You can now apply for your child’s SHOUT card by following the link below.

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

Thank you.

We love sharing our learning, and in the past have posted class updates and highlights on our main GLOW blog page.  To ensure that we don’t run out of space on our blog again, each class now has their own Class Blog.  When you go onto our main page you will see a tab titled ‘Primary School Classes’.  When you click on your child’s class, it will take you to their Class Blog page where you will find tabs on Class Information, Home Learning and Class Learning.

The Class Information section will contain details about PE days and any upcoming events and dates for the diary.  The calendar at the side of the page also contains details on any highlighted dates.

The Home Learning section will contain any suggestions for home learning activities and homework details.  We are currently updating our homework policy in line with national guidelines and will keep you informed about any changes so we won’t be issuing homework for the next few weeks as our pupils settle back into their classroom routines.

The Class Learning section will keep you updated about what your child is learning about in their class.  It’s where we’ll put photos and blog posts from both the teacher and the pupils.

Please note that we can only share photos of pupils who have a completed Photographic Consent Form for this session – currently only 60% of our pupils have had this form completed for them.  The form is on GLOW – please contact the school office for any further details.

Our school GLOW blog and our school APP are our main ways on communicating with parents/carers, so check them regularly as we are trying to reduce the amount of paper information that we are sending home.  Thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Govans

Each class will be participating in PE sessions outdoors over the next few weeks, in line with national guidelines.  On your child’s PE days, they should come to school wearing their school uniform on top (poloshirt/sweatshirt/blouses/cardigans) and suitable leggings/trackies, trainers and jackets so that they can take a full part in our active PE sessions in our playgrounds.

Any changes to class PE days will be highlighted on the class blogs.

PE timetable 2020

Please find below updated information on COVID-19 and a letter from Public Health (NHS)

MIS20-089-CC Common cold and COVID symptoms – A4 info sheet

2020-09-07 ltr to parents and carers re covid19.docx (003)

East Ayrshire Council – Active Schools are looking for volunteers. Please click on the link below for further information:

Volunteers Needed!

Catrine Primary School Parent Council AGM will take place on Tuesday 8 September at 7.00 p.m. via “Zoom Meeting”. All parents/carers are invited. If you would like to take part, please email Catrine Parent Council on: Catrineparents@gmail.com for further details.

Please find information below from the Scottish Government regarding COMMON COLD AND COVID-19 SYMPTOMS :

Coronavirus – Jason Leitch Letter on testing and common colds – 31 August 2020

2020 DFM Letter

Please click on the link for update/information.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-test-and-protect/pages/summary

Primary 3 have settled back into school life so well! They have been been working really hard and are having great fun doing activities and playing with their friends. We have been having regular check-ins and they keep commenting on how happy they are to be back and see  theirf every day. They created these beautiful Self Portraits that are helping to brighten up our corridor. Don’t they look fantastic?

Last week we had great fun outside helping to beautify the playground. We got stuck in and helped to pull up all the weeds. We even found a few wriggly friends!

Please remember to fill in the photo permission form on Glow so we can post more photos and let you see what the children are getting up to in class.

Mrs Cook

Primary 6/7 have made a great start to the new school year! They have settled in well and adapted brilliantly after a long time off.

The pupils have worked together to create their Class Charter and have started reading the class novel ‘Wonder’. They have also been learning about the planets in the solar system as part of their ‘Space’ topic.

We have been keeping up to date with the news by watching ‘Newsround’ every morning and have been creating some super pieces of work. Take a look at some of our great displays!

Primary 1/2 have had a wonderful start to term one. We have started a book study based on The Colour Monster, this has promoted discussions all about our emotions. We have designed our own monsters after reflecting on how we feel. We also discussed each emotion and spoke about the things that make us feel these different emotions. 

We have enjoyed making new friendships with the people in our class and exploring our class resources. 

What a great start we have had to term one in P5/6. The children have settled in well and are already showing off their talents and skills just two weeks in.

We have developed our Class Charter and explored the UNCRC and highlighted the rights that are important to us in school.  In Maths we started our Number Talks strategies as well as taking part in lots of new interactive number games online. Our class novel, Matilda, is well underway and we have started our Interdisciplinary Learning topic, Victorians.

Our walls are looking bright and welcoming and jam-packed with our learning already. Take a look at the photos of our Charter, our Queen Victorian portraits and the maths working wall.

