Category Archives: Wider Achievement

Burns competitions, Whole school, Wider Achievement

Ayrshire Burns Schools Competition 2024

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I am delighted to share that this year’s Ayrshire Regional Burns Competition will be held in Belmont Academy, Ayr on Saturday 2nd March 2024. 

The competition will take place in 5 different disciplines:

  • Verse Speaking
  • Singing
  • Instrumental
  • Bagpiping
  • Chanter

The same pupil may be entered for one, two or more disciplines,
e.g. Singing and Instrumental.

The verse speaking category is open to P1-7 pupils, the other 4 remain available for P4-7 pupils.

As always, I will be volunteering my time to work with pupils who are keen to enter. This time however, will be limited, therefore pupils will be required to spend time practising at home.

I have very much appreciated the efforts of pupils who have entered these competitions in previous years. We have experienced lots of success in these competitions due to the high standard of talent in our New Cumnock Primary pupils!

If your child wishes to enter the competition, please complete the form below by no later than this Friday 26th January to allow me to make contact with families and complete the official paperwork that is required in order to enter.

I look forward to working with our talented pupils once again!

Mrs McNulty

Achievements, Choir, Community Partnership, Wider Achievement

School Choir Event Sat 20th Jan

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Our school choir have been kindly invited to perform in George Square in Glasgow next Saturday as part of a Robert Burns memorial event in the run up to Burn’s birthday.

They will not only be singing at the laying of wreaths at Robert Burns statue in George Square but also at City Chambers and then The Merchants House. What a prestigious event and fabulous opportunity for our talented young people!

The Jean Armour Burns Trust who are organising the event, are kindly funding our transport costs and are also providing the lunch for the children next Saturday too.

At the organisers request, spaces are limited so I can only offer this opportunity to P6 and P7 choir members. Letters will be sent home on Monday with consent slips and information about bus times and what chidlren will be required to wear and bring.

The children were informed of this today so I wanted to let families know to give prior warning.

We are very much looking forward to being part of this event and will meet at various times during the school day next week and indeed at Monday’s rehearsal to prepare for this.

Kind regards,

Mrs McNulty

After School Clubs, Expressive Arts, Wider Achievement

School Show 2024

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After the success of last year’s Oliver JR… The moment we have all been waiting for… the announcement of next year’s School Show…

We can’t wait to bring you…

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR!!!

Please find dates and times below for the audition process to take place:

Fri 10th Nov 3-4pm – Auditions will be held in school

Fri 17th Nov 3-4pm – Cast list will be announced

Fri 24th Nov, Fri 1st Dec & Fri 8th Dec – Song rehearsals

Fri 12th Jan and each Friday thereafter from 3-4pm rehearsals will take place in school with the show being held on 18th and 19th June 2024.

It is important that children who register their interest to be part of our school show are dedicated and committed to attending each rehearsal.

Our school show is open to children in P4-7. To register your child’s interest please complete the contact for below and support them at home to ensure they are fully prepared to audition on the 10th Nov if they are keen for a main part.

The show has 12 main parts with lots of opportunities for children to be part of the chorus.

Main part audition piece

(First verse and chorus)

Chorus part audition piece

(Chorus only)

If your child is keen to be part of the show but in relation to staging, make up, costume, or music, we will be seeking support with this nearer the time and will reach out to pupils then.

If your child is keen to audition to be part of our school show, please complete the Form below.

Whole school, Wider Achievement

FAB Friday – 6/10/23

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This 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 Term.

To help with the programming of the morning, please complete the form below to let us know what your child wishes to celebrate.

 

Clean Green Schools, Wider Achievement

Windy the Windmill

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Today, at the EastAyrshire a Youth Climate Conference 2023, establishments from across East Ayrshire were introduced to Windy the Windmill designed by our very own, Noah M!

What an achievement to see his design become a reality! Noah’s mascot will be visiting schools and will be the face of an Energy campaign this school session. We are so proud of you Noah and can’t wait for you to meet Windy in the flesh for yourself! 🤩🌟

After School Clubs, Expressive Arts, Wider Achievement

‘Oliver! JR’ School Show Success

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Where do we even begin?! We could not be more more proud of the cast and crew of our first school production, ‘Oliver! JR’.

We had an amazing opening night and didn’t think it would be possible to beat it, but at the second evening’s performance, our talented youngsters raised the bar even higher!

A huge thank you to everyone who came to support our first (of many) school productions and to everyone who worked so hard to make it the huge success it was!

A special thank you to Euan Gibb for providing the sound equipment for us and to our wonderful Parent Council for so kindly covering the cost of this for us!

‘Wow the weans of Oliver upped their game even more tonight. It was absolutely fabulous, standing ovation for them. What a lot of time and effort from Mrs McNulty, Mrs Clarke and all the weans. I had a wee tear on my eye at them all on the stage at the end.’

‘A-MAZ-ING!!! Wee superstars!’

‘Absolutely amazing! Every one of them  were brilliant, You could see all the work and effort that was out into it.’

‘Can I just say that the Oliver Show at NCPS last night was absolutely outstanding, the full cast were amazing. The ones that had main parts were fantastic and Oliver himself was just perfect! Ranging from 8 to age 12 and putting a performance on like that was truly wonderful! I hope all the parents of those kids are so so proud and the kids themselves should be proud. I was totally stunned at how good the show was, so well done to each and every single one of you! Can’t wait till the next show!’

Whole school, Wider Achievement

FAB Friday – 23rd June

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Tomorrow, 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 Term.

To help with the programming of the morning, please complete the form below to let us know what your child wishes to celebrate.

 

Achievements, Burns competitions, Wider Achievement

National Burns Primary Schools Competition 2023 Success

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Today we had 4 of our school pupils representing Ayrshire at the Nationals Primary Schools Burns Competition held at Belmont Academy in Ayr.

Every pupil performed with such confidence and received wonderful feedback from the judges.

We are delighted to have brought home the following prizes out of the whole of Scotland:

School Choir – 1st place

P4/5 Singing – Adele M 3rd Place

Overall Singing Team – Ayrshire (3 of the 4 entrants were from our school)

Overall wining team – Ayrshire

We couldn’t wait to share our awards with the rest of the school choir!

Expressive Arts, Wider Achievement

Oliver! JR 20/6/23 & 21/6/23

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We are proud to present our first school production, ‘Oliver JR’.

This musical is based on Charles Dickens’ novel, ‘Oliver Twist’. Featuring well known songs like, ‘Consider Yourself’, ‘Food Glorious Food’ and ‘Oom Pah Pah’, you are guaranteed to have a fabulous time and will want to sing along.

Oliver escapes to London in hope of finding his fortune, and is met by a group of pickpockets and thieves, led by the elderly Fagin. Come along to see Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love he looks for, after coming across Nancy, Bill Sikes and the Artful Dodger.

This musical is fun for the whole family, make sure to get your ticket fast as they will be quick to sell out!

Oliver poster

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/new-cumnock-primary-school/e-mmzglq