Wider Achievement – Silver Award

 

WEEK 5 Overview

I am delighted to say that many of you have now achieved your Bronze Award for your Wider Achievement Folios. I will put together a wee video at the beginning of next week to showcase all the hard work that has been happening!  Well done.

Today’s Wider Achievement Tasks count towards your Silver Award.  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.

P1-3 now that you are back in school your teacher will be collecting the evidence for your tasks, P4-7 please remember you must send your teacher evidence if you complete the tasks.

Keep up the good work superstars!

 

 

 

 

The Exchange!

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The-Exchange is now providing counselling and emotional and psychological support in your child’s school.  This service is available to children aged 10 and over and provides a private space where children and young people can talk about things which are troubling them.  Talking things over with a professional can help children to find better ways to cope with difficulties.  If your child’s teacher or a key adult within the school feels that counselling may be beneficial to them, they will always contact you before making a referral to The-Exchange.  For children under the age of 12, parental consent is required in order for the child to attend the counselling or psychological support sessions.  When supporting children under the age of 12, The Exchange involve parents at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the process with an aim to improve the overall resilience and psychological wellbeing of the family.

If you would like further information, please contact Mrs J McMurdo (Head Teacher) on 01290 338404.

Eco-Committee

Thank you for all the applications for our Eco-Committee, it was exciting to read them and all the things we are hoping to achieve as a group!

The members of New Cumnock PS Eco-Committee are;

Gracy Borthwick

Benny Polland

Amy Johnstone

Aleesha Craig

Mason Rush

Aniah Polland

Emma Johnstone

Tammy Borthwick

Hannah Polland

Mrs Petrie

Mrs Ramsay

Michelle Leary

Miss Mason

We will have our first meeting very soon and I will send you details on that shortly. I look forward to us all working together to make our school, community and world a greener place!

RRS: Right of the Fortnight

This weeks right of the fortnight is Article 29:

Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.

Here is a short video from Emma in P6-7 discussing the key points from this Article and what it means to us! Also, Mary and Megan in P6-7 have also been so kind to create a super informative poster!

Scottish Child Payment

Today sees the launch of the Scottish Child Payment – a new benefit from Social Security Scotland that is aimed at tackling child poverty in Scotland.

 

The new payment will see the equivalent of £10 per week being paid for every child under the age of 6 living in a low income household and receiving a qualifying benefit such as Universal Credit, Pension Credit or one of the legacy benefits (Child tax or working tax credits; income support, income based JSA or income related ESA). The new benefit will be rolled out to every child under 16 by the end of 2022 with payments being made on a 4 weekly basis.

 

Applications were accepted from November but despite this and a high profile campaign by Social Security Scotland, take up has been disappointing with less than 45% of eligible applications having been made. It is anticipated that there are still around 100,000 children in Scotland who are eligible for this payment but no claim has yet been made. That means a family with two qualifying children could be losing out on more than £1000 per year.

 

The payments are made 4 weekly and applications couldn’t be simpler. You can apply online at https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment/how-to-apply/ or by telephone on 0800 182 222.

(If you need any help applying please contact me on 01290 338404 or 07934162412 – Tracey Bradford)

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