It’s been a busy last week of Term 1.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Harvest Service on Wednesday – well done to our P7 readers and Media Team.

We donated a huge amount of tins, cans and packets of food to the 12 O’clock Gang and we’re proud to be supporting all members of our school community.

We had a wonderful 93% attendance rate for our Parents Night – a wee bit lower than our usual 98% but that’s because some pupils and families are on holiday. We hope you all enjoyed hearing about your child’s progress and achievements in their new class.

Thank you to everyone who left comments for our BIG Questions – your suggestions and answers will help us to update our Respectful Relationships policy during our October in-service day.

Have a read through the comments below …

Big Questions October 2026

Have a lovely October holiday and we’ll see you all on Tuesday 20th October to start Term 2.  Mrs Govans

In our Home Circles this morning we were focusing on the UNCRC.  We learned there are 54 Rights (or Articles), with Article 1 stating that ‘every child under 18 has these rights’.

Our BIG Questions were …

Why is it so important that every child, wherever they live, has the same rights?

Why would some children NOT enjoy these rights? Who would stop them? Why?

As always, our pupils have produced some amazing responses – check them out below.

Our senior pupils asked if they can wear Scotland football strips/t-shirts/jerseys to school tomorrow – Tuesday 6th October – to send Good Luck vibes to the Scotland national football team ahead of their game tomorrow night v Slovenia at Hampden in the Nations League.

We held a vote at assembly this morning and it was an overwhelming YES from our pupils so…

All pupils can come to school tomorrow wearing their school uniform OR a Scotland strip/t-shirt (no other football colours please).   Thanks, Mrs Govans

Our Depute Manager, Alana Speirs, will be remaining at Darvel ECC in her seconded role as Head of Centre for Term 2, which takes us to the Christmas holidays.

We are delighted that Carol Rennie will continue as our Acting Depute Manager at Catrine ECC.

Thanks, Mrs Govans

On Thursday we celebrated 25 years of the amazing Mrs Watt.

Mrs Watt has been a Classroom Assistant at Catrine Primary School since October 2001.  Pupils presented her with lovely cards, and staff shared funny stories about working with her, along with gifts of flowers and vouchers and cupcakes from the kitchen staff.

As it was her Silver Anniversary, she was decorated in silver tinsel and balloons which she had to wear ALL DAY, much to the delight of our pupils!

Thank you, Mrs Watt, for being such an important member of #TeamCatrine – here’s to another 25 years!!! 🙂

A huge thank you to Matthew in P5 who brought in a very interesting book, which is now proudly on display in our trophy cabinet.

Matthew’s mum was gifted a very old book by one of her customers, who had purchased it in a market in Glasgow.

The book has a certificate inside which read:

Catrine Public School

First Prize for Reading in Divisional Boys Infant Class

Awarded to David Aitken

Donated by Hugh Ewing Esq. on 28th July 1882

We met in our Home Circles for the first time this year and our P7 leaders did a wonderful job of settling in our younger pupils.

As well as completing an ‘All About Me’ overview for the new Circle, the pupils worked together to provide wonderful answers about our CATRINE Values.

Check out their awesome answers below!

Our BIG question…

Our CATRINE Values are displayed all around the school and ECC. What do they mean for us?

Two of our pupils were playing in a big football tournament at Flamingo Land at the weekend with their team, Auchinleck Talbot 2018s.

We are very proud of Logan in P4 and Jaxson in P3, with their team getting all the way to the final.  Well done, boys!

Our P6 pupils enjoyed a brilliant BIG Sleepover last Friday night.  Miss Burleigh and some parents joined us for some great team games (with maybe a  wee bit of cheating taking place …) and then we had hotdogs and toasted marshmallows around the campfire.

We then got into our PJs, made up our beds in the wee gym hall (gym mats and sleeping bags!), watched the Scotland game on the big screen and eventually got to sleep around 2.30am!

Everyone was up by 7.30am (although some were awake from 6.00am!), we had our breakfast and tidied up and everyone was collected by 8.00am.  Mrs Schendel and I then went home and slept for the rest of the day!

Well done to our P6 pupils for a funny, loud, sweetie-filled sleepover.

Thank you to all friends and family who were able to join us for our Prizegiving on Wednesday 17th June.

It is always a joy to show off the incredible progress, attainment and successes of our pupils.  We are so very proud of them all!

