Class photographs will be taken in school on Thursday 4 November for our “Class Mugs” festive fundraiser.  As the photographs are going to School Bears to produce our mugs, we need your written consent to pass your child’s photograph onto the company. Please ensure you return your child’s consent form. If you have any issues, please contact the school office or send written consent to mary.mcdicken@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.

Once the photographs are taken you will see a payment item on ParentPay (£6.00 per mug – multiple mugs can be purchased).

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

We are still looking for as many parents/carers as possible to complete our maths survey.

The deadline for the survey is Sunday 31st October.

We would love to hear your views about maths and supporting your child at home.  Your views will help us measure the impact of the work we are doing with National Numeracy this year.

The survey should only take 5 minutes and you have a chance to win £50 worth of books and games for your family.

Click the link below to complete the survey.

https://nn.typeform.com/to/xLcyBnNU

Thank you so much for your help.

Mrs Schendel

Catrine Primary School will be organising class photo mugs for every class in the school that would then be sold via Catrine Primary School ParentPay as a Festive Fundraiser (£6,00 per mug). The mug would have a class photo on one side and “All the best from Catrine Primary School” on the other side.

We will be using the same company as we used last year called “School Bears”. If you want your child to take part in this fundraiser a permission form will need to be completed (issues today 27 October). Also, payment in advance through ParentPay is required before we can place any orders. Multiple mugs can be purchased.

A ParentPay itemed called “Class Mugs 2021” will be set up next week.

Thank you for your continued support. If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

We appreciate that Hallowe’en is going to be a bit different this year, so we’ve got plans in place to make Friday 29^th October a fun day in school for all pupils.

Pupils can either come to school in a Hallowe’en costume or dressed in casual clothes like a Dress Down Day.  Please ensure that their Hallowe’en costume is suitable for playing outside at interval and lunch, and that they can take it on and off themselves when using the toilet.   Please note – no huge accessories this year (swords etc). 

Each pupil will be taking part in Hallowe’en activities and each class will be having a party.

We’re looking forward to a spooky and fun-filled day!

We really miss having our parents/carers in school to see all the fabulous learning that is taking place.

Mrs Schendel would love a blether with parents/carers of P1 parents about all things maths and will be in the main playground on Tuesday 26th October at 2.45pm.

Please come along and ask any questions you may have in supporting your child with their maths homework or to ask about the maths work taking place in the P1 classroom.

We still need to follow Covid-19 regulations so please remember to wear a face covering, unless exempt, and maintain social distancing.

If you are unable to attend but have any maths related questions you would like to ask please e-mail me at:

roberta.schendel@eastayrshire.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you then.

REMINDER

NHS Ayrshire & Arran will be in school on Monday 25 October from 9.10 a.m. to deliver immunisations to the children who completed a consent/information form.

If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Thank you.

Yesterday Jayden, Keira, Calvin, Cooper, Ellis and Kayla were gardening outside of school and went down to tidy up the school street planters with Mrs Watt and Mrs Goudie.

Here are some amazing pictures of our work .

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The awesome gardeners

Our “Go Purple” dress down day was a huge success!! Catrine Primary school raised £143.50 and Catrine ECC raised £87.71. A total of £231.21 was given to Ayrshire Hospice.

Thank you for your generous donations.

We would normally celebrate the end of Term with our Harvest Service where we would find out all about Harvest, its importance and traditions.

Please enjoy the Autumn powerpoint and good luck with the Autumn quiz!

Have a wonderful October holiday!  See you all on Tuesday 19th October.  Take care.  Mrs Govans 🙂

All About Autumn

Harvest Quiz

REMINDER

Friday 8th October – Let’s Go Purple to support Ayrshire Hospice. All contributions can be paid through ParentPay.

Thank you.

Updated Parent Council minutes  from 18.5.201 have been added and can be accessed on their page on this site.

If you have any difficulty accessing these minutes, please contact the school office.

Thank you.

Active Schools FREE October Multi Sports will be running at a couple of venues near you  during the holidays. Free lunch pack provided. Places are limited so be quick to avoid disappointment. Further details are on the flyer for Auchinleck and Catrine venues, dates and times. Please only book on if you plan to attend so no one misses out. One form per child. Online booking is essential via the link:

CATRINE    https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CatrineOctMulti/

For further information, please click on the link below:

October Multi Sports

Catrine Primary Parent Council’s annual AGM will be on TONIGHT from 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. via zoom. Please click on the link below to view full details:

AGM Poster

Catrine ECC and PS are taking part in Go Purple! Day next Friday, 8^th October, for the Ayrshire Hospice.  All funds raised will go to the Ayrshire Hospice.

PS parents can donate via Parentpay and ECC parents can make a cash donation in the collection bucket which will be at the ECC entrance next Friday.

All pupils/children are being asked to wear something purple – purple hat, scarf, socks, t-shirt, badge, hair bobble and it’s a Dress Down Day for the PS pupils too.

House Captains and P7 pupils have organised four House challenges that all pupils, in both the ECC and PS, will take part in throughout the day, so look out for some great photos on GLOW.

We have had a great week for Maths Week Scotland and I hope you enjoyed seeing all the different ways we do maths in school.  If you haven’t done so yet head over to the class blogs to see all the great work taking place.

Over the next few months I will be continuing to work with National Numeracy in involving parents in supporting children with their maths and building positive mindsets towards maths.  I look forward to sharing this experience with you.

A reminder that we would like as many parents as possible to complete the National Numeracy survey.  Here is the link again if you haven’t completed it yet.

https://nn.typeform.com/to/xLcyBnNU

Quote/top tip

Always promote a “can-do” attitude towards maths.

e,g, “Your number work is really improving!”

“I’m really impressed with what you can do.”

Try not to share with your child the idea that you were bad at maths or that maths was boring.  Research shows that as soon as this idea is shared, achievement goes down.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Schendel