Good morning.  I hope this finds you and yours safe and well.

Please look out for your child’s report card in the post this week.

I was very proud reading through their teacher’s comments and remembering all of their successes throughout this year, and I know you will enjoy sharing their report with your family.  We’ve certainly managed to cram a lot into every school day from August 2019 to March 2020 🙂

Also, Mrs Schendel and I will be phoning parents/carers for a  blether again this week.  Mrs Schendel will be phoning P4/5, P5/6 and P7 parents and I’ll be phoning P1, P2 and P3/4 parents.  Please remember that our call will come up on your phone as NO CALLER ID – please answer as it’s only us looking for a wee chat!

Wishing you a great week.  Mrs Govans

Good morning on another glorious Thursday morning 🙂

Well done to everyone who completed Tuesday’s Wheely Good challenge, and got out and about on their bikes and scooters – especially Daryl in P5/6 who sent us a photo of the epic bruise on his knee because he fell off his scooter…

Hannah in P2 built an awesome bike ramp in her garden, and Lauren in P4/5 built a lego house complete with pram with wheels – great stuff!

Today’s challenge is all about Shapes.

Sitting here at my kitchen table I can see ..

a circle – the kitchen clock

a square – a photo frame on the window sill

a rectangle – an envelope waiting to be posted

Try to find as many different shapes as possible around your home and make a list of them all.  Shapes can be either 2D (flat) or 3D (solid). Challenge family members to make their own shape list and see who can find the most different shapes.  Look very carefully at small items – the lids of pens, keys or coins as they usually have some unusual shapes hidden away on them.

I look forward to seeing how many different shapes you can find around your house and garden.  Post your lists on your blogs or email them to me @ Judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch. Mrs Govans x

Millie in P3/4 created a  beautiful Fairy Garden

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Good morning and welcome to Tuesday (apologies for the late posting of today’s challenge – ICT issues!)

This challenge is a wheely good one …

Today, try to use something that involves wheels.  You could go out on your bike, trike or scooter.  You could practise going your bike without stabilisers, if you’re still using them.  You could build a car/truck/cart for your toys using Lego or sticks – as long as your finished model has wheels and can move.

When I was wee I used to love building a ‘bogie’ with my Granpa Young in Cumnock. We used old pram wheels, cardboard boxes and odd bits of wood for the base, a skipping rope for steering and my feet were the brakes ….

How about asking an adult to help you build a ‘bogie’ (trailer/cart – you can call it whatever you like) for your toys to use in the garden?

So, today’s focus in all about wheels and I can’t wait to see your photos of what you get up to – remember to wear your helmet if you’re out on your bike!

As always, stay safe, take care and keep in touch.  Mrs Govans x Judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Aimee in P4/5 getting ‘help’ from wee sister Ruby to do her schoolwork on her laptop 🙂

A lovely Thursday morning to you all.  I’ve had a great laugh reading through some of your jokes from Tuesday’s HT Challenge.  Here are some of the jokes pupils have been sending me …

Harry P2 – What do you call a bear with no teeth?  a gummy bear!

Lexie P4/5 – How do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying? You rocket!

Sophie D P5/6 – Why did the scientist remove her doorbell?  She wanted to win the ‘no-bell’ prize!

Connor P2 – What do you call an exploding monkey?  a bab-boom!

Aren’t they brilliant?  Keep them coming if you have any favourites you’d like to share.

Tomorrow is an important day in Britain’s history as it’s VE – Victory in Europe – Day, celebrating 75 years.  All classes have work on their class blog relating to this and , as tomorrow is a holiday, there will be no work posted by teachers, so have a wee read through their VE Day activities.

Today’s challenge is another singing one .  We sing this regularly at assembly, all up on our feet, moving around and being VERY loud and expressive – so make sure you and your family put 100% effort into singing this today.  Remember each verse gets faster so you might need to practise a few times to get it right ..

