Monthly Archives: February 2025
P7 – Are you ready for the next adventure?
This programme takes place over the summer , one morning a week for 3 consecutive weeks for parent and child transitioning to Secondary School.
Dates to be confirmed – Please let us know if you are interested by emailing wilma@healthisone.co.uk
Easter Chicks are back!
The Sweet Chicks have been busy behind the scenes and now have another batch of their popular Easter Chicks ready for sale. Click the link below to secure a chick and bring your £1.50 to school. When they’re gone – they’re gone!
https://forms.office.com/e/jYe3ZxQrRT?origin=lprLink
Defibrillator Training
Massive thank you to St John Scotland for coming along to our Inservice training day on Tuesday 11th February and providing a training session on using the Defibrillator.
Our Defib was fitted in September 2024. The Defib is accessible from 7.00am – 6.00pm Monday – Friday, and in Term Time only. It is located on the school wall in the staff carpark at the James Taylor Avenue gated entrance.
EAC Recycling Visit
East Ayrshire Recycling – visit to Catrine Primary School
On Wednesday we had 2 people from East Ayrshire Recycling come in to the school to talk about recycling and how we can improve on helping to recycle more.
Brian and Jordan were our 2 community waste officers who came in to the school. Jordan talked to primary 5, 6 and 7 about everything that we can do to help improve recycling:
- what goes in which box of the recycling trolley
- what vehicle collects the waste and much more
We have the Romaquip Recycling Vehicle that collects our recycling and food waste:
- the 1st compartment is for plastic and cans
- the 2nd is for mixed paper and card
- the 3rd is for food waste
- the 4th is for glass 1
- the 5th is for coffee pods, electrical items, clothes and textiles
- the 6th is for glass 2
- the 7th is for paper and cardboard
We learned about food waste and what you can and can’t put in your caddy…
You can put in dry food, out of date stuff, eggshells, bones, tea bags and coffee grounds.
You can’t put in liquids, bags or pet waste.
We also learned about the bio capital in Cumbernauld, which is where all the food waste gets processed. Did you know that 60 to 200,000 kgs of food waste gets processed every week?
There is also a food waste sniff test. We learned what goes in which parts of the recycling trolleys that we use at home:
- paper and cardboard – blue box
- plastic and cans – red box
- mixed glass – grey box
We can also sit out small electrical items (WEEE) which stands for Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment.
Fun facts… did you know that 1 x full food caddy can make 8 slices of toast and 2 x full food caddies can power a cinema for a whole movie! Also, 1 x recycled aluminium can can power your TV for 3 hours!
We learned a lot during this visit and we would like to thank Jordan and Brian for coming to our school.
Report written, and visit arranged, by Alfie in P6
Ruby Reward Winners 07.02.2025
Well done to this week’s Ruby Reward Winners for being excellent pupils in our dinner hall.
Holiday Reminder
Just a reminder that the school will be on holiday Monday 10th & 11th February.
We will close on Friday 7th February at 3.00pm and reopen on Wednesday 12th February at 9.00am
Enjoy your long weekend.
Slime Workshop Dates
Thank you to everyone who has signed up to our Slime Workshops so far. Workshop times will be given out next Wednesday after the February weekend. We can’t wait to get started and hope you are as excited as we are.
The Goo-Bros
Early Learning & Childcare 2025-26
Applications for children aged 3 and 4 years for the academic year 2025-26 will open online on Friday 14th February for 2 weeks. The online application will close at midnight on Friday 28th February. If you have a child born between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023 you should apply. Children currently accessing a 2 year-old place must also complete the online application form to secure a 3 year old place. Children returning to an Early Years setting do not need to re-apply unless you wish your child to attend a different Centre, in which case you should make an application for your preferred choice.
Just Jeans School Wear
AS you are aware Just Jeans in Auchinleck are closing down,
They have a small amount of Catrine Primary School uniform available to buy.
Give them a call on 07745568861
Sweatshirts – age 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12 & 12/13
Cardigan – age 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 & 11/12
Polo shirt – age 5/6, 11/12 & 13
Hoody – age 3/4
Knitted Cardigan – age 9/10 & 11/12
Diary Dates
Cupcakes For Sale
*** OUR DELICIOUS CUPCAKES WILL BE ON SALE AT THE SCHOOL GATES TODAY FROM 2.50PM. COST £1 – DON’T MISS OUT ***
We are the Busy Bakers – Eilidh, Hannah, Lucy and Ellie. We have got the tastiest cupcakes in all of Catrine – on sale tomorrow (5th February) for £1.
We will be visiting classes tomorrow to sell our delicious cakes which are decorated with yummy chocolate drops and pink edible crystals. They are guaranteed to sell out so don’t forget to bring your £1 to school.
A huge thank you to the school kitchen for supporting our business. The cupcakes are the school’s recipe and contain the following allergens: eggs, cereals containing gluten.
DON’T MISS OUT!!
Handball Girls – Come and Try
Catrine PS and ECC – Vision, Values and Aims
Catrine PS and ECC – Vision, Values and Aims
Click on the link below to see our new poster …
Over the last couple of years we have been working together to update our Vision, Values and Aims. Last session we introduced our new CATRINE Values and this session we have focused on reviewing our Aims.
Our Aims are a description of our Values and both pupils and staff decided that, whilst we need the detailed version, we also needed a version of our Aims that could be understood by all of our children, at both the ECC and PS. Our P7 pupils worked together and produced a much shorter, child-friendly version of our Aims and we’ve included them in our poster.
We would like your opinion about our new Vision, Values and Aims poster and content. Please take the time to read through the poster above and let us know any comments/suggestions on the Form below. We appreciate your input and thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Govans
Easter Chicks
*** SOLD OUT ***
Thank you to everyone who bought one of our cute chicks. We hope you love them as much as we enjoyed making them.
Hey, we are The Sweet Chicks – Bella, Skye and Lenore. We are selling cute, knitted chicks stuffed with a creme egg inside. They cost just £1.50 and can be used time and time again.
To get your handmade knitted chick like the one below, simply fill in the form and hand your money in at school. Your sweet chick will be delivered to your class.
https://forms.office.com/e/jYe3ZxQrRT?origin=lprLink
P1-7 Slime Workshops
Goo-Bros
We are the Goo-Bros and we are Ayden, Darryl, Eli, Olly and Lennox.
We are offering pupils a fun interactive experience to make slime in school. And guess what? Its only £2 a person and you take the slime you make home with you.
Book your place now on the link below and pay your money to school!
Don’t miss out – book now!
