In the next few weeks we will be starting to develop the children’s learning through exploring different types of jobs that are available in the world we live in.
Therefore, for this home link activity I thought it would be fun to get all our family members to think back to when they were young(er) and what they dreamt of being when they grew up.

So the task is to create a short video discussing what job you wanted to have.

Please encourage the children to use an iPad, phone or recording device to select the app to video your discussion, allow them to watch and help attach the video and send the email.
Discuss what roles the job might have, if the job uses specific tools, the uniform they might wear, the products they produce, where in the world they might work, who they might help, why you wanted to have this job and any other fun facts.
Please feel free to use props, pictures or even dress up to show us the jobs you wanted when you were young.

Please email any videos to easherrie.devlin@glow.sch.uk by Monday 6th of May.

Don’t worry – it will only be the kids and staff that will see the videos 😁

Today our P6 buddies came down to the ECC to help walk our Pre-school children up to Catrine Primary school to visit their P1 teacher and visit their new classroom.  They all had a brilliant time!

In February we were successful in receiving  our Early Years Award through Digital Schools.

And guess what – turns out, we are the first ECC in SCOTLAND to have achieved this!!!

On Tuesday 16th April we were visited by local counsellors, EAC’s Chief Executive Eddie Fraser and our Head of Education Linda Macaulay Griffiths to join us in celebrating the fabulous achievement.

Two of the articles can be found below.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/catrine-early-childhood-centre-becomes-32615074

https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/24261842.catrine-early-childhood-centre-digital-schools-award/

As you will be aware in February 2024 we received an unannounced visit from Care Inspectorate. This is usually aimed to be carried out every 5 years.

During the holidays our report was made public on the Care Inspectorate website.

We were delighted with the feedback we received and the fantastic narrative within our report.

The staff have worked extremely hard over the past few years, pushing for positive outcomes for all of our families in everything that we do, and we are so pleased that this report has acknowledged this throughout.

The full report is attached below for your convenience and we ask that you take some time to read it.

Thank you to everyone that completed the parent/carer questionnaire prior to the report being published and for your very kind comments and feedback.

I hope you are as proud of the report as we all are here at Catrine Early Childhood Centre 🙂

Catrine ECC Inspection Report Feb 2024

On Tuesday 25th March our Literacy Champion carried out a parent workshop within the ECC. Please follow the SWAY link below to see just some of the opportunities that were on offer.

Early Writing Parent/ Family Workshop

As Literacy champion, I hosted a parent/family workshop based on early writing skills within children. This had been highlighted within our improvement plan that families felt they could ga…

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It’s Leoni’s turn 🙂 

Leoni is our Literacy Champion and she would like to invite you along to her workshop based around developing early writing skills.

Parents often ask how they can support their child in areas such as Literacy and Numeracy so Leoni has prepared a short presentation to hopefully answer some questions. There will then be an opportunity to visit our playrooms and outdoor areas,  alongside your child, to explore a range of Literacy resources and get ideas for experiences you could continue to offer at home.

If you are interested in attending our Literacy Workshop we ask that you complete the booking form below to help us plan ahead.