I would love to see some photos/videos on your blogs of you and your family pulling all these funny faces and dance moves.

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch.  Mrs Govans x  Judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv3JjtQzvUc

Good morning to you all on this sunny Tuesday morning 🙂

As I never managed to speak to all of our parents/carers in P5/6 and P4/5 last week I will be phoning again today, and I look forward to having a good blether with some of you.  It’s always great to hear how everyone – our pupils and their families – are getting on.  Remember, you can email us at any time with any issues/concerns.

Update on last week’s Food Tasting Challenge …

Beans – still a no-no from me, I’m afraid (yuck!) Coffee – another nope – couldn’t get past the smell.  Weetabix – I could maybe eat them for breakfast, occasionally, if there was absolutely nothing left in the cupboard.

I was glad to hear from some pupils that they tried my challenge and have discovered new foods to enjoy – Daryl now likes pies, Robbie likes noodles and Lauren likes her dad’s curry.  Success!

I’ll try another three food items this week and let you know how I get on.

Today’s challenge – make today a ‘Tell A Joke Day’. 

Whilst helping my youngest son to clean out his room we discovered a Joke Book, and then spent the rest of the day telling each other corny jokes and making up our own puns.  So, Google ‘kids jokes’ and then share as many as you can with your family.

When Charlie was facetiming his papa later that day, he shared some of his jokes with him – it was great to hear them both laughing so much, and I’m going to use my dad’s joke to get you started on your Tell A Joke Challenge today.

Knock knock

Who’s there?

Disease

Disease who?

Disease wee troosers fit me?

I look forward to reading some of your jokes later on your blogs or emails – we love when you share your work with us online.

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch.

Mrs Govans x    Judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Have a look at some of the super work going on at home by P5/6.  Well done everyone on you amazing efforts. Can you tell what some of our home learning topics are?

Missing you all lots.

Mrs McCaig

Another successful week of home learning! Well done primary 4/5 for your efforts this week. I have been so impressed. It’s so lovely being able to see what you are all doing. So thank you for continuing to share this via your Blog and through e-mail. Keep it up.

Sending you all a virtual group hug!
Miss Robb 🙂

Good morning and happy Thursday to you all.

There’s been a wee change in the weather this week – yesterday I had to put the heating on for a wee while as we were all frozen.  I much preferred last week when we were sunbathing in the garden … bring back the sunshine please!

My youngest son has always been a fussy eater, and we’ve had a breakthrough this week as he has discovered that he likes sausages!  He has been offered them loads of times but always insisted that he didn’t like them – even though he had never actually tried them. So, after giving them a go, he’s decided that they’re actually quite good!

So today’s challenge is a Food Tasting Challenge – I’d like you to try three things today that you’ve always thought you didn’t like the taste of and see if you’ve changed your mind.

The three things I’m going to try are – coffee, Weetabix and beans.  I’ll let you know how I get on in my next post on Tuesday …

Check with your family first about the three things that you’re going to try, and maybe even get them to identify  three food items to taste.  I look forward to hearing from you about the new tastes that you’ve discovered!

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch.  I’m off to put the kettle on to make a cup of coffee – wish me luck!

Mrs Govans x   judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Good morning and welcome to Tuesday 🙂

Just before the schools closed in mid-March we held another very successful Scholastic Book Fayre and we talked at assembly about the importance of reading in our everyday lives – in school, at home and when we’re out and about.

In your Home Circles we listed some reasons why it’s so important that we learn to read …

‘to fill in job and college applications’

‘to read bus, train and plane timetables’

‘to read texts and emails from friends and family’

‘to do our jobs properly when we’re working’

and my most favourite answer EVER

‘to be able to read bedtime stories to our weans when we are mums and dads’.

So, today’s Challenge is – to share/read a book with someone.

You can choose to read a book aloud to someone in your family, or you can take turns to read a page aloud each, or you can read the book yourself and then encourage someone else to read it so that you can discuss it together later. 

