Our Health & Wellbeing Parent Workshop is now open for bookings.
As our HWB Leader, Lesleyanne is super excited to offer a session to parent/carers where the children can show you some of the techniques and strategies which they have been learning within our Nurture Nook over the year.
If you would like the opportunity to join your child on Monday 28th April please complete the form below to express your interest – please note there are only 8 spaces available at each session.
We have made the decision to add the option of a PM workshop following parent requests within our recent feedback questionnaire.
During this session Rena will also give parents a 10minute update so far in relation to our Rights Respecting Schools journey 🙂
In the green space we have been learning about directions, positional language and how to move and control our bodies. We first set up an obstacle course, where we had to climb up and over …
In the brig the children wished to continue with traditional stories, they asked if they could have Little red riding hood, Goldilocks and the three bears and The three little pigs, they l…
Over the three weeks in The Mill we have been learning about household chores and how to care for our pets. We have been discussing the roles our parents do at home and ways that we can hel…
Over the last three weeks within the square, the children have had the opportunity to develop and further extend their numeracy skills. In particular we have looked at shapes and numbers, w…
We have had a great time, enjoying the weather in the outdoor area whilst learning all about mini beasts. A wide variety of learning opportunities were on offer and the great weather certai…
Each of our children had the opportunity to attend one of our day trips to Dumfries and had an absolute ball – staff included!
Alana, Lesleyanne and Sherrie took it in turns to drive the children in 4 groups to the beautiful grounds and spent 4hours there exploring all it has to offer.
The children had a fun filled day at Dumfries House and the sun was shining for us. We started off in the obstacle course developing our gross motor skills climbing on and off the equipment…
Some of our children and parents attended our STEM workshop on Friday, where they participated in different activities based on the areas we cover within the science curriculum. We looked a…
A huge thank you to everyone who came and of course for the effort Sherrie put in to setting up such a fabulous variety of experiences for you to explore and investigate – not to mention the epic clear up that was required afterwards haha.
Within the Mill room we have been learning all about babies and how we look after them. The children have been using their imaginative skills to take on the different roles that we do to he…
We have been learning about different stories in the Brig. We listened to the stories and retold them using masks and drama. At the end of each story we recorded each other using the camera…
We have been working hard within The Square immersing ourselves in Farm themed activities. We have been super busy engaging in a variety of learning opportunities. These included a whole r…
Over the last three weeks, the children have been learning about birds outdoors. To do this we used varies resources and had the opportunity to participate in a range of experiences such as…
Over the last three weeks within the greenspace area and out within the community the children have been exploring the importance of recycling and how we can contribute to it. We have looke…
As we completed our second planning cycle of 2025 today, we wanted to let you see a snippet of what the children have had the opportunity to engage in over the past 3 weeks.
Each ELCP has created a SWAY (separate to individual Learning Journal entries) which shows both the breadth and depth in learning the children are offered here at Catrine ECC.
Please click on each link below to see more 🙂
First up is Sherrie and Carrie who were responsible for outdoor learning across both out Greenspace and garden area 🙂
Over the last month we have been learning about all types of weather. This learning came from the children’s interest after the stormy weekend we had. We started off by using the internet t…
Over the last few weeks within the Mill room, the children have been learning all about how to keep themselves safe and who can help keep us safe. To do this we have participated within a v…
In the Brig we have been exploring different Countries and their celebrations and looking at what they eat. We have been exploring the similarities and differences with people and their dif…
More super experiences have been taking place here at Catrine ECC.
Last week a small group of children visited Pets at Home in Kilmarnock. We organised a petting session for the group and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff for allowing us to visit and meet some of the animals there.
Please click on the link below for photos and more information 🙂
AND THEN …… on Wednesday this week, another group of children were welcomed by PC Aitken and PC Shirkie into Cumnock Police Station. Again, another big thanks to all of the staff we met there and for allowing us into their busy workplace.
Click on the SWAY link below for more pictures 🙂
Firstly we would like to thank everyone at Emergency One Cumnock for allowing some of our children to visit their place of work. We appreciate you taking the time to help us provide our chi…
As we completed our second planning cycle of 2025 today, we wanted to let you see a snippet of what the children have had the opportunity to engage in over the past 3 weeks.
