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Coronavirus – Jason Leitch Letter on testing and common colds – 31 August 2020
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Government Update – COVID-19
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Primary 3
Primary 3 have settled back into school life so well! They have been been working really hard and are having great fun doing activities and playing with their friends. We have been having regular check-ins and they keep commenting on how happy they are to be back and see theirf every day. They created these beautiful Self Portraits that are helping to brighten up our corridor. Don’t they look fantastic?
Last week we had great fun outside helping to beautify the playground. We got stuck in and helped to pull up all the weeds. We even found a few wriggly friends!
Please remember to fill in the photo permission form on Glow so we can post more photos and let you see what the children are getting up to in class.
Mrs Cook
A wonderful start to P2!
What a great first couple of weeks it has been in Primary 2. We have spent lots of time catching up with our friends, settling into school life and getting stuck in with our new learning.
We have enjoyed exploring the book “The colour Monster” and used it as a basis to talk about our feelings and learn about different emotions and what they can feel like.
Take a look at some of our fabulous work.
P.S don’t forget to fill in your child’s photo permission form so we can share more of our learning with you.
Primary 4/5
Primary 4/5 have had a great start to the new school term! We have been working on our class charter and the expectations within the classroom to ensure everyone is happy and feeling settled after the long time off school.
We have started our class novel ‘Flat Stanley’ and have been doing lots of fun activities based on that which the children have been loving. We have also been revisiting our number talk strategies and challenging ourselves with trickier calculations.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday!
Miss Feighan 😊
A super start to P6/7
Primary 6/7 have made a great start to the new school year! They have settled in well and adapted brilliantly after a long time off.
The pupils have worked together to create their Class Charter and have started reading the class novel ‘Wonder’. They have also been learning about the planets in the solar system as part of their ‘Space’ topic.
We have been keeping up to date with the news by watching ‘Newsround’ every morning and have been creating some super pieces of work. Take a look at some of our great displays!
Primary 1/2
Primary 1/2 have had a wonderful start to term one. We have started a book study based on The Colour Monster, this has promoted discussions all about our emotions. We have designed our own monsters after reflecting on how we feel. We also discussed each emotion and spoke about the things that make us feel these different emotions.
We have enjoyed making new friendships with the people in our class and exploring our class resources.
P5/6 off to a flying start
What a great start we have had to term one in P5/6. The children have settled in well and are already showing off their talents and skills just two weeks in.
We have developed our Class Charter and explored the UNCRC and highlighted the rights that are important to us in school. In Maths we started our Number Talks strategies as well as taking part in lots of new interactive number games online. Our class novel, Matilda, is well underway and we have started our Interdisciplinary Learning topic, Victorians.
Our walls are looking bright and welcoming and jam-packed with our learning already. Take a look at the photos of our Charter, our Queen Victorian portraits and the maths working wall.
Welcome back to Term 1 August 2020
Your child will be given a copy of their Annual Data Check on their return to school. Please ensure this is completed and returned to school as quickly as possible.
To prevent paper returns, please read the information below and complete the online return:
Parental Letter – Pupil registration in schools- attendance
Thank you.
School lunches
Due to the changes in our school lunch service at the moment, with lunches being eaten in the classrooms, it is really important that parents/carers order their child’s lunch in advance through our ParentPay lunch ordering service. We had six children with no lunch ordered today and as our lunches are delivered from Auchinleck Academy we have no facility to organise additional lunches. We will always ensure that every child receives a lunch, but it’s so much easier if all lunches are ordered in advance.
In the past, we were sometimes able to add lunches if parents/carers phoned the school – we now can’t do this so it’s even more important that your child’s school lunch is ordered in advance. Please phone the school if you have any issues with ordering lunches.
Due to pupils in our school suffering from sever nut allergies, please help us by ensuring all food brought into the school is “nut free”. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Arrangements for week beginning Monday 24th August 2020
We’ve survived our first week back – and what a great week we’ve had being back together.
Special thanks to Mrs Cook and Primary 3 for their wonderful efforts today in tidying up our playgrounds – they had so much fun pulling weeds and cutting hedges! Thanks to Mrs Goudie and Mrs Watt for cleaning up after our very enthusiastic helpers!
Throughout this week we’ve tried various timetables and made some changes to our day-to-day running to ensure our school continues to be a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment for our pupils, staff and parents/carers.
- We are continuing with our staggered start and finish times so P1/2, P3 and P5/6 will start at 9.00am/finish at 3.00pm with P2, P4/5 and P6/7 starting at 9.10am/finish 3.10pm
- We appreciate when children arrive in our school playground just before their bell rings as this avoids any confusion and mixing of classes/stages
- We are having one interval and one lunchtime now – lunches will continue to be eaten in classes and children then go out to their designated playground area. This system is working well and our pupils are being so creative with their playground equipment and games
- We have established ‘hand washing stations’ so pupils in P3, P4/5, P5/6 and P6/7 are washing their hands outside before returning to class after interval and lunch
- We have sanitisers situated throughout the school and our pupils are using them confidently and regularly
- Pupils are encouraged to bring a bottle of water with them to drink from throughout the day in class, as well as a snack/drink for interval/lunch
- Pupils don’t need to bring a bag to school – all necessary resources will be provided by the school
- We are delighted to welcome Miss Harrigan, a COVID Recovery teacher employed by EAC, to our school every Thursday and Friday throughout this term. She will be working alongside our teaching staff to assess learning and set individual targets for pupils as we continue to ease back into our learning and teaching programmes.
Have a lovely weekend – see you all on Monday.
