We enjoyed a wonderful FUN 31 in the lovely sunny but chilly afternoon today, playing with our new outdoor play equipment.  The new tyres, steering wheels, planks and rollers were well tested out by our pupils.  A great way to kickstart the weekend! 🙂

Well done to this week’s Ruby Reward Winners for being excellent pupils in our dinner hall.

P7 pupils will bring home a medical/emergency information form for Robert Burns Academy.

Please complete the form and return to school by Friday 21st February.

Thank you

Reminder – Rag Bag collection is organised for Tuesday 18th February.

If you have any bags of unwanted clothes, shoes, bags etc, bring them along to the school on Monday 17th or before 9.00am on Tuesday.

This programme takes place over the  summer , one morning a week for 3 consecutive weeks for parent and child transitioning to Secondary School.
Dates to be confirmed – Please let us know if you are interested by emailing wilma@healthisone.co.uk

Massive thank you to St John Scotland for coming along  to our Inservice training day on  Tuesday 11th February and providing a training session on using the Defibrillator.

Our Defib was fitted in September 2024. The Defib is accessible from 7.00am – 6.00pm Monday – Friday, and in Term Time only.  It is located on the school wall in the staff carpark at the  James Taylor Avenue gated entrance.

East Ayrshire Recycling – visit to Catrine Primary School

On Wednesday we had 2 people from East Ayrshire Recycling come in to the school to talk about recycling and how we can improve on helping to recycle more.

Brian and Jordan were our 2 community waste officers who came in to the school. Jordan talked to primary 5, 6 and 7 about everything that we can do to help improve recycling:

• what goes in which box of the recycling trolley
• what vehicle collects the waste and much more

We have the Romaquip Recycling Vehicle that collects our recycling and food waste:

• the 1^st compartment is for plastic and cans
• the 2^nd is for mixed paper and card
• the 3^rd is for food waste
• the 4^th is for glass 1
• the 5^th is for coffee pods, electrical items, clothes and textiles
• the 6^th is for glass 2
• the 7^th is for paper and cardboard

We learned about food waste and what you can and can’t put in your caddy…

You can put in dry food, out of date stuff, eggshells, bones, tea bags and coffee grounds.

You can’t put in liquids, bags or pet waste.

We also learned about the bio capital in Cumbernauld, which is where all the food waste gets processed.  Did you know that 60 to 200,000 kgs of food waste gets processed every week?

There is also a food waste sniff test. We learned what goes in which parts of the recycling trolleys that we use at home:

• paper and cardboard – blue box
• plastic and cans – red box
• mixed glass – grey box

We can also sit out small electrical items (WEEE) which stands for Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment.

Fun facts… did you know that 1 x full food caddy can make 8 slices of toast and 2 x full food caddies can power a cinema for a whole movie! Also, 1 x recycled aluminium can can power your TV for 3 hours!

We learned a lot during this visit and we would like to thank Jordan and Brian for coming to our school.

Report written, and visit arranged, by Alfie in P6

Just a reminder that the school will be on holiday Monday 10th & 11th February.

We will close on Friday 7th February at 3.00pm and reopen on Wednesday 12th February at 9.00am

Enjoy your long weekend.

Applications for children aged 3 and 4 years for the academic year 2025-26 will open online on Friday 14th February for 2 weeks. The online application will close at midnight on Friday 28th February. If you have a child born between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023 you should apply. Children currently accessing a 2 year-old place must also complete the online application form to secure a 3 year old place. Children returning to an Early Years setting do not need to re-apply unless you wish your child to attend a different Centre, in which case you should make an application for your preferred choice.

AS you are aware Just Jeans in Auchinleck are closing down,

They have a small amount of Catrine Primary School uniform available to buy.

Give them a call on 07745568861

Sweatshirts – age 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12 & 12/13

Cardigan – age 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 & 11/12

Polo shirt – age 5/6, 11/12 & 13

Hoody – age 3/4

Knitted Cardigan – age 9/10 & 11/12

Please see below a list of events happening in the school for

term 3 & 4

Diary dates 24-25 (1)

*** OUR DELICIOUS CUPCAKES WILL BE ON SALE AT THE SCHOOL GATES TODAY FROM 2.50PM. COST £1 – DON’T MISS OUT ***

We are the Busy Bakers – Eilidh, Hannah, Lucy and Ellie. We have got the tastiest cupcakes in all of Catrine – on sale tomorrow (5th February) for £1.

We will be visiting classes tomorrow to sell our delicious cakes which are decorated with yummy chocolate drops and pink edible crystals.  They are guaranteed to sell out so don’t forget to bring your £1 to school.

A huge thank you to the school kitchen for supporting our business. The cupcakes are the school’s recipe and contain the following allergens: eggs, cereals containing gluten.

DON’T MISS OUT!!