On Thursday 12th May, the Cycle Station will be visiting Catrine Primary School to carry out bike checks and do any minor adjustments/repairs for those children who would like the chance to participate in Bikeability.

Anyone who is interested should make sure that they bring their bike to school with them on Thursday morning.

On Tuesday we did athletics at gym. We were doing the javelin and long jump and speed jump. Then on Wednesday we did some gardening in the afternoon and we started our chess championship.

On Friday we did a design challenge with P4. We then created pie charts in excel and we got the rest of Round 1 of our chess competition finished in the afternoon.

By Kay-Cee and Benjamin

On Monday we started a new audio book called ‘Weslandia’ and in the afternoon we learned about the different commonwealth countries. On Tuesday we learned percentages, fractions and decimals.
On Wednesday we made power points about one commonwealth country each – we were split into pairs.
On Thursday we had strings and we were learning the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ tune and in the afternoon the primary 7s got to spend some time with their buddies so they spent their gym lesson together and then we all had free choice outside.
On Friday the P6s had a leadership session with Barry and the in the afternoon at 1:30 the whole school had Fun Time Friday. 😁

This week P6/7 did some homophones in literacy & did a visualisation of the BFG. We watched a short clip of the BFG catching dreams and wrote about our own dreams.

We did some revision of fractions and percentages in maths.

We also made some pledges for Earth Day & created some artwork for the Catrine Show.

Today P6 have started a leadership course with Barry from Active Schools.

On Monday for the third time we had assembly and P7s met with their buddies and P6s were planning a literary event for their buddies.  On Tuesday P7 had their first visit at the Robert Burns Academy and got their leaver’s hoodies. P6 went to a literacy morning with the  nursery kids that are coming to P1. On Wednesday we were  Writing non-chronological reports  on the rainforests. On Thursday we were doing some work on fractions and percentages then in the afternoon for gym we went outside as it was a lovely day to play a game of rounders. On Friday we went outside again as it was another lovely day and we played another game of rounders and had so much fun.

By P6/7

On Monday we had our our 2nd assembly. It was so much fun and everyone did some awesome singing. Whiteflat are in the lead with 258 points and it will soon be more!

This Friday the P6 class got to do some maths with their buddies – we played with some numicon, shaving foam and much more. It was so much fun and the buddies are definitely ready for p1. 😃😃

On Monday P7 got to go and spend time with their buddies in their classroom.

For British science week we made lava lamps & playdough.

P6/7 have had an extremely busy week this week. We had Lianne, Nicole and Jordan from Barnardo’s in running a workshop for us on Monday and Tuesday.  We were learning all about alcohol and the long and short terms that it can have. We were also learning about the laws around alcohol and how to keep safe. We also got to try on the different goggles & try to pick things up, catch a ball and put a key on the lock  to experience what it can feel like when you have had a drink.

On Wednesday we had our last rugby session in the morning and in the afternoon we got to play P4 at chess & start creating our chess display wall for our championship. On Friday morning the P6 pupils got to go and meet their buddy from the ECC and spend some time with them. On Friday afternoon P7 had a transition meeting, where they finally got to meet Mr Tickner in person and ask lots of different questions about their move to S1.

This week P6/7 did some rugby with Ryan  who very kindly came in to teach us all about rugby. We also had world book day on Thursday where we did some fun activities & did paired reading with P1.  Today we mixed with the p4s and played some chess.

by Declan & Sophie

Primary 7 organised 4 different activities for everyone today.  We have been doing scavenger hunts, build a chair for a book or doll, sport activities and some seasonal art. We have all enjoyed these activities  from p1 up to P6/7.

This week we also started our Catrine Compliments where we pick a VIP each day. They get to choose some people to give them their compliment. They also write one for themselves & the teacher gives them one.

Check out our P4-7 Compliments wall that Alix & Ellis displayed  all of this weeks compliments on for us to see.

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Jayden, Connor & Finlay

As part of their John Muir Award application, Primary 7 will be working in the school grounds with the Learning Outdoors team on Monday afternoon. Can all pupils please come suitably dressed for working outdoors with appropriate footwear?

Thank you 😃