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! 

Congratulations to Leah in P3 who participated in her first Dance competition at the weekend, and was awarded with a trophy for her wonderful efforts.   Well done, Leah!

A massive Thank You to Logan R in P5 for his very kind donation of Disney and Pixar books for our school and class libraries.  We are going to love reading through these books during our ERIC (Everyone Reads In Class) time.

We were delighted to welcome several members of EAC’s Education Leadership team to the school a couple of weeks ago, for a three day Learning Visit.  This is a chance for us to show off the wonderful learning and teaching taking place in our classrooms and outdoors.

I am very proud to share their report and think it summarises how the hard work and dedication of all staff members, the enthusiasm and energy of our pupils and the support of our parents/carers and wider school community all combine to ensure Catrine PS is ‘a special wee place‘ (a direct quote from one of our visitors!)

Strengths

• In consultation with the school community, a positive and inclusive ethos has been created, firmly underpinned by well-established CATRINE Values that are consistently embedded in practice and are clearly evident in the daily life of the school.
• Children are confident, respectful and happy. They show a great sense of pride in their school.
• The relationships throughout the school continue to be strong, respectful and caring.
• The whole school community benefits from clear, well-established and effective lines of communication that support positive relationships and shared understanding.
• Distributed leadership is established, enabling staff to take ownership of initiatives and drive school improvement collaboratively.
• Catrine PS is widely regarded as a strength within its local community.
• ASN procedures and processes are regularly reviewed by the DHT and staff,  ensuring a sound understanding of pupil need and a clear overview of intentions. 

The feedback also provided us with clear priorities for future focus areas which we will address through our School Improvement Plan, our collegiate training nights and in-service days.

The learning visit was a very positive and informative experience and it’s great to see our wee village school being acknowledged in this way.  Thank you. Mrs Govans

In our Home Circles we were focusing on Article 7 of the UNCRC which states that ‘every child, immediately after birth, has the right to a legal name, a nationality and the right to know and be cared for by their parents, carers and their governments’.

Our BIG questions were …

Why is it important that everyone has an official and legal name?

Which important documents do you need your official name for?

What do we mean by ‘nationality’? When is it important to know your nationality?

Take a look at our awesome answers below!

In Home Circles we focused on Article 19 of the UNCRC which states that ‘children have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated’.

Our BIG questions were

• What are the basic rights that every child, wherever they live, should have?
• Whose job is it to keep children safe, both in school and in the community?

Check out their awesome answers below …

In our Home Circles we focused on Article 12 of the UNCRC which states that ‘children have the right to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, and that their views and opinions should be listened to and taken seriously’.

Our BIG questions were –

When is your opinion listened to in Catrine PS?  When is your voice heard?

Why is it important that your opinion is listened to?  Why is it important that your voice is heard?

Check out our awesome answers below …

We are very proud of Brody in Primary 7 who has been selected for the EAC Primary School District Football team for session 2025/26.

Brody participated in a tough trial process over the last few weeks and we’re delighted that he’s going to represent Catrine PS this year.  The District team play games against teams from all over Scotland and we look forward to hearing how they get on.

Getting our children to and from school safely is the responsibility of everyone in our village.

Catrine PS is proud to be a School Streets area and to keep our pupils safe we have parking restrictions in place around our school streets at both drop-off and pick-up times.

Between 8.45-9.15am and 2.45-3.15pm, the streets around our school should be free from all unnecessary traffic, apart from residents, to ensure our pupils and wider school community can enter and leave our school safely.

We have noticed an increase in the number of pupils being dropped off at the school each morning, and in the number of cars being parked at our school gates.  If your child can walk to school, we ask that you encourage them to do so to keep the traffic away from our School Streets area. 

We would appreciate your  support in this matter.  Thank you.