At New Cumnock Primary School, we are very proud of our local heritage and showcase this with our love of the famous Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns.
2020
National level
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.
Regional level
7/3/20
Today 33 of our pupils competed in the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs Schools Competition 2020. Our pupils represented our school extremely well in the Verse Speaking, Singing and Instrumental sections. Children were all awarded certificates for taking part and received extremely positive feedback on their adjudication sheets. We were delighted to be bringing back to New Cumnock a 1st place trophy awarded to Alex M for P4/5 Singing, a 2nd place medal awarded to Lucy W for P6/7 Verse Speaking, a 3rd place medal awarded to Hayley C for P6/7 Instrumental and a certificate of Merit awarded to Emma Y for P4/5 Verse Speaking.
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!Â
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
Local level
14/2/20
On Friday evening, our school choir were invited along to perform at the local ‘Lily’ Burns Supper. With it being Valentine’s a lot of our choir members were busy! A huge well done and thank you to our 6 members who came along and performed so well. With the volume of our singers, you would have thought we had 20 children ion the stage! The pupils performed brilliantly in front of a packed hall and entertained the audience with some Scots songs and some poetry recitals before their meal. Well done everyone!
22/1/20
Today we hosted our annual Scottish poetry afternoon. We were thoroughly entertained by the 3 finalists from each class who performed their class poem to a whole school audience. The finalists from each class are shown below.
2019
National level
11/5/19
Hayley from Primary 7 represented Ayrshire by competing in the instrumental category of the National Burns School Competition at Irvine Royal Academy. She received wonderful feedback and a certificate for her excellent performance on the saxophone.
27/4/19
Today our school choir and Mrs McNulty represented Ayrshire by performing at the National Choral Festival at St. Athanasius Primary School in Carluke and were awarded 1st place! It was a wonderful afternoon where the audience were thoroughly entertained by the participating choirs. Our school received wonderful comments about their winning performance and we are so proud of this amazing achievement!
Regional level
2/3/19
Today 15 of our pupils competed in the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs Schools Competition 2019. Our pupils represented our school extremely well in the verse speaking, singing and instrumental sections. Children were all awarded certificates for taking part and received extremely positive feedback on their adjudication sheets. We were delighted to be bringing back three 3rd place medals and a 2nd place medal, with HY now being invited to perform at the National competition, representing Ayrshire! We wish her the very best of luck at this competition!
Local level
22/6/19
Lucy from Primary 5/6 represented the school at the Lapraik Poetry Festival in Muirkirk and was awarded 3rd place in her category! A huge well done to her, what an achievement!
8/2/19
On Friday evening, two of our upper primary poetry finalists were invited along to perform at the local ‘Lily’ Burns Supper. The girls performed brilliantly in front of a packed hall and entertained the audience before their meal. Well done girls!
23/1/19
Today we hosted our annual Scottish poetry afternoon. We were thoroughly entertained by the 3 finalists from each class who performed their class poem to a whole school audience. The finalists from each class are shown below.
Primary 1
Primary 1/2
Primary 2/3
Primary 3
Primary 4
Primary 4/5
Primary 5/6
Primary 6
Primary 7
A huge well done to everyone and a big thank you to our judges, Mr Burgoyne, Mrs Hill and Mr McEwan for coming along to do the difficult job of selecting a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each class.
