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NO School Bells

In consultation with pupils and staff, we are trialling a period of having NO school bells ringing throughout the school day.

Normally, the school bell rings 8 times every day and it can be quite overwhelming for some pupils as it is very loud in certain areas of the school.

Staff in the playground will inform pupils that it is time to line up, and pupils in P1 to P4 should line up as usual.  Pupils in P5-P7 are not lining up – their entrance door will be opened by staff and they should enter the school in a free flow manner.

We find that this is resulting in pupils entering the school in a more calm and settled manner, meaning that they are better prepared to start their learning.

We have trialled this system over the past three Fridays and it has gone very well so we’re now trialling it for a longer period of time.  We will seek feedback from staff, pupils and parents to see if having NO school bells should become a permanent fixture.

Thanks, Mrs Govans

Catrine PS @ Barony Burns Festival

This morning 3 pupils from Catrine Primary attended Robert Burns Academy for the Barony Burns Festival, along with other local primary schools.

Catrine was represented by Miller P1 (P1, P2 &P3), Harris P5 (P4 & P5) & Hannah P7 (P6 & P7).

Each pupil recited their poem in front of judges for their class stage.

Catrine PS was placed in the P4 & P5 stage, with Harris picking up 3rd place.

Well done to all 3 pupils who were a credit to Catrine Primary School.

 

Barrels of fun in our playground

BIG excitement at Catrine PS today as our new play barrels were placed in our playground for use by all pupils.

Pupils from P3-P7 were involved in choosing the area of our playground where our new equipment was to be placed, and they enjoyed being the first pupils to have a go!

Thanks to Mrs Schendel and Mrs Robertson for sourcing these ‘barrels of fun!’

 

P1 and P7 Group Photos

Still time to order for the P1 & P7 group photos

Have you ordered your school Group photo yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is
Wednesday 19th March 2025
 Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk 

If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3).

School Football Team

Our school football team recently took part in the Bill Shankly Football Festival at Townhead Park in Cumnock.

Although we didn’t win the tournament, Miss Burleigh said the team represented their school and community very well, showing great sportsmanship and teamwork.

We are very proud of them all!

From L to R: Harry, Harris, Darryl (C), Jamie, Brody, Alfie, Steven, Oscar and Finlay.

 

 

P7 Parent/Carers

P7 Parent/Carers

Your child will come home today with an Annual Data Check form.

These details are required to be checked, before your child’s details are passed to RBA.

Please check that all the details are correct, sign and return the form by Friday 28th March.

Thank you

School Meals

School Meals

Just a reminder that from today we have moved to the new ordering system for school meals via Parentpay.

How does this affect you ordering for your child? You have to select a main meal and a dessert.

Please note that you can now order soup for your child, but you will be prompted to order a main meal too.

Any meals ordered in advance prior to today will need to be reordered.

If your child has a school meal, please ensure you book before 8am on the day.

Thank you

World Book Day

Primary 7 helped to plan some World Book Day activities across the school. They spent the morning down in P1 reading to the wee ones and they took small groups of P1 and P2 children up to the library to introduce them to some new story sacks. Mrs Robertson has made up these sacks which include a traditional tales story as well as finger puppets or stick puppets to help retell the story.

The P7s also delivered the World Book Day books to each class so that every pupil in the school could take home their very own Book. We would like to say a huge thank to Mrs Robertson who trailed around the shops collecting all the books for us!

Dates for the Diary Reminder

Just a reminder of events coming up in this term;

Monday 17th March – Appointments open for booking for Parents Night

Thursday 27th March – Easter Disco 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Tuesday 1st April – Parents Night 3.10pm – 8.00pm

Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Service 9.00am

Friday 4th April – Dress Down Day

Friday 4th April – End of term 3 – closes at 2.30pm

New School Cashless Catering System

From Monday 10th March we are introducing a new Cashless Catering system at Catrine Primary School.

Meals will continue to be ordered through ParentPay.

Please read the attached letter, thank you

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New App to download for EA Leisure

In April Active Schools make the move from EAC Vibrant Communities over to East Ayrshire Leisure Trust.

 

Most will remain the same but some things will change, one of which is how we promote and sign up for holiday programs starting this Easter.

We will be doing this sign up via the EAL app. New app  details below.

Home Circles @ February 2025

In our Home Circles on Tuesday we focused on Article 29 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.

Article 29 states that ‘a child or young person’s education should help their mind, body and talents be the best they can. It should also build their respect for other people and the world around them. ‘

The BIG questions our pupils answered were …

  • Why is it important that we come to school?
  • What would an excellent school look, feel and sound like?       

As always, our wonderful Home Circles came up with some insightful and thoughtful answers.  Read them below …

We also focused on our CATRINE Value of Nurture.