Primary 2

Successful Learner – Rosa and Responsible Citizen – Jessica

Effective Contributor – Claye and Confident Individual – Miller

Primary 3

Successful Learner – Elleana and Responsible Citizen – Leah

Effective Contributor – Jaxson and Confident Individual – Daniel

Primary 4

Successful Learner – Shaun and Responsible Citizen – Nadia

Effective Contributor – Logan and Confident Individual – Harper

Primary 5

Successful Learner – Adam and Responsible Citizen – Maya

Effective Contributor – Miley and Confident Individual – Braxton

Primary 6

Successful Learner – Ashton and Responsible Citizen – Esther

Effective Contributor – Owen and Confident Individual – Oscar

Primary 7

Successful Learner – Jalyn and Responsible Citizen – Poppy

Effective Contributor – Brody and Confident Individual – Maddisen

Sports Champions

Juniors : Layla and Tyler

Seniors: Gracie-Leigh and Leighton

House Reward Trophy – Marneil and Avalon

CATRINE Values Awards – Leah in P3 and Myia in P7

Excellence in Learning Awards

P2 – Coila, P3 – Emily, P4 – Alfie, P5 – Allan, P6 – Jamie and P7 – Kayla

Individual Awards

P7 McIlvean Maths Award: Harper and P4 Literacy Award: Ellie

Chess Champion: Jamie in P6 and P7 Citizenship Award: Myia

Scots Verse Recitation Award: Harry in P7

P7 Creativity Award: Luna

To celebrate the World Cup, pupils are encouraged to come to school wearing something blue, something tartan, a Scotland football or rugby top or dressed down in casual clothes tomorrow, Friday 12th.

Let’s give the Scotland team a good send off before their first big game!

It’s not only the pupils at Catrine PS who are happy and healthy – so are the staff!

Well done to Mrs McCaig in P7 who recently completed the Edinburgh Marathon!  Along with her friend, Kathryn, Mrs McCaig completed the course in a great time on a very warm May day.

We’re also very proud of Mrs Cook in P7 who completed the 10K Roon the Toon Race in Kilmarnock last Sunday, in a new personal best time.

What a great example they are setting to our pupils!

You’ve been CAUGHT! displaying our CATRINE Values

Some of our P5 pupils have been working with Barry Holmes, our Vibrant Communities Coordinator, to learn about bike safety and improve their cycling skills.

After completing the 3 sessions of the training course, they were awarded with a certificate to show that they are

BRILLIANT BIKERS!

Well done to Ayla, Layla, Ava, Carter, Callum, Miley and Calli.

On the in-service day on Thursday 7th May, we joined up with colleagues from Mauchline PS to focus on the teaching and learning of Numeracy across all stages.

It was a very enjoyable and productive session, sharing excellent practice, ideas and resource recommendations.  We look forward to visiting Mauchline PS again for more professional learning.

At our Parents Evening on April 1st, our House Captains asked our parents some BIG questions.

Thanks to everyone who posted an answer.  All of your responses are important and are taken into consideration when we are planning our next steps in learning.

Click on the link and have a read through the responses below ..

BIG questions April 26

In our Home Circles this week we were looking at Article 28 on the UNCRC which states that ‘children and young people have the right to an education.’

Our BIG questions were

• What makes a quality teacher?
• What makes a quality pupil?

Check out our awesome answers below 🙂 

Now that Spring has sprung, in our Home Circles we talked about how lighter nights means more time outside playing with friends and family.

Our BIG questions were –

• How can we keep ourselves safe when we’re out and about?
• Where are the safe places I can play after school?
• What are the ways I can keep myself safe when I’m out playing?

Check out their awesome answers below…

Catrine PS pupils have been representing our school in football tournaments and games recently.

Our school team played against Hillhead PS on 16.03.26, winning comfortably 6-0 and we now wait to see if we progress onto the next round of the Small Schools Cup, having won 4 games, drew 1 game and lost 1 game.  Fingers crossed!

Back: Steven, Brody (C), Finlay and Leighton

Front: Jack, Harris, Jamie, Allan and Oscar

Our girls also participated in a Girls Football Tournament at Townhead Park on 17.03.26, playing 12 games of football!

They played very well together, scoring some cracking goals!

Back: Callie, Lucie (C), Gracie-Leigh, Charlotte and Sophie

Front: Kacey, Brooke and Esther

We are very proud of them all!