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
New Cumnock Primary School Prize Giving 2020
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
Rights Respecting Schools Award
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
Waste Week
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!
Rights Respecting Schools Award
It’s time to think about our Rights again! We have a new “Article of the Week” for you to think about. If you have time to complete any of the activities please share them with us by emailing –
eadanielle.mcnulty@glow.sch.uk
Enjoy!
Mrs Armour
Technology Competition First Round Winners!
We were delighted to receive some great news this morning! Our P5-7’s have been taking part in The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Faraday Competition and so far we have 3 first round winners!
The competition is being run by the IET and Airbus. The challenge is to design a new technology to help a disaster zone in the world.
Well done to Brooke Murray, Emma Johnstone and Emma Young.
Brooke designed a PPE vending machine for use in the current Covid-19 global pandemic.
Emma J designed an all terrain rescue vehicle which can be a boat or a land vehicle powered by a quad, fully fitted to provide emergency medical treatment .
Emma Y designed a hurricane shelter equipped with resources needed to survive. Emma’s shelter can be moved anywhere by plane and lowered into an area using a winch line.
Well done girls – we are all really proud of you! We eagerly await to see if your entries are selected for the next round.
P5-7’s you can still enter the competition until the end of this week.
New Cumnock Staff Lockdown Video
Our staff would like to share a quick message with all our families and pupils. We hope this video brightens up your day.
Mr Hastings
Rights Respecting Schools Award
We have a new Right of the Week to explore! If you have time to try out any of the activities, please send in your work/photos to –
eadanielle.mcnulty@glow.sch.uk
Rights Respecting Schools Award
We have a new “Article of the Week” for you to have a think about. Click on the link below to access the Power Point and activities. Remember, please get in touch and share your work with us if you manage to complete any of the activities. Enjoy!
RRSA Article of the Week Part 3
Mrs Armour
Ayrshire Schools Burns Competition 2020
On Saturday 7th March, Mrs McNulty, parents/carers and 33 of our pupils attended Irvine Royal Academy to participate in the Ayrshire Schools Burns Competition.
We had pupils entered in Verse Speaking, Singing and Instrumental sections.
For the first time ever there was a P1-3 Verse Speaking section and we were not restricted to how many entries we could submit so Mrs McNulty thought, the more the merrier!
A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to get our children ready for this competition, a huge well done to our pupils and parents/carers for the work you have put into being prepared.
A great day was had by all. The standard of talent was exceptionally high and not only did our pupils shine with their singing, speaking and musical talents, but also with their positive attitudes and excellent behaviour! We couldn’t be prouder of you all! A huge well done to all our participants.
Under normal circumstances, our 1st and 2nd place prize winners Alex M and Lucy W would represent Ayrshire at the National Competition in Carluke, however, due to COVID-19, unfortunately there will not be a Nationals Competition this year.
Team New Cumnock!
Our Verse Speaking performers
Our Singing performers
Our Instrumental performers
We were delighted to enter 2 former pupils, who are now at Cumnock Academy. Casey K was entered in S1/2 singing and Adana W was entered in S1/2 Verse Speaking
Emma Y made it to the final 6 in P4/5 Verse Speaking and got to perform again in front of a big audience
Lucy W made it to the final 6 in P6/7 Verse Speaking and got to perform again in front of a big audience 
As we weren’t able to track down everyone for photos at the event, it was a great excuse for Mrs McNulty to have another photo shoot with us all back at school!
Our proud Verse Speakers with their certificates
Our proud Singers with their certificates 
Our proud Instrumentalists with their certificates 
Our proud prize winners!
1st place P4/5 Singing – Alex M
2nd place P6/7 Verse Speaking – Lucy W
3rd place Instrumental – Hayley C
Certificate of Merit P4/5 Verse Speaking – Emma Y
Mrs McNulty hopes to get copies of the official photos taken on the day and will get these to you all when she does.
