Catrine Early Childhood Centre

We have been celebrating Chinese New Year this week and made our very own Chinese Dragon.  Today we performed our Dragon Dance, with dancing and instruments.

We have been chatting about the importance of Oral Health and how we care for our teeth.  In the monkey room we have set up our very own Dentist surgery.

The children this week had fun using natural resources to make their own Chinese restaurant.

We regularly highlight our Vision, Values and Aims with our pupils in both our school and ECC through a variety of activities, and our pupils have a good understanding of what they mean and how we apply them at Catrine PS and ECC.  Through monthly GLOW questionnaires, we ask parents/carers for their opinions and comments about our school and ECC, and their responses are always very much appreciated. As a staff, we annually review our Vision, Values and Aims and have collaborated to produce a poster detailing them, which will be a reference point for future discussions with our pupils, and for our priorities moving forward.  Our Vision, Values and Aims poster highlight our priorities and give examples of how we put them into action in our establishments.

I’m proud to present you with our new Vision, Values and Aims poster which will be proudly displayed in both our school and ECC.

Mrs Govans

vision, values, aims

I am delighted to provide you with the latest report from Education Scotland and East Ayrshire Council for Catrine PS and ECC.  It states that both establishments are now officially signed off from the inspection process.  Staff at both Catrine PS and ECC are very pleased with the report, and we are proud to be sharing it with you.

Mrs Govans

Please click on the link below:

Catrine Parents re HMIe Follow-Up

 

 

East Ayrshire Council have arranged for a full-time Senior Manager to start at Sorn Primary School from  Monday 13 January to ensure that both Catrine P.S. and Sorn P.S. have a full-time Head Teacher in place.  This means that I will resume my original time-table.  Thank you for your understanding and support during this period of transition.

Mrs Govans

At snack time we explored  a range of different fruits to make our own fruit kebabs, we discussed what foods are healthy for us to eat and what our favourites are.  Everyone agreed that the fruit kebabs were delicious.

We had a visit from Howard today, a ranger from Dean Castle and Country Park, who was awarding us with our very own apple tree.  This was our treat for winning the competition last year with our fantastic creation Alaalaenaeeee.  We even got to make our very own apple juice.

    

We had so much fun at the Games Hall today too, playing on the bouncy castle and enjoying parachute games. Merry Christmas everyone see you in the New Year.

Dear Parents/Carers

I am delighted and very proud to inform you that I have just received confirmation from Education Scotland that both Catrine Primary School and Catrine ECC are both fully signed off from the inspection process following our EAC Authority review in October. This is a testament to the commitment, dedication and professionalism of all members of staff at both establishments. Official notification from Education Scotland will follow in the new year.

What wonderful news to be able to share with you right before the Christmas Holidays!

Mrs Govans

 

   

We had so much fun at our Christmas Bookbug session with Alana, all our guests looked like they enjoyed it too, especially the snowball fight.

Dear Parents/Carers

At East Ayrshire’s request as from Monday 6 January 2020 I will be temporarily taking over a shared headship with Sorn Primary School. This means that I will be working between Catrine Primary School, Catrine ECC and Sorn Primary School. Our open door policy remains unchanged, please contact Catrine Primary School office to make an appointment. I remain committed to ensuring that Catrine Primary School and ECC continue to deliver excellent learning and teaching experiences for our pupils.

Thank you.

Mrs Govans

 

We were invited to the school by P1 to watch their dress rehearsal for their nativity “Prickly Hay” at Catrine Primary School.

Within the Monkey Room we have been exploring what Christmas means to us e.g. we have been singing songs, weighing presents, decorating a Christmas tree and playing  some new games.

We enjoyed exploring ice today with the elf.  We tried melting the ice using water, flour and salt.  We learned that salt melts ice really fast.

We are absolutely thrilled to have been a part of this super Christmas Signing Video alongside other schools and ECC’s within East Ayrshire.

A huge thank you goes to the staff and pupils at Willowbank Primary School for their fabulous idea and hard work at editing all of our clips.

Please see the link below and sing/sign along 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhTiCS423FY&feature=youtu.be

We had fun exploring water tension with Elf today.  Exploring how we could get the fish to move across the surface of the water using just fairy liquid and a dropper.

On Wednesday the preschool children met their P6 buddies from Catrine Primary School for the first time. They joined us for our carol singing in The Square.

fayre flyer v 2

 

Tonight Thursday 5th December 6.00pm – 7.30pm in Catrine Primary School 

We look forward to seeing you at the Catrine Early Childhood Centre stall for Raffles, Reindeer Race and Lucky Baubles.

 

Click on the link above to view all the exciting things that will be there.

 

Within the Gruffalo Room the children have been creating stories with the use of prompts e.g. pictures of doors, “Who could live in a house with a door like this?” The children would then use their imaginations to create their own short story. They were also able to create another story on the magnetic board with the use of different characters.