Tonight our school choir sang at Cumnock Hospital for the Ayrshire Hospice.
What a truly amazing place the Hospice is, with exceptional staff!
We felt so privileged to sing for all the patients and staff tonight to spread Christmas cheer.
Trailblazers Evaluation Surveys
Dear Parent/Carer,
Since the summer break, New Cumnock Primary School has been participating in the Trailblazers trial – a joint Ayrshire project looking to improve road safety and increase active and sustainable travel to school. To understand the impact of the trial, a short survey has been prepared to understand views on the trial and any changes in travel behaviours and attitudes. I would be most grateful if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts via the short survey provided at the following link:
Trailblazers Parent/Carer Survey
The deadline for the survey response is the 15th of December.
Thanks in advance for your support.
P7 BBC Burns LA.B Project
What an exciting couple of days we have had in P7 where we have been working with BBC Scotland Learning on a Burns LAB Project.
We have been reciting and recording poetry and creating stop motion animations.
We can’t wait for you to see our work with Jo Hall and her team when it is aired in January. We will keep you posted!
Christmas Dinner 2023
Today we enjoyed our school Christmas dinner! It was delicious and is always a highlight having the staff serve the pupils. A huge thank you to our catering staff for the wonderful meal!
The P7s were so kind to return the favour by serving the staff their dinner afterwards!
Sportshall Athletics Competition 2023
A huge congratulations to our P6 and P7 pupils who participated in the East Ayrshire Primary Sportshall Athletics at the Barony Campus today!
Our young people took part in many events from javelin to relays.
They were delighted to be awarded 2nd place out of the schools who participated in the Barony heats, well done everyone!
School Pantomime Trip 2023
Yesterday we enjoyed a whole school trip to the Palace Theatre to watch this years Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk.
We had a great afternoon! Lyle and Lucas did us proud with their star performances on the big stage!
A huge thank you must go to our wonderful Parent Council for their kind donation of £2000 to go towards our transport costs. This helped us to dramatically reduce the cost we asked from our families to help fund this brilliant day out.
Christmas Fayre 2023 Success!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Christmas Fayre on Saturday!
It was a huge success, raising over £1300 for Parent Council funds, which help our school immensely throughout the year!
Thank you to our wonderful Parent Council for all their hard work in putting together such a large scale event! Another huge thank you goes to Christina Mackie at the Gospel Hall who kindly donated all their takings from their stall at the Fayre, to our funds. This was extremely kind of you, thank you very much!
No Pens Day – Wednesday 29th November
We are participating in ‘No Pens Day’ on Wednesday 29th November to raise awareness of the importance of communication skills in our school.
This national day is set to help improve children and young people’s communication skills through a day of talking and listening activities – starting with the biggest ever show and tell!
Why is your child’s school taking part in No Pens Day 2023: Show and tell?
• Teachers estimate that, in the UK today, 1.9 million children struggle with talking and understanding words. Without the right support, they face huge hurdles in learning, making friends and staying in good mental health.
• It’s a chance for your child to improve their speech, language and communication skills through a day of talking and listening activities – starting with the biggest ever show and tell!
Show and tell focus – MY HOBBY – please encourage your child to bring an object to help them share about their hobby with the class. This could be – a pair of dancing shoes, a karate belt, a colouring book, a reading book…. please do not send anything of extreme value and no need for lots of items – only 1 item to help them share their hobby with their friends.
We will also be encouraging British Sign Language practise throughout the day too as a way of communicating.
We are not asking for money directly but if any parent would like to support this charity, all money raised will go to Speech and Language UK – a charity that supports children who struggle with talking and understanding words.
Follow the following link or scan the QR code to access the site if you wish to donate.
https://donate.speechandlanguage.org.uk/NPD23/~my-donation
Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask, Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Johnstone
Communication Friendly Schools Champion.
Active Schools Community Classes
Our Netball and Basketball community classes run every Tuesday (Netball) and Wednesday (Basketball). If your young person is interested in attending please contact jamie-cjce23@outlook.com to register or just come along on the night! All other information can be found on the poster!
Many thanks,
Courtney Cartner
Active Schools Coordinator: Cumnock Education Group
Windy Widnae Waste Water Week 6-10th Nov 2023
Our Clean Green Energy Team were hard at work during Rich Tasks on Friday to create our ‘Windy Widnae Waste Water’ video to highlight Windy’s top tips from this week.
What changes can you make to save water?
