P6 & P7 Christmas Party Arrangements for Wednesday 18th December
Pupils can come to school dressed in their party clothes, or bring them in a bag to change into before the party.
If you wish your child to go home and change at lunchtime, please send in a note or complete the form below.
Please ensure your child has returned to the school via the main school gate at 12.55pm.
P3, P4 & P5 Christmas Party arrangements for Monday 16th December
Pupils can come to school dressed in their party clothes, or bring them in a bag to change into before the party.
If you wish your child to go home and change at lunchtime, please send in a note or complete the form below.
Please ensure your child has returned to the school via the main school gate at 12.55pm.
P1 & P2 Christmas Party arrangements for Tuesday 17th December
Pupils can come to school dressed in their party clothes, or bring them in a bag to change into before the party.
If you wish your child to go home and change at lunchtime, please send in a note or complete the form below.
All P1 & P2 pupils going home at lunchtime, can be collected from the infant gate at 12.15pm.
Please return your child to the school via the main school gate at 12.55pm.
Well done to AYRBANK, who have won the house reward party.
This will take place on Friday 13th December at Catrine Games Hall in the afternoon.
Pupils can come to school dressed down for this.
Reminder to all parents/carers that Friday 13th is also our Christmas Jumper Day.
We have a small selection of jumpers in the school. Please contact the school office if you require one.
Thanks
In our Home Circles this morning we were answering two BIG questions based on Article 14 of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which states that ‘every child has the right of freedom of thought, belief and religion’.
Our BIG questions were
We were very impressed with their detailed answers. We also focused on our CATRINE Value of Respect.
A huge thank you again to the Parent Council for organising another fabulous disco last Thursday, we all had the best time!
Well done to our Ruby reward winners this week for being excellent pupils in our dinner hall.
Please find attached the arrangements for both show nights.
P1 Registration week will take place from Monday 13 January 2025 until Friday 17 January 2025 for children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026, and whose parents/carers wish them to attend school
Registration forms should be completed online and submitted no later than Friday 17January 2025.
Placing requests for P1’s should be completed and submitted no later than 31 January 2025.
We had great fun making badges in our Discovery Den today. Some of the children made Christmas themed badges whilst some went for some beautiful rainbow designs. They all looked fabulous!
Our new football team got their season off to a winning start by beating Auchinleck PS 9-1 today in the first round of the McWilliam Cup Small School draw.
We look forward to finding out who we are playing against in the quarter finals. We’ll keep you posted.
Back L to R – Daryl, Caleb, Curtis (C), Brody and Alfie
Front L to R – Harry, Stephen, Harris, Brooke and Finlay
School Show Ticket Update
Wednesday 11th December – ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD
Thursday 12th December – 8 Tickets left.
Anyone that has bought tickets over the last couple of days, the tickets will come home this week.
WAITING LIST – If you have a ticket that you do not need anymore, please hand back to the school for a refund as there is a waiting list for both evenings.
Any children aged 2 and under must sit on an adult’s knee please.
Thank you
What a lovely afternoon some of us had the Over 50 club. We sang Christmas songs and got everyone into the Christmas spirit. We then chatted with the ladies and gentlemen and coloured some pictures and completed crossword puzzles together.
We think everyone enjoyed our visit and we certainly had lots of fun!
The Catrine PS raffle is now live on Parentpay.
Tickets are £1.00 each and will be available to purchase up to Friday 13th December.
Good Luck
Dear Parent/Carer
As you are no doubt aware, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2025).
Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks
Please complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Friday 20 December 2024.
Catrine ECC’s Depute Manager, Alana Speirs, delivered a wonderful presentation today to an audience of over 90 EAC colleagues, including Headteachers and Heads of ECC from across the authority, the Senior Education Managers and the Head of Education at the Council Chambers in London Road in Kilmarnock.
She was highlighting the educational journey of the ECC which led to them earning national recognition – Scotland’s first Digital Learning ECC accreditation.
Alana detailed the structured programme led by Sherrie Devlin, ELCP, and talked about the drive, professionalism and commitment of all ECC staff members in working towards this whole ECC accreditation.
Alana and Sherrie are now working alongside Education Scotland colleagues to review the Digital Literacy programme of learning to ensure that the Early Years curriculum is well-structured, challenging and innovative. #TeamCatrine leading the way 🙂
(apologies for the poor photo quality – I was too busy beaming with pride to take better ones!)
New Year, New Goals at Cluarankwai Judo! 2025 🌟
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Join us this January 2025 for FREE Judo classes for new starts all month!
Whether you are looking to improve your strength, flexibility, or mental focus, Judo is the perfect sport to challenge yourself.
P1 & P7 parent/carers
Your child will bring home a letter regarding the Dental Examination that will take place in January 2025.
Please read the letter and if you don’t wish your child to be examined please follow the instructions in the letter.
Thank you
P7 Parent/Carers
Just a reminder that the information meeting will take place on Wednesday 4th December.
Please come to the main entrance for 3.15pm, the instructor will be arriving for 3.30pm start.
Thank you
