrshire later this year! 🤩
A huge thank you to our talented young people, brilliant local performers and all in our school community who joined us for our 3rd annual Burns Family Night!
We love having the opportunity to welcome everyone in to showcase the work and talents of our young people, and with the title of ‘Scots Schuil and Scots Teacher of the Year 2025’ to our name, we really do have a lot of talent to share!
The evening was a huge success, the profits of which will go towards our P7 Residential Trip.
We thank you for your continued support!
Tasty treats for our guests to enjoy.
David Bunten from EPIC bagpiping.
Our school choir.
A jammed packed hall.
Local poet, Stuart Paterson.
Local musician, Ciaran McGhee.
Chloe and Adele shared their own poems they had written.
Local musician, Joan McDade.
Wullie Dick from New Cumnock Burns Club.
Our Scots poetry competition class winners.
Local poet, Rab Wilson.
Musical duet, Jolyn and Davie, otherwise knows as Brigadoon.
Our interactive Kahoot! quiz is always a huge success! Well done to our winning player, ‘Tea Cakes’.
Simon Thoumire from ‘Hands Up For Trad’ gave the closing words.
Everyone gathered singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ to finish off the evening.