Due to the changes in our school lunch service at the moment, with lunches being eaten in the classrooms, it is really important that parents/carers order their child’s lunch in advance through our ParentPay lunch ordering service.  We had six children with no lunch ordered today and as our lunches are delivered from Auchinleck Academy we have no facility to organise additional lunches.  We will always ensure that every child receives a lunch, but it’s so much easier if all lunches are ordered in advance.

In the past, we were sometimes able to add lunches if parents/carers phoned the school – we now can’t do this so it’s even more important that your child’s school lunch is ordered in advance.  Please phone the school if you have any issues with ordering lunches.

Due to pupils in our school suffering from sever nut allergies, please help us by ensuring all food brought into the school is “nut free”. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

We’ve survived our first week back – and what a great week we’ve had being back together.

Special thanks to Mrs Cook and Primary 3 for their wonderful efforts today in tidying up our playgrounds – they had so much fun pulling weeds and cutting hedges! Thanks to Mrs Goudie and Mrs Watt for cleaning up after our very enthusiastic helpers!

Throughout this week we’ve tried various timetables and made some changes to our day-to-day running to ensure our school continues to be a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment for our pupils, staff and parents/carers.

• We are continuing with our staggered start and finish times so P1/2, P3 and P5/6 will start at 9.00am/finish at 3.00pm with P2, P4/5 and P6/7 starting at 9.10am/finish 3.10pm
• We appreciate when children arrive in our school playground just before their bell rings as this avoids any confusion and mixing of classes/stages
• We are having one interval and one lunchtime now – lunches will continue to be eaten in classes and children then go out to their designated playground area. This system is working well and our pupils are being so creative with their playground equipment and games
• We have established ‘hand washing stations’ so pupils in P3, P4/5, P5/6 and P6/7 are washing their hands outside before returning to class after interval and lunch
• We have sanitisers situated throughout the school and our pupils are using them confidently and regularly
• Pupils are encouraged to bring a bottle of water with them to drink from throughout the day in class, as well as a snack/drink for interval/lunch
• Pupils don’t need to bring a bag to school – all necessary resources will be provided by the school
• We are delighted to welcome Miss Harrigan, a COVID Recovery teacher employed by EAC, to our school every Thursday and Friday throughout this term. She will be working alongside our teaching staff to assess learning and set individual targets for pupils as we continue to ease back into our learning and teaching programmes.

Have a lovely weekend – see you all on Monday.

Mrs Govans

The Best Start Grant School Age Payment is a £250.00 payment made around the time a child normally starts Primary 1. Please click on the PDF to view full details:

Best Start Grant Information

Please ensure all immunisation forms are returned to the school as soon as possible.

If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Thank you.

East Ayrshire Council are running a promotional event for Half Price Schools Meals from Monday 17-08-20 to Friday 28-08-20.  During this period pupils will be charged £1.08 for their lunch (please note that this is only on the reduced lunch menus that we are serving at the moment).

If you have any difficulty accessing the lunch menu on ParentPay, please contact the school office.

Thank you.

We want to hear from our children and young people between the ages of 8 – 26 years! 

In partnership with our Children and Young People’s Cabinet, we have launched our brand new campaign, 5000 Voices, where we are seeking the views and opinions of 5000 children and young people throughout East Ayrshire about what matters to them most.

We will be using this information to help shape our future provision and to improve opportunities for children and young people throughout East Ayrshire.

You can watch the video that we created with our young people here: https://www.facebook.com/eavibrantcommunities/videos/868135550639156/ 

You will find the survey here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5000voices.  Please share this far and wide and encourage our children and young people to take part!  There is a chance to win a £50 voucher for a randomly selected young person who has completed the survey.  

If you would like further information regarding 5000 Voices, please email: vibrantcommunites@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Another brilliant morning at Catrine PS, with pupils meeting up as a whole class for the first time since March 2020. Our school has been full of laughing, blethering and playful children today – it’s been simply wonderful!!

Remember that, for today only, our pupils are finishing early – see details below.

Arrangements for Friday 14th August only  …
P1/2 – finish at 1.00pm
P2 – finish at 1.10pm
P3 – finish at 1.00pm
P4/5 – finish at 1.10pm
P5/6 – finish at 1.00pm
P6/7 – finish at 1.10pm

All pupils will have eaten their lunch when they leave school, and with the sun still shining they’ll be able to enjoy the early start to their weekend.