New Cumnock Primary School would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Sharon Dowey MSP for her recognition of our pupil’s hard work achieving our Bronze Clean Green Schools award with special recognition for Energy, our Climate Champion East Ayrshire Youth award and our 5th Green Flag award!
We received a copy of the Motion which was read out in the Scottish Parliament!
We are absolutely delighted to announce we have been awarded our 5th Eco Schools Scotland Green Flag Award!
The feedback praised the fantastic work we have carried out during this journey. It was recognised how challenging these times have been and celebrated that we were able to keep our Eco-Schools work going on despite all. We covered all Seven Elements of the Eco-Schools programme. Despite the restrictions that have been in place, staff and pupils have shown commitment and determination in completing your planned actions.
Achieving a Green Flag Award means a good amount of versatility and commitment from staff and pupils. Our evidence showed that it has been a busy and impactful journey as the understanding and connection with making the world more sustainable has been very powerful and pupils have not only been taking actions in school but also within the community. Staff has helped to create a nurturing, inclusive, innovative, and stimulating learning environment, and a respectful and positive ethos by working closely with everyone in the school community. We have taken a unique chance to reflect on our findings, reflecting on what the pupils have learned and how to go forward.
All pupils benefited from a wide range of challenging, motivating, meaningful and fun learning experiences which support them to develop creativity, resilience, and independence. Pupils have learned how they can take action on a local and global scale to develop a more sustainable lifestyle for the benefit and preservation of the planet. Their efforts throughout the journey should support them to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors.
The eco-committee are on a recruitment drive. We are looking for new members to join our existing committee. Please fill out this form if you would like to join and our current members will let you know if you are successful!
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!
Our final count everyone!
Our final day of bird watching! I hope you have enjoyed this week and perhaps learned a little bit more about the regular visitors to your garden and surrounding area. Maybe you’ll be come a regular bird watcher from now on, I know I am!
Please let me know what you saw yesterday by filling out the form below. I will post the final form later on this afternoon for today’s spots.
Thank you so much to P2/3 for all the wonderful information they have provided us with this week.
Today’s bird is a blackbird.
I’ve included another hands on activity today because I love the fact you can recycle things lying around to make it. This is how to make a bird bath! I don’t know if you have ever see birds having a bath, maybe in a puddle? It’s great to watch them and will bring a smile to your face. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Use the link below for some ideas and adapt it to suit you!
To finish off this week’s activities I’ve included another audio story. If you scroll to the bottom of this link you will find a story about a blackbird. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
Hello to all our bird watchers of New Cumnock Primary School! Please tell me what you spotted yesterday by filling out the form below.
Bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today’s bird is a sparrow.
If you can, have a look at this PowerPoint which explains in more detail about the bird watch and why it is important to take part.
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I have a very ambitious activity that you might want to try with a grown up at some point, maybe not today unless you have the materials to hand. It is very exciting to have a bird box nearby and watch the birds coming and going. We have one in our garden and were fortunate enough to have blue tits nesting last year, it was an amazing experience! If you’d like to give building your own box a go follow the link below.
Don’t forget to take 10 minutes again today to spot birds in your area. I look forward to seeing your results tomorrow!
Welcome to day two of our Big Schools Bird Watch! What a beautiful clear day for bird watching yesterday, what did you spot? I saw lots of lovely birds in our garden including robins, blue tits, great tits and sparrows!
Please complete the form to tell me what you saw.
I hope you can find 10 minutes in your day today to have a little look for the birds around you. It’s a wonderful relaxing activity to take part in and you can do it on your own or with someone, even your whole household!
Our bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today it is the Blue Tit!
The first activity idea I have for you today is a story. It is very cold outside this week so snuggle up and enjoy a wee story with someone in your house. They are about our bird of the day, a very common bird we see where we live, a blue tit.
There are three stories to choose from using the links below. The third is an audio story.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/the-blue-tit-and-the-caterpillar/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/little-orphan-blue-tit/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/bedtime-stories-audiobooks/
Once you’ve listened to a story I’d love to see any art you could do to show me your favourite part. Maybe you could draw a picture or make the characters using play dough. Please send them to your teacher or to me at corrine.mason@eastayrshire.org.uk
Here are a couple of online bird games for you to try…
Feather Frenzy | Learning Game for Kids – The RSPB
I look forward to seeing your masterpieces and what birds you spotted today!
If you or your grown up are interested in becoming part of New Cumnock Primary School Eco-Committee then please complete the form below by Friday 5th February. I look forward to reading your application and hopefully forming a new committee very soon!
As the Eco-Committee, it will be our job to work with the other children in our school to make it a more environmentally friendly place.
As part of this you will need to:
Share ideas in weekly Eco-Committee meetings
Carry out an environmental review to measure our school’s performance against the Eco topics
Help create a plan for how we can make New Cumnock P.S eco-friendlier in the next year
Speak to other members of the school community, which might include parents, pupils, members of the public and teachers
Bring ideas from your class to the meetings and also feedback what we have discussed
Be willing to speak in school assemblies
Help write articles for the newsletter
Help the school be more energy effective during its daily running e.g. switching off lights
Help the school achieve an Eco-Schools Award
