One more sleep until Dolphin House!!

P7 pupils attending the residential, please be at the school for 9.00am. Parents/Carers are welcome to wait to wave off the bus.

The bus will leave at 9.15am.

Weather forecast for the week at Dolphin House, is sunny, cold and light winds. Please ensure that warm clothes are packed.

Remember to pack an empty water bottle, empty lunch box and bring along any medication that you have advised us of.

Looking forward to another amazing time at Dolphin House 🙂

Welcome back to the start of Term 3.  We’re kicking off this very busy term by asking for your help.

At the beginning of this session, after consultation with pupils, staff, parents and carers, we updated our school and ECC values.

We now have our CATRINE Values –

C – Community

A – Achievement

T – Teamwork

R – Respect

I – Inclusion

N – Nurture

E – Excellence

We’re asking for your help in designing a logo which contains the words CATRINE Values and what each letter stands for.  The winning design will be made into a poster by the EAC Print Room and will be displayed around the school and incorporated into our school stationery.

We are NOT replacing our school badge – the lovely image of the Catrine Wheel will still be on our school jumpers and polo shirts; we are looking for a design for our CATRINE Values.

Logo entries are welcomed from creative folk of all ages – you can either hand in entries on paper to the main office or take photos of your design and email them to judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.

The finished poster will be A4 size so we’re looking for a bright, colourful and clear poster which makes our CATRINE Values very easy to read and understand.

Thanks in advance for your help – I can’t wait to see your wonderful entries.  All entries to be in by Friday 26th January please.  Please contact the school for further information.  Mrs Govans

Dear Parent/Carer

As you are no doubt aware, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2024).

Please complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Wednesday 24 January 2024.

Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks

What a quick term – it has flown in!

At our Christmas Service on Wednesday, our Parent Council Chair, Dawn, and Treasurer, Ashley, drew out two names to win a £25 Smyths Toys voucher from the Parent Council.

Congratulations to Nadia and Rhys, both from P2/3

Make sure to click on the Sway links to watch our wonderful infant nativity ‘This Way to Bethlehem’ and our ukulele group performance.  We are so proud of all of our pupils for their great efforts.

We close today at 2.30pm – after a whole school Christmas Quiz in the hall – and I look forward to seeing everyone on 8th January.

Wishing all our Catrine friends and family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Take care, Mrs Govans

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

We have the final total that was raised at the Christmas Fayre

£1176.59

WOW we can’t thank you enough for your amazing support on the night and throughout the year.

Our P7s raised £63.00 towards their Leavers Hoodies & the Parent Council raised £564.05.

Thank you again from all at Catrine Primary School and The Parent Council.

Just a reminder about the Odeon trip for tomorrow.

Please ensure your child arrives at school before 9.00am, to allow for registration and toilets before going on the bus.

Please be mindful that the buses will be parking on James Taylor Avenue, and to allow access for the buses.

The bus will be leaving at 9.10am, and will return to the school for 12.15pm.

If your child is a home lunch, please send in a note or phone the school before 9.10am.

WE WILL BE PROVIDING A SNACK AND A DRINK FOR ALL PUPILS.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD WITH AN ADDITIONAL SNACK.

Looking forward to another fabulous whole school trip.

P1 & P2 Pupils

They can come to school dressed in their party clothes, or bring them in a bag to change into before the party.

If you wish your child to go home and change at lunchtime, please send in a note or phone the school to advise.

All P1 & P2 pupils going home at lunchtime, can be collected from the infant gate at 12.15pm.

Please return your child to the school via the main school gate at 12.55pm.

Thank you

P1 Registration

Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2024 and 28 February 2025 and whose parents/carers wish them to attend school should be registered for education during the week Monday 8 January 2024 until Friday 12 January 2024.

To register you should complete an online application and submit no later than Friday 12 January 2024.

 Register at: – https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

If you are unable to register online then please phone your local school who will assist you to register your child.

Thursday 21st December is our whole school trip to Odeon Kilmarnock.

We will be leaving Catrine PS at 9.00am and will return for 12.15pm.

Please ensure your child arrives at school before 9.00am on Thursday morning.

WE WILL BE PROVIDING A SNACK AND DRINK FOR ALL PUPILS.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD WITH A SNACK.

Looking forward to another fabulous whole school trip.

Our Christmas Service and Nativity will take place on Wednesday 20th December.

Our doors will open at 9.00am for a 9.15am start.

All parent/carers are well to join us.

Look forward to seeing you.

The children of the ECC will be singing Christmas Carols in the Square at 2pm.

Our P6 pupils will be joining them.

All parent/carers, neighbours, friends and community are welcome to come along and join in with the singing.

P3 Parents/Carers – Can you please ensure that your child is wearing a Christmas jumper on the following days;

Tuesday 19th December – Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 20th December – Christmas Service & Nativity.

We have a few jumpers at school. Please phone if you require one.

Thank you

What a fantastic night we had last night at our Christmas Fayre. Thank you to everyone who came along and played our games, bought our crafts and enjoyed a cuppa with friends.  Look out for our grand total on a blog post next week.

For a night to be as successful as this it takes a lot of team work and kind donations. We would like to say thank you to :

• The Cotton Trail for the donations of the hot dogs and rolls
• Tesco for the marshmallows and sweets to make our snowmen
• Mrs Garven (Mrs Ferguson’s mum) for the delicious shortbread
• Joyce Ferguson (Mrs Schendel’s sister) for knitting our Elves Jingles and Holly
• Mrs Goudie for the gorgeous baby blanket
• Miss Caughie for the two boxes of Mint Aero desserts
• RAD for the Prosecco Afternoon Tea
• Mrs Watt for the bottle of prosecco, chocolates and Countdown to Christmas Face Masks
• Mrs Govans for the donation of sweeties in the jar
• Everyone who donated chocolate and bottles for the tombola stalls
• The parent council who give up their time and continue to be a huge support to our school
• All our wonderful staff who bring out the best in our pupils and give their time to make the night such a success
• Our talented and wonderful pupils who put in so much effort to produce their crafts and our P7 helpers on the night
• Our photographer, Eli, who took the photos below

Prize Winners

• Prosecco and chocolates – Morgan Steele
• Face Masks – Ava Gilmour
• Mint Aero desserts – Georgia Fowler and Ewan Cameron
• Baby blanket – Lara McPike
• RAD voucher – Kerry Caughie
• Hamper – Lauren Campbell
• Hamper – Rhona Goudie
• Number of sweeties in the jar – Ashton Kerr-McNaughton
• Jingles and Holly (birthday 21st October) – Kiara Shepherd

Thanks again everyone and have a very Merry Christmas

Please note the change for school meals on Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd December.

Thursday 21st December – the options will be Pizza & Vegetable Pakora ( please note that if you have booked the Quorn option, it will be replaced with pakora)

Friday 22nd December – Soup and a sandwich. This has been updated on Parentpay.

Previous order for this day will be deleted and you have to go back on to parent pay and select for your child.

Apologies for the change. Thank you

Parents/carers of P7s that are going on the Dolphin House residential trip in January:

There are a few permission forms still to be returned and a few payments to be made for the trip and bus.

Can you please ensure that the forms are returned and payments made by Friday 22nd December?

Thank you

Well done to this week’s winners for being excellent pupils in our dinner hall.