{"id":16258,"date":"2021-06-25T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/?p=16258"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:23:15","slug":"new-cumnock-primary-prize-giving-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2021\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-prize-giving-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cumnock Primary Prize Giving 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are delighted to share our Prize Giving ceremony with you all.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we have worked together to mark this momentous day in our school calendar and we hope you enjoy it!\u00a0 So sit down, get a cup of tea and enjoy our Prize Giving ceremony from the comfort of your own home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>We will begin with Mrs McMurdo&#8217;s Head Teacher Speech.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16258-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"837\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2646.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2646.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2646.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>No Prize Giving is complete without a few words (or a tune) from our beloved Minister, Rev. Cuthbert.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 416px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16258-2\" width=\"416\" height=\"232\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2716.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2716.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2716.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Thank you to all our certificate winners for posing for your photo either at school or at home.\u00a0 We are delighted to share these with you now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 372px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16258-3\" width=\"372\" height=\"204\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2904.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2904.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2904.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Now onto our Hunter award winners.\u00a0 Each year, one child from each class is awarded this prestigious award.\u00a0 Listen carefully as each teacher shares their reasons for choosing their award winner this year.\u00a0 We want to extend a huge thank you to The Hunter Foundation for their continued support of our school and our annual Prize Giving.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 292px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16258-4\" width=\"292\" height=\"164\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2898.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2898.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_2898.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>And now onto our wonderful P7s.\u00a0 This is certainly not the way we wanted your school years with us to end.\u00a0 We are extremely proud of you all and cannot wait till we can have you all back to celebrate your time with us.\u00a0 We wish you all the very best of luck in your future.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16258-5\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_1798.mp4?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_1798.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/IMG_1798.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Some final words for our P7 Leavers.\u00a0 A huge thank you to Mrs McTurk for sharing this poem with us last year, it is wonderful and so fitting for this occasion! Click on the link below if you wish to download a copy to keep.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2020\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-school-prize-giving-2020\/capture-19\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12817\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12817 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2020\/06\/Capture3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2020\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-school-prize-giving-2020\/p7-leavers-poem\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12818\">P7 Leavers Poem<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Unfortunately we have had to make some changes to our original staffing plan for next session. We appreciate that this is short notice and apologise for this.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that NCPS will be losing Mr John McClure this year. Mr McClure has secured a permanent contract at Drongan Primary School, where he will take up his post in August.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2021\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-prize-giving-2021\/thumbnail_image0-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/thumbnail_image0-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>A huge virtual hug goes out to you Mr McClure! We have loved having you as part of Team New Cumnock. We wish you all the best of luck\u00a0 for the future and hope our paths cross again one day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Next session we are sure you will join us in welcoming Mrs Kirsty Mair. Mrs Mair is a probationer teacher and will now be taking the P6 class in August.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/Kirsty--1-e1624622120752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16300 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/Kirsty--1-e1624622120752-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Some fun facts about Mrs Mair&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">She lives in an old police station.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Over the summer she is doing a charity team cycle to see how far she can cycle a tandem in 24hrs. (Wish her luck\u2026 as she thinks she\u2019ll need it!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">She can touch her nose with her tongue.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">If she had a super power she would like to be able to fly!<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">She loves science, rugby and visiting new places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Another new addition to our staff is Mrs Donna Agnew. Mrs Agnew was with us for a short spell last year and we are delighted to be welcoming her back in August where she will teach the P5 class.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2021\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-prize-giving-2021\/20210625_085500_resized\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16290 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/files\/2021\/06\/20210625_085500_resized-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some fun facts about Mrs Agnew&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She loves making learning fun.<\/li>\n<li>She has been a teacher for 30 years &#8211; and loves it as much today as she did at the start of her teaching journey.<\/li>\n<li>She loves Florida &#8211; she has been 7 times and is booked for next year (hopefully!)<\/li>\n<li>She adores animals &#8211; her pets have included a snake, tarantulas, cats, aviary birds, marine and pond fish and most recently honey bees!<\/li>\n<li>She loves technology &#8211; especially robotics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Mrs Ramsay and Miss Mason are excited to be undertaking a Pupil Support role next session.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Next session Mr Hastings will begin his new role as Deputy Head Teacher at New Cumnock Primary and Mrs Clarke will take on the role of Temporary Principal Teacher when we return in August. We wish them both all the very best in these posts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>And this marks the end of our Virtual Prize Giving ceremony.\u00a0 Thank you for tuning in.\u00a0 We hope you all have a lovely, relaxing summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you all again in August.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Stay safe everyone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Team New Cumnock x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are delighted to share our Prize Giving ceremony with you all.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we have worked together to mark this momentous day in our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/2021\/06\/25\/new-cumnock-primary-prize-giving-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Cumnock Primary Prize Giving 2021<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3954,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569,125005,125013],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievements","category-new-cumnock","category-whole-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16258"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16305,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258\/revisions\/16305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/newcumnockprimaryschoolea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}