New Cumnock Primary school celebrated World of Work Week with a variety of visitors and activities.

Primary 1-3 were focusing on jobs in the community and were visited by the police and fire services, as well as Natasha Caldow from East Ayrshire's Clean Green Schools program.

All the classes learned about the work of local councillors and were given the opportunity to pose questions to three local councillors on their visits to the school - Councillor Jim McMahon, Councillor June Kyle and Councillor Neill Watts.

Cumnock Chronicle: The pupils learned about work with the fire service

Primary 4-7 focused on developing skills for work and creativity, and took part in workshops delivered by Fossilfield Racing, YipWorld, and Ayrshire College.

Pupils also had a presentation from Steve Johnson from the Red Cross who spoke about the power of volunteering and how it can benefit their future employability.

Cumnock Chronicle: Work week at New Cumnock Primary

Alongside this, P5 enjoyed a trip to the Glasgow Science Centre and P4/5 travelled to Whitelees Wind Farm to learn about STEM careers, whilst P2 learned about carers in food and farming on their trip to Dumfries House.

Cumnock Chronicle: Pupils found out all about police work

Councillor Elaine Cowan, East Ayrshire Council's cabinet spokesperson for lifelong learning, education and skills, and culture said: “New Cumnock Primary have had a brilliant time finding out about the World of Work and learning more about careers that may be of interest to them.

"I would like to thank the school for all their hard work making this happen and to everyone who took the time to visit the school and speak to our children and young people.

"You can’t be what you can’t see – so projects like this are so valuable for our children and young people to inspire them and encourage them to achieve.”