The number of childminders in East Ayrshire has declined and East Ayrshire Council are holding free preregistration training for anyone interested in a career in childminding starting at the end of August.
School Meal Crunch Deal – beating the crunch with a school lunch
The Council is reducing the cost of a school meal for P6 and P7 pupils, who pay for their school meal, to £1.08. This special deal will run from August 2023 to June 2024. The same menu options will be available and our school meals will be freshly prepared each day, using quality ingredients from local suppliers.
Safer Schools Scotland App Workshop 28/8/23
We will be hosting a parent/carer information session to support our families with the use of our Safer School Scotland App.
A wee reminder to please join us on Monday 28th August from 3-4pm in the school gym hall. Entry will be via the Community Entrance.
Please bring your device with you and Mrs McNulty will be at hand to help you with how to navigate the new app and share it features.
Lost Property
We have now reached the end of our first week back at school and it has been wonderful to see so many children settled and happy to be back! A special shout out goes to our new P1s and new children who have started with us at the beginning of the session, they have been making such wonderful progress already, keep up the great work!
This week, however, we have accumulated a huge amount of lost property already, ranging from jackets and jumper to hoodies and packed lunches. Whilst our best efforts are made to try and get these back to their rightful owners, not all items we are finding have a name on them so we are gathering a huge amount of unidentifiable and unclaimed items.
We can’t stress enough about the importance of putting your child’s name on all items as it certainly helps us when items are left behind in classrooms, the dinner hall or the playground. We also ask that parents/carers are vigilant when checking the items their children return home with, and if they do not belong to your child, that you return these to school at the next given opportunity.
Fancy labels are not required, a simple name noted in pen on the label will do just grand!
Thank you for your support with this matter.
Breakfast Club 2023/24
We are absolutely delighted to inform our families that our Breakfast Club will be starting again from Monday 28th August!
Children are invited along to school to not only receive a nutritious breakfast, but they can socialise with their friends and take part in a range of activities before the start of the school day.
Breakfast Club will start at 8.15am and children are to enter via the door to the back of the gym hall (at the rear of the school car park). At 8.45am, children will be released into the school playground before coming into school with their classmates, all energised for the day ahead!
Places are limited so registration is necessary in order for your child to be added to the register. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. You will receive confirmation of your child’s place via phone call, so please ensure you provide us with a contact number. Please complete the contact form below to request a place for your child.
We are delighted to be able to offer this wonderful facility to our families free of charge, thanks to a Community Fund Grant awarded to us from the New Cumnock Development Trust. Thank you so much!
School Football Team
Gus Hart will start afterschool Football from Wednesday 6th September.
This will be held every Wednesday from 3-4pm in the school gym hall. Children will head straight down at the end of the day and can be collected from the door at the rear of the school park, at the end of the session. (Due to Gus’ work commitments, if training is cancelled, parents/carers will be notified via the school app.)
This is available to children from P5-7. The school football team will be made of children from P6 and P7, who will compete in games outside of school throughout the year.
If your child wishes to attend, please complete the contact form below.
PE Days 2023/24
Please find each classes PE days noted below.
PE kit must be brought in to school on these days. (This can be left in school bags or hanging on pegs in a kit bag).
Shorts, T-shirt and suitable indoor shoes are required. No football strips allowed.
P1 (Mrs Clarke) TUESDAY & FRIDAY
P1/2 (Mrs Elliott) TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
P2/3 (Mrs Petrie) MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
P3 (Mrs Johnstone) WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
P3/4 (Mrs Armour) TUESDAY & FRIDAY
P4/5 (Miss McQueen) THURSDAY & FRIDAY
P5/6 (Mrs Frew) WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
P6 (Mrs Ramsay/Miss Nicholl) MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
P7 (Mr Burns) TUESDAY & THURSDAY
Learning Journals – Parent Logins
As we start our new session 2023-2024 we will be continuing with reporting to parents using the Learning Journals approach.
we want to ensure all parents have access as this will update you weekly as to learning taking place in class.
Already signed up
If you have already signed up to Learning Journals but are unable to remember your password, please complete the form below and in a few days you will receive an email with password reset instructions.
Not already signed up / adding more people to view pupil profiles
If you haven’t signed up please complete the form below and in a few days you will receive an email with instructions to set up a profile.
More than one person can be linked to children’s profiles (grandparents etc…) and if you wish this, please complete this form too with their email address and this will be set up too.
Thank You.
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays to all our families!
Thank you for all your support for another hugely successful year for Team New Cumnock!
We hope you have a lovely, safe and relaxing summer and we look forward to welcoming our pupils back on Monday 21st August!
East Ayrshire Children and Young People’s Youth Cabinet Elections 2023
We are delighted to announce that Ruaridh M has been successfully chosen to represent the Barony Education Group as a Youth Cabinet Member for the new school session!
This is a role he is extremely passionate about and we know he will take great pride in this responsibility! We are all so proud of you Ruaridh!