Mrs Govans
Best Start Grant
The Best Start Grant School Age Payment is a £250.00 payment made around the time a child normally starts Primary 1. Please click on the PDF to view full details:
NHS returns
Please ensure all immunisation forms are returned to the school as soon as possible.
If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
Thank you.
Promotional Meal Deal
East Ayrshire Council are running a promotional event for Half Price Schools Meals from Monday 17-08-20 to Friday 28-08-20. During this period pupils will be charged £1.08 for their lunch (please note that this is only on the reduced lunch menus that we are serving at the moment).
If you have any difficulty accessing the lunch menu on ParentPay, please contact the school office.
Thank you.
Vibrant Communities
We want to hear from our children and young people between the ages of 8 – 26 years!
In partnership with our Children and Young People’s Cabinet, we have launched our brand new campaign, 5000 Voices, where we are seeking the views and opinions of 5000 children and young people throughout East Ayrshire about what matters to them most.
We will be using this information to help shape our future provision and to improve opportunities for children and young people throughout East Ayrshire.
You can watch the video that we created with our young people here: https://www.facebook.com/eavibrantcommunities/videos/868135550639156/
You will find the survey here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5000voices. Please share this far and wide and encourage our children and young people to take part! There is a chance to win a £50 voucher for a randomly selected young person who has completed the survey.
If you would like further information regarding 5000 Voices, please email: vibrantcommunites@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Arrangement for week beginning Monday 17th August
- We are keeping our staggered start and finish times for the time being, so P1/2, P3 and P5/6 will start at 9.00am and finish at 3.00pm (please note ALL Primary 1 pupils will start at 9.00am from 17.08.20) and P2, P4/5 and P6/7 starting at 9.10am and finishing at 3.10pm.
- Pupils don’t need to bring in their school bags – all resources are being provided in class
- Pupils should arrive at school in time for their bell ringing – to comply with social distancing guidelines we can’t have children in our playground too early in the morning unsupervised
- EAC would like to thank all parent/carers who have tried their best to comply with national guidelines at the school gates – it is the responsibility of parents/carers to move away from the school gates once they have dropped off/collected their child(ren) to avoid large groups forming unnecessarily to keep everyone safe and healthy
- We already have brand new items of school uniform in our Lost Property!! PLEASE ensure all of your child’s uniform items are labelled
- In line with national guidelines, to avoid multiple staff visits to classrooms, we are asking parents/carers not to ask us to pass on a message to their child during the school day UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
Thank you for your cooperation during our ‘soft start’ week, and well done to the pupils of Catrine PS who have started this new term with confidence, positivity and enthusiasm. Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Govans
Remember – early finish today for all pupils
Another brilliant morning at Catrine PS, with pupils meeting up as a whole class for the first time since March 2020. Our school has been full of laughing, blethering and playful children today – it’s been simply wonderful!!
Remember that, for today only, our pupils are finishing early – see details below.
Arrangements for Friday 14th August only …
P1/2 – finish at 1.00pm
P2 – finish at 1.10pm
P3 – finish at 1.00pm
P4/5 – finish at 1.10pm
P5/6 – finish at 1.00pm
P6/7 – finish at 1.10pm
All pupils will have eaten their lunch when they leave school, and with the sun still shining they’ll be able to enjoy the early start to their weekend.
P6/7 Discoveries
Primary 6/7 made some great discoveries in the playground this morning! The pupils found a ladybird, a frog and a caterpillar. The caterpillar is getting reading to turn into a butterfly, we learned that this is called metamorphosis. We are looking forward to watching this happen over the next 10-14 days.
A wonderful second day!
We’ve enjoyed a lovely day with our Group B pupils at Catrine PS today. Again, our pupils returned with such positive attitudes and were full of questions about the changes that we’ve made to ensure the health and safety of everyone in our school. Thanks also to our parents/carers for their great consideration when they are dropping off/picking up our pupils – we had another smooth start and finish to our day.
Our Group B Primary 1 pupils were wee superstars – what a brilliant day they’ve had with Miss Burleigh and Michelle.
Tomorrow, Friday 14th, we welcome ALL of our pupils back to their classes, sticking with our staggered start at 9.00am and 9.10am.
For tomorrow only, our pupils are being released early to give staff a chance to review our new procedures and organise any necessary changes, and to move tables and chairs etc so that we’re all ready for Monday 17th, when our pupils are in all day, every day.
All pupils will have eaten their lunch when they leave school tomorrow, and hopefully the sun will still be shining and they’ll be able to enjoy the early start to their weekend.
Arrangements for Friday 14th August …
P1/2 – start at 9.00am (ALL P1 pupils still start at 9.30am) and finish at 1.00pm
P2 – start at 9.10am and finish at 1.10pm
P3 – start at 9.00am and finish at 1.00pm
P4/5 – start at 9.10am and finish at 1.10pm
P5/6 – start at 9.00am and finish at 1.00pm
P6/7 – start at 9.10am and finish at 1.10pm
Thanks to the Catrine PS community for your consideration, cooperation and understanding this week – it has been much appreciated. Mrs Govans
First day back at school success
What a brilliant first day back at school we had with our Group A children! Thanks to all parents/carers and, especially, our pupils for starting back with such positivity and enthusiasm. They embraced all of the new changes with no problems, and it was as if they’d never been away – we are so pleased with how today has gone. A special mention to our new Primary 1 pupils who started today – they all settled in quickly and had a great time.
Tomorrow, Thursday 13th, we are delighted to be welcoming back our Group B children, with P1/2, P3 and P5/6 in school from 9.00am to 3.00pm, and P2, P4/5 and P6/7 in school from 9.10am to 3.10pm, with Group B Primary 1 pupils starting at 9.30am. Looking forward to seeing them all! Mrs Govans
