As our Lockdown video for ‘Times Like These’ was such a hit, we thought we would entertain all our children and families again with a Christmas edition. However, this time, we are putting YOU in charge!
Click on the song you would like to see the staff of New Cumnock Primary School to perform and the winning one will be performed, recorded and shared with you all on the run up to Christmas.
We are so proud to share with you that our school have received a number of prestigious awards in recent weeks.
Mrs Elliott has worked hard to present all the hard work going on in New Cumnock Primary to show that we are an inclusive school and have strategies in place to make us Dyslexia friendly. We are delighted to share that we were awarded the East Ayrshire Inclusive Education (DFS) Silver Award. The panel had a wonderful morning hearing about our inclusive journey. A huge well done to all involved!
In addition to this, Mrs Petrie has been working her socks off to present information to a panel of validators about our digital journey. We are excited to share that with all the evidence Mrs Petrie provided to show that we are using innovative practise, we have been awarded with the Digital Schools Award. They were very impressed to hear the work that our children are doing to support staff and each other to upskill our digital abilities. They were so pleased with our digital journey and leadership shown that we have been recommend to become a mentor school! This is amazing! A huge well done to everyone!
Furthermore, Mrs Johnstone and Primary 1 have been working hard with the Learning Outdoor Support Team (LOST) to investigate ways to care for and experience nature, and a result have been awarded the Wild Challenge Bronze Award. Well done to you all, what an achievement!
We have had a few queries recently as to how and where to access your child’s class homework.
As we are minimising the items being passed between school and home, each class will be setting homework tasks weekly through their class blogs.
These can be found in the CLASSES AND STAFF tab on our school blog.
Once you select your child’s class, you must click on the link within that page which will take you directly to your child’s class blog. Once there you must select the HOMEWORK tab. All homework tasks will be posted here for you to refer to. Your child may be asked to submit tasks via email/Teams but will be instructed to do so by their class teacher if this is a requirement.
A quick ‘how to’ guide to access homework can be found in the video below.
If you have any further questions or queries, please notify a member of the Senior Leadership team. Their contact details can be found below.
joanna.mcmurdo@eastayrshire.org.uk
Today our House Captains fulfilled their first official duty by attending the public service of remembrance at the Castle Miner’s Lamp Memorial, marking 70 years since the Knockshinnoch Disaster.
It was heart warming to see so many of the local community in attendance, to commemorate the memories of the mine workers who lost their lives in the tragic event all those years ago.
Our House Captains laid a wreath on behalf of the school and spoke with local counsellors. They were a true credit to our school!
We are delighted to share that our Hunter trophies have now arrived after a delay in production and have been presented to our award winners from last session.
We are incredibly proud of each of our winners and loved having an opportunity to celebrate this wonderful achievement again with their peers! Well done to you all! 🤩
Garden Room – Alfie O
Primary 1 – Baylee M
Primary 1/2 – Georgia G
Primary 2/3 – Ryan H
Primary 3 – Amy J
Primary 4 – Bruce G
Primary 5 – Mary Y
Primary 5/6 – Eilidh M
Primary 6/7 – Lucy W
Primary 7 – Craig M
Some memories from this school year, it has certainly been a year we won’t forget! 🌈
Mrs McNulty ❤️
We had an amazing day yesterday seeing some of our P7’s and giving them their hoodies. Again, a huge thank you to our Parent Council who made this all possible with their generosity.
Mr Hastings
Today we are delighted to share our Prize Giving ceremony with you all. It is not how we envisaged our ceremony to be, as we love it when we all gather in the church at this time of year to celebrate your successes. Nevertheless, we have worked together to mark this momentous day in our school calendar and we hope you enjoy it! So sit down, get a cup of tea and enjoy our Prize Giving ceremony from the comfort of your own home.
We will begin with Mrs McMurdo’s Head Teacher Speech.
No Prize Giving is complete without a few words (or a tune) from our beloved Minister, Rev. Cuthbert.
Thank you to all our certificate winners for coming to school last Friday to be awarded with their certificates. We are delighted to share these with you now.
Now onto our Hunter award winners. Each year, one child from each class is awarded this prestigious award. Listen carefully as each teacher shares their reasons for choosing their award winner this year. We want to extend a huge thank you to The Hunter Foundation for their continued support of our school and our annual Prize Giving.
And now onto our wonderful P7s. This is certainly not the way we wanted your school years with us to end. We are extremely proud of you all and cannot wait till we can have you all back to celebrate your time with us. We wish you all the very best of luck in your future.
Some final words for our P7 Leavers. A huge thank you to Mrs McTurk for sharing this poem with us, it is wonderful! Click on the link below if you wish to download a copy to keep.
Last but not least, we are sadly saying goodbye to 4 members of staff this session. A huge virtual hug goes out to Mrs Morton, Miss White, Mrs Sussman-Bryden and Miss Ritchie. We have loved having you all as part of Team New Cumnock and hope our paths cross again one day.
And this marks the end of our Virtual Prize Giving ceremony. Thank you for tuning in. We hope you all have a lovely, relaxing summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you all again in August.
Stay safe everyone.
Team New Cumnock x
It’s Rights time again! We have another “Article of the Week” for you to explore.
If you have any time to complete any of the activities, please remember to share them with us by sending your work in to your class teacher or to Mrs McNulty at –
eadanielle.mcnulty@glow.sch.uk
Thank you
Mrs Armour
Hello my eco warriors! I hope you are all well!
When we finished up in March the eco group had started to plan ‘Waste Week’. As we missed out in school I have some activities for you to complete at home if you would like to. Once again anything you do will help our Green flag application so I would be very grateful if you could give it a go and send me your findings.
Today’s activities focus on energy. They will help you to understand ways we waste energy in our homes and what we can do to save energy.
This first activity is suitable for P1-7
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This second activity might be a bit tricker for P1-3 so they would need the support of a grown up. P4-7 should manage.
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If you complete any of these then please send your teacher or myself a picture of your work.
eacorrine.mason@glow.sch.uk
I hope you enjoy completing these missions and look out for more!
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