Our Natural Environment group were really excited to kick start the TIDY FRIDAY initiative this week with a playground litter pick!
To support our Eco Schools and Clean Green Schools award, Tidy Friday will involve to whole school on a rota, actively engaging in keeping our school and playground looking the best it can be!
Thanks for doing such a super job in wet conditions boys!
Miss McQueen’s Primary 2’s have now achieved their Bronze level in Wider Achievements.
Well done!😃⭐️
They will all now be working on their Silver award, which will require some support from home. Details of fortnightly targets are on the P2 Wider Achievement tab within the class information area.
Our fortnightly Wider Achievement Tasks which count towards your Silver Award have now been selected by your class teachers.
The focus of your tasks may include one or two of the 4 Capacities of Curriculum for Excellence. So they may encourage you to be Responsible Citizens, Effective Contributors, Successful Learners or Confident Individuals.
Class teachers will be looking for evidence of you working towards these targets at school or you may even do this at home, so please share it with them.
Keep up the good work superstars!
Wider Achievement Overview 28.5.21
We have been working our way through our our fortnightly Wider Achievement Tasks with many of our children now having secured Bronze Level!
This means you have shown the ability to be Responsible Citizens, Effective Contributors, Successful Learners and Confident Individuals at Bronze Level. Well done!
Next step for you… Silver Level!
Well done to each of our Bronze Level winners from each class who are shown below.
Primary 1
Primary 1/2
Primary 2/3
Primary 3
Primary 4
Primary 4/5
Primary 5/6
Primary 6/7
Primary 7
Well done to all our pupils that logged in and joined the East Ayrshire Sumdog Contest this week! We hope you all had fun and enjoyed putting your maths knowledge to the test.
Out of the 55 classes that qualified for the contest, we are so proud to share with you that Mr McClure and P6/7 received the highest placing from our school and came in 2nd place on the East Ayrshire leader board! Well done P6/7!
| 2nd | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 452 |
In addition to this, out of the 901 students that played along, 1 of our pupils made it into the top 10! Well done to Megan M from P6/7 who came in 3rd place! What an achievement!
| 3rd | Megan M | Mr McClure P6/7 20/21, New Cumnock Primary School | 947 |
Sumdog’s East Ayrshire Maths Contest will be running from Friday 23rd April until Thursday 29th April.
As it progresses, you’ll find the latest scores on the leaderboards.
In case its useful, Sumdog have some helpful support pages showing you how to play:
We hope you all enjoy the contest and log in to play along! If anyone requires their login information, please email your child’s class teacher, we are able to send this information to parents/carers if required.
Our final count everyone!
Our final day of bird watching! I hope you have enjoyed this week and perhaps learned a little bit more about the regular visitors to your garden and surrounding area. Maybe you’ll be come a regular bird watcher from now on, I know I am!
Please let me know what you saw yesterday by filling out the form below. I will post the final form later on this afternoon for today’s spots.
Thank you so much to P2/3 for all the wonderful information they have provided us with this week.
Today’s bird is a blackbird.
I’ve included another hands on activity today because I love the fact you can recycle things lying around to make it. This is how to make a bird bath! I don’t know if you have ever see birds having a bath, maybe in a puddle? It’s great to watch them and will bring a smile to your face. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Use the link below for some ideas and adapt it to suit you!
To finish off this week’s activities I’ve included another audio story. If you scroll to the bottom of this link you will find a story about a blackbird. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
Hello to all our bird watchers of New Cumnock Primary School! Please tell me what you spotted yesterday by filling out the form below.
Bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today’s bird is a sparrow.
If you can, have a look at this PowerPoint which explains in more detail about the bird watch and why it is important to take part.
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I have a very ambitious activity that you might want to try with a grown up at some point, maybe not today unless you have the materials to hand. It is very exciting to have a bird box nearby and watch the birds coming and going. We have one in our garden and were fortunate enough to have blue tits nesting last year, it was an amazing experience! If you’d like to give building your own box a go follow the link below.
Don’t forget to take 10 minutes again today to spot birds in your area. I look forward to seeing your results tomorrow!
A huge well done to everyone who took part in Mrs McMurdo’s Wider Achievement Challenge of Dress to Express last week. We loved seeing photos and videos of you all dressed to reflect how you feel and your explanations were super!
Apologies that these photos were missed from our video, but they are too good not to share! Thank you Mary and Miss Mason for your fabulous entries!
