Huge thanks to Talbot superstar, and former Catrine PS pupil, Craig McCracken for visiting the school and ECC today with the Scottish Junior Cup.  Our pupils were delighted to pose for photos with the impressive silverware and had loads of questions for Craig.

Auchinleck lassies Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Watt were first in to get their hands on the trophy!

Thanks again, Craig – and well done on another victory!!

What a fantastic day we have had celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee!

We had our very own live band playing this morning while we were busy decorating placemats.  A big thank you to members of the Sanquhar Silver band and friends for keeping us entertained.  The ECC joined us in marching round the playground to show off our majestic crowns and to give some very royal waves. We then finished by standing and listening to the band play the National Anthem.

Our street party lunch was so much fun! We showed off our dance moves and ate delicious party food.  A big thank you to our Catering Team once again for making our lunch so special.

Throughout the day the children took part in different activities. Make sure you have  look on the class blogs to see what they got up to.   We have just loved being able to mix classes again and see our older pupils supporting the younger ones.

A big thank you to all the staff who have worked hard to make the school look special and for organising such a fantastic day!

Have a great holiday weekend.

Mrs Schendel

Catrine PS Football Team recently took part in the EAC Small Schools Football Festival at the Robert Burns Academy pitches.

We played 3 matches – and won all three!!  Thanks to all who came along to support the team – it was much appreciated.

Special thanks to former pupil Josh Suitters who has been coaching our team this term – he’s obviously doing a great job!

Well done to Calvin (C), Sonny, Declan, Keir, Robbie, Ryan, Bailey, Jayden, Finlay and Cooper for representing our school so well.

Thank you so much to our Catering Team for a fantastic Jubilee Lunch.  The children said it was, “so yummy!”

Thank you also to Mrs Watt for our balloon decorations, our tables looked fit for royalty!

Please note that the after-school football training for P5, P6 and P7 pupils is CANCELLED on Tuesday 31st May as the school football team is taking part in the EAC Small Schools Football Festival at the Robert Burns Academy pitches.
Football training will still take place on Tuesdays 7th and 14th June from 3.00-4.15pm.
​​​​​​​Thank you.

A reminder that Mrs Schendel, Miss Murdoch and Miss Burleigh will be in the playground from 2.45pm tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 24th May, to chat about all things maths.

See previous post for details.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs Schendel

Please click on the link below to see our May and June newsletter and some dates for the diary!  A busy few weeks ahead for our Catrine PS pupils 🙂

May-June 2022

Our partnership with National Numeracy is coming to an end and I would like to say a huge thank you to all the families and pupils who engaged with the scrapbooks over the year.

I have been so proud to attend meetings with the organisers and other schools in East Ayrshire who have been taking part and to show off the fantastic work lots of you have been doing!

Due to the huge success we intend to continue with the scrapbooks next year and, fingers crossed, we may be able to get families together to share ideas and offer support.

National Numeracy would like your feedback and have asked that parents complete a short survey.  You have a chance of being entered into their competition to win £50 worth of books and games.

Please click the link below and good luck!

https://nn.typeform.com/to/xLcyBnNU

Mrs Schendel

Although some restrictions are beginning to ease we still really miss not being able to  have our parents/carers in school to see all the fabulous learning that is taking place.

Mrs Schendel, Miss Murdoch and Miss Burleigh would love a blether with parents/carers of P5/6 and Primary 6/7 about all things maths and will be in the main playground on Tuesday 24th May at 2.45pm.

Please come along and ask any questions you may have in supporting your child with their maths homework or to ask about the maths work taking place in the classrooms.

We would appreciate that in line with our regulations that social distancing is maintained.

If you are unable to attend but have any maths related questions you would like to ask please e-mail me at:

roberta.schendel@eastayrshire.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you then.

It’s National Walk to School Week next week, beginning Monday 16th May.  Our Junior Road Safety Officers in P4 have come up with a different theme for each day for our PS and ECC children – we look forward to seeing everyone taking part throughout the week.

We hope that you will take part in the Walk to School Week.  If you come to the PS or ECC by car, why not Park & Stride?

This is a great time to remind everyone that the area around our ECC and PS is a School Streets area and is traffic controlled between 8.30-9.15am and 2.30-3.15pm to allow our children to arrive and leave safely.  Unfortunately, the rules are not always being followed and children continue to be dropped off and picked up by cars outside our school, which is a major health and safety concern for all of our pupils.

Next week’s themes are ….

Mixed-up Monday: wear your jumper back to front

Team up Tuesday- walk to school with a friend or family member

Wild Wednesday – wear your hair in a wild or crazy style

Think about it Thursday – can you think of any ways that we can improve our community?

Freestyle Friday – Wear your own clothes to school.

Thank you, from Primary 4 Junior Road Safety Officers

Every class at Catrine PS entered into the Primary School Art Competition at last Saturday’s Catrine Show.  The theme for the artwork was ‘The Platinum Jubilee’.

We are delighted to announce that five of our pupils were winners!!

P1-P3 – 1st – Brooke P3

P1-P3 – 2nd – Logan B P1

P1-P3 – 3rd – Cole P2

P4-P5 – Lennox P4

P6-P7 – Sophie P7

Well done to our Art Superstars!!! 🙂

All the pupils and staff at Catrine Primary School would like to say goodbye and good luck to Mrs McDicken, who has been our Senior Clerical Assistant for 28 years!

We would like to thank her for her many years of dedicated service to the pupils and community of Catrine, and wish her all the best in her new role at Ochiltree PS.

A reminder that Mrs Schendel, Miss Edmund and Miss McLean will be in the playground from 2.45pm tomorrow, Tuesday 10th May, to chat about all things maths.  See post below for more details.

Fingers crossed the weather clears up and we look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs Schendel

These girls – P7 pupils Layla, Sophie and Alix and Lexie in P6 –  took part in the SSBU Badminton Primary Championships at the weekend in Perth. They were excellent representatives for the school and the community and we are very proud of them all.

Well done!! What an achievement.

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‘ Active schools are starting a multi sports community club for P1-3 age stage. Details are on the poster. Sign up is required via the link:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ActiveCatrineMultiT3/

If the survey is closed the places are full.’

Please click on the PDF below to view poster:

Catrine multi

REMINDER

Tomorrow, Thursday 5th May is a staff in-service day.

Thank you.

Although some restrictions are beginning to ease we still really miss not being able to  have our parents/carers in school to see all the fabulous learning that is taking place.

Mrs Schendel, Miss Edmund and Miss McLean would love a blether with parents/carers of P3 and Primary 4 about all things maths and will be in the main playground on Tuesday 10th May at 2.45pm.

Please come along and ask any questions you may have in supporting your child with their maths homework or to ask about the maths work taking place in the classrooms.

We would appreciate that in line with our regulations that social distancing is maintained.

If you are unable to attend but have any maths related questions you would like to ask please e-mail me at:

roberta.schendel@eastayrshire.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you then.