Thursday 2nd March – Information

Just a reminder that on Thursday 2nd March, you are invited to join us at Catrine Primary School for an Open Morning. Please come along from 9.00 am – 10.30am. The focus will be on Play and ICT.
We hope you can join us.

Also,  World Book Day – each class will be doing activities related to world book day. No dressing up this year. And remember that you can still purchase the Library Committee Quiz for £1 via ParentPay.
Thank you

Meeting our buddies

Our Primary 6 pupils were so excited to visit the ECC on Friday and meet their buddies for the first time.

They were super role models and we were so proud of  the way they took their responsibilities so seriously and interacted beautifully with the children.  They are going to make excellent buddies!

Here are some of our photos. A few of the ECC children were absent but we will hopefully meet up with them on our next visit down on the 6th March.

 

 

Ordering of School Lunches for Strike days

Due to the school being closed on Tuesday 28th February & Wednesday 1st March 2023, due to strike action, any child who requires access to a  School Meal, may order a packed lunch for that day. Please complete the form below, and a lunch can be collected from the main school entrance door, between 10am and 1pm, on both days.  Please ensure orders are placed by 3.00pm on Monday 27th February 2023,  Thank you

Packed Lunches

PE at Catrine Primary School

Please check the attached PE timetable to see your child’s PE days in school.

After all of the Covid restrictions, our pupils need to get back into the habit of having a PE kit in school.  In one class today, only half of the class had their PE kit and were able to take part in the PE learning, which is disappointing.  We also have a number of pupils who can’t take part due to having earrings that they can’t take out.

To encourage more pupils to take part in PE, we’ve made a wee change to our PE kit requirements. From Monday 20th February, pupils will be allowed to take PE in shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms with suitable footwear, as usual.

The only time shorts WILL be required is during a Gymnastics block due to the equipment being used by the pupils. We will always let pupils and parents know in advance of any Gymnastics lessons to ensure that shorts are brought into school.

As for earrings, please practice taking earrings out at home so that your child can join in with their class on PE days.

It’s also much handier if PE kit (containing PE shoes) can be left in school so that there’s less chance of pupils forgetting to bring it in. Please label all items and the bags/PE kit will come home each term to be washed.

Thanks for your continued support, and please get in touch for any further information.

PE January 2023

Scots Verse Celebration

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Scots Verse Celebration. Our judges, Mr Clipston and Alana from Catrine ECC, presented the prizes to our winners.

Primary 2 – Quinn

Primary 3 – Owen

Primary 4 – Brody

Primary 5 – Lucy

Primary 6 – Millie

Primary 7 – Lexie

The winner of the Libby Papworth Memorial Trophy is Lexie, with Brody as the runner-up.

 

Well done to everyone- we are very proud of you all!

Family Ceilidh

What a fantastic night we had last night at our family ceilidh!

A huge thank you to all our parents and careers who came along and participated so enthusiastically in every one of our dances. What a wonderful family atmosphere!

We were so proud of our pupils who showed off all the skills they have been learning in their PE classes over the past few weeks.

 

School Values

The Rights Respecting Schools Committee met today for the first time. We have been looking at our school values. We are looking to make our school values easier to remember. Our committee suggested using the acronym Catrine to do this.

We are looking for some suggestions of values that represent our school and community.

Our Committee suggested:

Caring/ Courage
Ambition/ Achieving
Teamwork/ Trust
Respect/ Responsible
Inclusive
Nurtured
Excellence/ Empathy

Please add your suggestions to the survey below.

Rights Respecting Schools

Dear Parents/Carers

We are becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School!

Catrine Primary aims to be a school where children’s rights are at the heart of our ethos and culture, to improve well-being and to develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential.  As part of this plan we are working towards recognition as a ‘Rights Respecting School’, an award given to schools on behalf of Unicef UK.

We have created a Rights Respecting Schools Committee with pupils from Primary 1 to 7. We had our first meeting today on Wednesday 8th February. We spoke about children’s rights and completed a few activities about our needs and wants.

We found out that you have the right to an education, the right to a name, the right to play and the right to have a safe house/shelter. These rights are based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfill their potential.

We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School. The first goal of our committee is to achieve ‘Bronze’ Accreditation as a Rights Respecting School. We can’t wait to share our journey with you over the next few months.

You can keep up  to date with our progress by clicking the Rights Respecting Schools tab, which can be found at the top of the main blog.

Rights Respecting Schools Committee, Miss Burleigh & Miss McLean

School Library

We are the library committee and we are really hoping to create a library in school.  We desperately need books in good condition to use in the library.  If you have any old books that you have out grown or don’t really like anymore please send them into the school office. Your donations are really appreciated. Lexie B (School Library)