Find a nice, comfy, quiet place and time, get cuddled in and simply enjoy reading your book.

I would love to see some photos of the book you’re sharing with your families.

When my two boys (now aged 16 and 11) were wee, their favourite books were ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and ‘Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book’ – I’ve still got these books and I’m going to read them aloud today and I just know that they will enjoy hearing me reading these books (even though they might pretend that they’re not listening …)

As always, stay safe, take care and keep in touch.  Mrs Govans x

Thank you so much to everyone who is sharing their learning on their Blogs. It is so lovely to see what everyone is doing and how you are all getting on.

Keep up the good work!
Miss Robb

Good morning and welcome to another glorious Thursday morning 🙂

It’s been lovely to hear from some of you this week via email and through your updates on your GLOW blogs – it’s great when you keep in touch with us in this way.

Today’s challenge is another singing one.  As the weather has been so lovely, lots of us have been spending time in the garden.  I’ve enjoyed planting lots of bulbs (under the careful instruction of my mum via Facetime!)

So today we’re going to get your family singing The Seed Song.  We sing this regularly at assembly so organise your family into two sides, the same way we do at school.  The first team sings the first line, with the second team being the ‘echo’, and then both teams come together for the last line of each verse and the chorus.  Remember to get them moving at the instrumental section.  It’s easy!

I’ve attached a wee video of the song and the words – I guarantee you’ll be whistling this tune all day!

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch. Mrs Govans x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcsyVVHHYc

 Calvin and his homemade doughnuts 🙂

Good morning Tuesday 🙂

Welcome back to Term 4.  It’s been lovely hearing about what you’ve been up to over the Easter holidays and, as usual, I’m very impressed with how creative you all are!  I’ve been sent photos of brilliant trampoline dens, some delicious home baking treats and some beautifully decorated Wishlist Jars, full of ideas and adventures for when the lockdown is over.

Today’s challenge is … take time to play a board or card game with your family. 

With a pack of cards you can play Snap, Gin Rummy, Pairs, Solitaire, Twist – I’m sure there are loads of card games that your family members can teach you.  You could maybe FaceTime your grandparents/family members and ask them to teach you a game that they know. 

Board games – this could be a great time to learn to play Monopoly or Scrabble or any other games that you’ve got in your house.  Again, it might have been a while since you’ve played so take time to learn the rules and get everyone involved.

One rule – NO FALLING OUT!  In my house, Monopoly usually ends up with a bit of an argument with someone accusing the Banker of stealing money …  try not to let this happen 🙂

Have fun, get out in the sun to play, try to do some schoolwork that your teachers have organised for you on GLOW, stay safe, take care and keep in touch.    Mrs Govans x

Miss Robb and her family busting some moves

Good morning and welcome to Term 4!

I hope you have all managed to enjoy your Easter Holidays.  Despite staying at home I have had a lovely time with family, enjoying the sunshine.  We’ve used our one exercise time a day to go walks and rides on our bikes and I am discovering new areas of our beautiful countryside.   I am keeping in touch with my mum and other family members through social media and we have set up a Bingo game every Sunday night.  We even managed to have an extended family Easter Egg Decorating Competition over social media (and we ate our boiled eggs for lunch the next day so that they didn’t go to waste).

Last week Mrs Govans and I phoned all our parents and it was great catching up with everyone and hearing how you are all getting on.  I even managed to speak to some of the pupils which was lovely.

Today would have been the beginning of term 4 and many of you will be getting back into the routine of doing some school work.  Remember to try and continue to log in to ReadingWise, Sumdog and ActiveLearn.  Your teachers (and me!) can look on these sites and see what you are doing and will be setting specific challenges for you.  You can also click on your class tab at the top of this page and your teachers will be continuing to set challenges on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Remember these will also be on this new Glow page. Mrs Govans will continue to set you a challenge on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We love seeing what you are getting up to so remember to post on your personal Glow page or email us with pictures or descriptions of what you are doing.  We want to keep in touch as we are missing you all very much.  My email address is roberta.schendel@eastayrshire.org.uk

It looks like the sun will be shining again this week so enjoy being outdoors when you can.

