Are you interested in being part of the School Parent Council?

Details of the Parent Council AGM:

Tuesday 1st November 2022, 7.15PM

Please contact catrineparents@gmail.com  for the meeting link and login details, thank you

At our recent Parents Night on October 12th, our House Captains did a wonderful job of asking parents/carers to complete a short survey of two questions –

What are we doing well in Catrine PS?

What can we improve in Catrine PS?

Thank you to everyone who contributed.  I’ve compiled all of the responses and they’re proudly displayed in the school as we’re chuffed to bits with the positive feedback we received.

Please click on the links below to view the responses.  Mrs Govans

Doing well Oct 22

What could we improve on Oct 22

Wow! Term 1 has simply flown in!

Thank you … to all family and friends who joined us at our Harvest Service.  It was lovely to show off our singing and welcome you back into the school again. 

Thank you … to everyone who kindly donated to our Harvest Hush-In.  The fantastic total of £124.50 was raised, which will go towards transport costs for our school Christmas trip – details to follow next term. 

Thank you … to everyone who attended our Parents Night appointments.  We had a turnout of 98% – our highest turnout EVER!  It was wonderful to chat with parents/carers and great to see families admiring the artwork in our corridors and classes.

Reminder … the school and ECC close today at 3.00pm for the October holidays.   We hope everyone has a lovely break and we look forward to welcoming our pupils back on Tuesday 25th October at 9.00am.

Take care.   Mrs Govans 

• Parent Council AGM  – Tuesday 11th October at 7.00pm via Zoom.  Please email catrineparents@gmail.com for the meeting link.
• Harvest Service – Wednesday 12th October at 9.15am in the school.  All welcome.
• Harvest Hush-In – Wednesday 12th October PM – please log onto Parentpay to see how to donate towards this fundraising event
• Parents Night – Wednesday 12th October.  Thanks to everyone who has already made an appointment to meet their child’s teacher to discuss their learning and targets.  Appointments are still available – phone the school on 01290 551436 to book a time.

A busy few days ahead!   Thank you.  Mrs Govans 

Oct Prog

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OctoberAS-CatSports/

Please remember to check your child’s class blog to see what they’ve been learning in their class.  

This has been a very busy week in Catrine PS – from strings tuition to art exhibitions and from caterpillars to Viking jewellery!

Each class has their own separate class blog which is full of great photos and details about what our pupils have been up to.  The links to the blogs are included in the Menu section of our home GLOW page.

Take a look! 

Please click on the link below to see an invitation to Catrine PS Parent Council’s AGM on Tuesday 11th October at 7pm via Zoom.

New members would be more than welcome!

AGM 11.10.22

Mini Kickers

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/VA8NBP/

P1 – P7 (Full Camp)

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

Any questions, please contact, abby-cjce22@outlook.com

Harvest Service – Wednesday 12^th October @ 9.15am

A warm welcome is extended to all family and friends to come and join us to celebrate our Harvest Thanksgiving next Wednesday 12^th October. Please note we are not asking for food donations this year, thank you.

Catrine Primary School – Harvest Hush-In

To help raise money for school funds we are hosting a Sponsored Silence on Wednesday 12^th October.

P1, P2 and P3 pupils will aim for 30 minutes silence, with P4 to P7 pupils trying to be quiet for 45 minutes!

The Harvest Hush-In will take place in class between 1.00pm and 2.00pm.  The pupils will read books and complete activities related to reading.  Each class has a class library so there is a wide range of books available.

All money raised will go towards transport costs for our whole school cinema trip in December – details to follow.

As we are a cashless school, donations for the Harvest Hush-In should be made on ParentPay – this means that we don’t need individual sponsor sheets. When you log into your ParentPay account, you will see a Harvest Hush-In notification – you can donate as much as you like (minimum donation of £1.00).  Please do not send cash into the school.

Please contact the school for any more information, thanks for your continued support and we hope you can join us at our Harvest Service next week.     Mrs Govans

Any girls in Primary P4 – P7  interested in football, please click on the link below for more information, for football at Catrine Games Hall.

Girls Football

Participation Centre – Come along and give Football a try!

Venue: Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus, Outdoor – Astro

Dates: Wednesday 5^th October 2022 – Wednesday 7^th December 2022

Times: 4pm – 5pm

Age Group: Primary 1 – Primary 7

Girls Only

Cost: FREE

To book a place please click the link below:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ROSEOct2022/

Participation Centre – Come along and give Football a try!

Venue: Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus, Outdoor – Astro

Dates: Monday 3^rd October 2022 – Monday 5^th December 2022

Times: 4pm – 5pm

Age Group: Primary 1 – Primary 7

Boys Only

Cost: FREE

To book a place please click the link below:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BoydOct2022/

KB flyer 2022 final

We are delighted that we are able to welcome our parents/carers back into school to meet with their child’s teachers at our Parents Nights next week, on Wednesday 12^th October.

Appointments are available from 3.20pm, with each appointment lasting for 10 minutes.

This is a great opportunity to meet your child’s teacher, have a wee look through their jotters and class work, ask any questions you may have about their progress and find out their learning targets for next term.

Please phone the school for an appointment on 01290 551436 and we look forward to opening our doors to you for our first in-school Parents Night since October 2019!

Participation Centre – Come along and give Rugby a try !

Venue: Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus, Outdoor – Astro

Dates: Tuesday 4^th October 2022 – Tuesday 6^th December 2022

Times: 4pm – 5pm

Age Group: Primary 4 – Primary 7

Cost: FREE

To book a place please click the link below:

http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/REIDOct22/

Gordy Reid Rugby – Oct22

We were so delighted today to finally open our doors and welcome our pupils’ families back in to our school!

It was amazing (and quite emotional) to see so many of you this morning and the staff and children were so proud to show off all the fantastic work that takes place in our classrooms.

A huge well done to our superstars Ellie and Hannah who stood up and demonstrated their maths skills, they were outstanding.

Thank you so much for your feedback. We will look through these and look at ways at continuing  to support pupils and families with maths. Look out for future posts on how we have responded to your suggestions.

Thank you so much once again, we really loved having you all back!

Mrs Schendel

Here are the links for Photographic and Computer Consent.

Photographic Consent

Computer consent

Please follow the link for dates for your diary for the following months of September, October and  November 2022.

Diary dates Sep 22

This week is Maths Week Scotland and we are looking forward to taking part in lots of activities throughout the week.

Following on from the success of last  year, we are relaunching our National Numeracy’s Family Maths scrapbooks and activities. These are activities that help children and families to explore everyday maths at home together. They link the maths that children are learning at school with life outside the classroom.

To help you and your child complete these activities every pupil will bring home a toolkit packed full of equipment to help you get creative.

Please come along to our Maths Open Morning this Wednesday 28th at 9am for more information on supporting your child at home with maths.  You will also have the opportunity to  visit your child’s classroom and see all the amazing maths activities that take place there every day.

Have fun exploring your toolkit and I look forward to looking through the scrapbooks.

Mrs Schendel

As part of Maths Week Scotland next week we are delighted to be able to open our doors and welcome parents and carers into the school.

The main doors will open at 9.00am and a short presentation will be given in the main hall.

There is then an opportunity for you to go and join your child in their classroom and take part in their maths lesson.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 28th September at 9.00am.

Mrs Schendel