Our final day of World of Work week was extremely exciting as we welcomed local farmers into our school playground!
A huge thank you to Emma and Stevie Guild, Elaine and Allan Young, and John Murray for a fantastic day enjoyed by all pupils and staff. We are so grateful to learn about the career opportunities in farming and agriculture, as well as how farming hugely benefits our community here in New Cumnock.
Take a look at our video to see our amazing day!
Before the holidays, all our children enjoyed learning about the world of work through a variety of visitors.
On Wednesday 30th March, we were visited virtually by 2 authors; Shirley Husband and Lindsay Littleson!
Shirley Husband is a local author who is known for her Harris McCoo books. Shirley and her illustrator Maurice Hynds created the Harris McCoo series of books based on art works by Steven Brown Art.
Shirley spoke about her career as a children’s author and her process for writing picture books. She answered lots of questions from our P1-3 children, and spoke about her journey into writing with our P4-7 classes.
Lindsay Littleson is an award winning Scottish author who writes middle grade fiction novels. Our P5 class were even studying one of her books last term… “The Secrets of the Last Merfolk”.
Lindsay did a long Q and A session with our P4-7 classes answering a variety of questions from pupils about her inspiration for writing, how she became a writer and her favourite books.
Thank you so much to both these talented authors for inspiring our children!
Primary 6 have been enjoying learning about careers in law and the justice system. This was linked to their learning about Article 40 of the UNCRC that says:
A child accused or guilty of breaking the law must be treated with dignity and respect. They have the right to legal assistance and a fair trial that takes account of their age. Governments must set a minimum age for children to be tried in a criminal court and manage a justice system that enables children who have been in conflict with the law to reintegrate into society.
They hosted a mock trial, looked at the different parts of the court and the roles involved in a trial!
Primary 2 extended their learning from their virtual Windfarm visit with Vattenfall and RJ McLeod by making pin wheel windmills!
They were so interested in how windmills worked and their creations are absolutely fantastic!
Primary 7 used the Skills Development Scotland website to investigate which careers best suited their personalities. They answered THIS OR THAT questions which then generated a series of jobs that suited their answers.