Stay safe!

Mrs Schendel

Good morning and welcome to a beautiful Thursday 🙂

Mrs Schendel and I have been phoning all of our parents/carers this week and we’ve both enjoyed having a wee blether with all of our families – and even some of our pupils, which was just lovely.  If you receive a call with ‘NO Caller ID’ – please answer as it might be Mrs Schendel or I just phoning to have a wee check-in chat.

I’m planning to go on a bike run today with my boys – it’s been quite a while since I was last on a bike so wish me luck …

Today’s challenge is another practical one – it’s to learn a new skill in the kitchen.  Every one is having to help out more around the house so it’s important that we take on new responsibilities, whatever our age.

Your new kitchen skill could be buttering your own toast, putting your milk in your cereal independently, making a cup of tea for your family, washing the dishes, stacking or emptying the dishwasher, peeling potatoes, boiling an egg … the list is endless!

Safety first – talk through what your new responsibility in the kitchen could be with your family members, as they know what jobs are suitable for you. Let them show you how to do the job properly and help you out the first few times, and then it’s over to you.

I’m sure lots of you are already great helpers in the kitchen so this is a chance to be set a new challenge and try something different.

I’m off to enjoy my breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast – prepared for me by Charlie, aged 11 🙂

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch.

Mrs Govans x  

Good morning and welcome to the second week of our Easter holidays.  I hope you all had a lovely weekend, eating chocolate in the glorious sunshine.

Today’s challenge is based around one of our Outdoor Learning Day activities.  It’s called Big Art Outdoors – I’m challenging you to create a piece of art without using any typical art supplies like paints, colouring pens, pencils or chalk.

Instead, you’ve to use outdoor materials like stones, twigs, leaves, flowers, weeds – anything you can find in your garden  – and use it to make a picture.  You can be very creative and also use bits of string, cloth and wood to help make your masterpiece.

Two of our Houses have enjoyed this task during our Outdoor Learning Days in September and October last year, and I know that lots of you have tried this activity with your teachers outside in our playground too.

So, get everyone in your house involved and I look forward to seeing some of your fantastic creations on your blogs.  Remember to keep posting your photos to show off your work!

As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch.

Mrs Govans x

(Easter fun at Mrs McKenna’s house)

Good morning  and welcome to Thursday 🙂

The weather this week has been just gorgeous and I’ve enjoyed spending time out in the garden reading my book, and watching my husband work his way through the list of jobs I’ve helpfully written for him …  it’s all about the teamwork!

Today’s challenge is totally stolen from Miss McLean in P2.  She encouraged her class to create a ‘Wishlist Jar’ and I’d like to borrow her idea and suggest that we all create our own version.

The idea is that when you think of an activity or event that you can’t do right now due to the restrictions in place, write it down on a wee piece of paper and pop it into your Wishlist Jar.  Then, when we’re all back to normal go through your wishes and make them happen.

Your wishes can include – sleepovers with family or friends, picnics up the water, days at the beach, trips to the swimming pool, baking with your gran, going a walk with your papa, going to the pictures with your cousins … the list is endless.

So, find a jar or tub with a lid (I’ve washed out a beetroot jar) and then make a fancy label for it.  All of the people in your house can add their wishes and it’s something to look forward to.

Have a lovely Easter weekend, and, as always, stay safe, take care and keep in touch.

Mrs Govans x

As Catrine Primary School is so blogtastic we were running out of space on our Glow usage site so we’ve had to create a new site so we could continue sharing the news, achievements and online learning at Catrine Primary School. You will appreciate that these changes will take time especially in the current circumstances – so please be patient.

We would welcome your feedback/suggestion about what information you would like to see on this site.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Govans