Please click on the link below to access the January Primary School Counselling Newsletter – https://sway.office.com/UEHb7r35CnGE3mg7?ref=Link
Stars of the Week 3/2/23
3/2/23
Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.
P1 – Ayrton F for MUTUAL RESPECT
P1/2 – Liam M for DETERMINATION
P2 – Remii G for DETERMINATION
P3 – Leyton D for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Olive C for MUTUAL RESPECT
P4/5 – Baylee M for AMBITION
P5 – Charlie M for DETERMINATION
P6 – Ruaridh M for AMBITION
Our Clean Green Schools Team have weekly awards to share too!
Our Fuel Free Friday winners this week are: Primary 3/4
Our Waste Winners this week are: Primary 1/2
Breakfast Club
We are delighted to have had such a positive response to our first week of running Breakfast Club!
Please remember only to send your child if you have registered them for your selected days and once you have received communication from the school to confirm they have been allocated a space.
We have now reached full capacity for each day, but if you would like your child to attend Breakfast Club, please contact the school or email Mrs McNulty on danielle.mcnulty@eastayrshire.org.uk and we will do what we can to make this happen.
Children’s Mental Health Week
This week we will be celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week. Mrs McMurdo will be speaking to us about it in Get2gether on Monday morning. The theme for the week is Let’s Connect. Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections. Human beings thrive in communities, and this connection is vital for our wellbeing. When we have healthy connections – to family, friends and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of wellbeing. And when our need for rewarding social connections is not met, we can sometimes feel isolated and lonely – which can have a negative impact on our mental health.
As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. Click the link below to find a range of free resources that you can access:
Families – Children’s Mental Health Week (childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk)
East Ayrshire School Counselling & Wellbeing: January Newsletter
Winter Weather Support
We shared this with our families a couple of weeks ago, however I just wanted to put out a little reminder as this is a great opportunity to support our children and their families during this time of year. Any questions feel free to contact me on tracey.bradford@eastayrshire.org.uk ………..
Due to the rise in fuel bills and the recent cold weather, we at NCPS would like to offer our support to any of our families who might benefit from outdoor clothes, footwear, and anything else to help with keeping warm. If you would like to access this support, or any other support which we might be able to provide please complete the attached form and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Mrs T Bradford
Home-Link Practitioner
School Poetry Afternoon
This afternoon we hosted our school poetry competition. We were delighted to welcome all our classes and families and friends of our finalists in to watch.
Every one of our finalists showed such bravery, courage and wonderful performance skills, and the cheers from our audience were testament to how proud our school community are of you all.
A huge well done to you all!
A big thank you goes out to Mr and Mrs Skilling from the Ayrshire Burns Association for coming along to show their support and to our 3 judges, Iain Burgoyne (better known as Budgie), Reverend Ken Yorke and Billy Hastie for coming along to help us with the difficult job of judging the wonderful talent on display.
Prize winners are noted below:
P1
1st: Millar S
2nd: Skye J
3rd: Amelia W
P1/2
1st: Brooke F
2nd: Megan M
P2
1st equal: Riley S & Stewart Y
2nd: Daisy M
3rd: Bryce W
P3
1st: Ella M
2nd: Honor P
3rd: Darcy B
P3/4
1st: Olivia M
2nd: Ciara O
P4/5
1st: Kal M
2nd: Baylee M
P5
1st: Adele M
2nd: Riley B
3rd: Joey H
P6
1st: Amy J
2nd: Quyn F
3rd: Shaun F
P7
1st: Bruce G
2nd: Arran J
BSL Sign of the Fortnight
Our sign of the fortnight is the sign for the 5 vowels. See the video demonstration for this.
Stars of the Week 27/1/23
27/1/23
Well done to our Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values.
P1 – Jace B for DETERMINATION
P1/2 – Kayslin M for MUTUAL RESPECT
P2 – Bryce W for DETERMINATION and AMBITION
P3 – Adam W for DETERMINATION
P3/4 – Billy B for DETERMINATION
P4/5 – Peighton S for DETERMINATION
P5 – Hollie P for DETERMINATION
P6 – Mia O for MUTUAL RESPECT
P7 – Jayden M for RESPONSIBILITY
Our Clean Green Schools Team have weekly awards to share too!
Our Fuel Free Friday winners this week are: Primary 3/4
Our Waste Winners this week are: Primary 4/5
Ayrshire Burns Schools Competition 2023
I am delighted to share that this year’s Ayrshire Regional Burns Competition will be held in Belmont Academy, Ayr on Saturday 4th March 2023.
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 competition is open for P1-P7 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 attached contact form by no later than next Friday 3rd February 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
