{"id":5724,"date":"2021-06-11T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:21:28","slug":"transition-into-primary-1-in-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/2021\/06\/11\/transition-into-primary-1-in-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Transition into Primary 1 in August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs Cook, Mrs Ferguson and I have really enjoyed getting to know our new Primary 1&#8217;s during our transition mornings in the school playground.\u00a0 The children have had lots of fun getting to know their new teachers and buddies.\u00a0 I hope you have enjoyed seeing their photos.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we are unable to welcome parents and carers into the school at the moment.\u00a0 However we would very much like to meet you and introduce ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of<strong> Wednesday 16th June<\/strong> Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Cook and myself will be in the ECC playground during drop off time to say hello and answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<p>I have included some useful information for your child&#8217;s first few days at Catrine Primary.\u00a0 Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All pupils return to school on <strong>Thursday 19th August<\/strong>.\u00a0 P1 pupils will <strong>start at 9.30am <\/strong>on both <strong>Thursday 19th and Friday 20th.<\/strong> Pupils should be brought to the main gates at the front of the school.\u00a0 Please note that only <strong>one adult<\/strong> will be permitted to bring their child into the playground and we will make every effort to ensure you are able to take a photograph of this special moment.<\/li>\n<li>Pupils should be collected at<strong> 2.30pm<\/strong> on these two days from the school gates.\u00a0 The class teacher will bring your child to the school gates and ensure they are handed over to an adult.<\/li>\n<li>From <strong>Monday 23rd August<\/strong> the school day <strong>starts at 9am and finishes at 3pm.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pupils should bring a <strong>snack<\/strong> for their morning break.\u00a0 Details on\u00a0 using the Parent Pay app to order school lunches will follow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>School uniforms<\/strong> can be purchased at Donsport in Cumnock, Just Jeans in Auchinleck or at the School Wear Centre in Kilmarnock.\u00a0 Our uniform consists of shirt and tie\/Polo shirt \/Sweatshirt\/ Cardigan\/ Black trousers\/skirt\/pinafore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Please ensure you put your child&#8217;s name on all their clothing,<\/strong> especially their jumpers.<\/li>\n<li>At the moment we advise that pupils don&#8217;t bring a school bag or PE kit.\u00a0 PE will most likely take place outside and we will let you know in August what days PE will take place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we know, things can change very quickly in the current climate so please continue to visit Catrine Primary School blog and download the School App for Parents. Updates on any changes to regulations will be posted before the start of term.<\/p>\n<p>This video highlights some of the experiences your child can expect during their time in Primary 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/98qZNKnvLI2gvKbO\">https:\/\/sway.office.com\/98qZNKnvLI2gvKbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Cook, Mrs Ferguson and I look forward to seeing you at the ECC on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Schendel, Principal Teacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs Cook, Mrs Ferguson and I have really enjoyed getting to know our new Primary 1&#8217;s during our transition mornings in the school playground.\u00a0 The children have had lots of fun getting to know their new teachers and buddies.\u00a0 I hope you have enjoyed seeing their photos. Unfortunately we are unable to welcome parents and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/2021\/06\/11\/transition-into-primary-1-in-august-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transition into Primary 1 in August 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5725,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions\/5725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}