We will be celebrating Hallowe’en on Friday 30th October at the school.

Pupils can either come to school in a Hallowe’en costume or dressed in casual clothes like a Dress Down Day.

Please ensure that their Hallowe’en costume is suitable for playing outside during interval and lunch, and that they can take it on and off by themselves when using the toilet.

Please note – no huge accessories (swords etc) or scary masks.

Our pupils will be taking part in Hallowe’en activities throughout the day and will be having a party in their class in the afternoon.

We’re looking forward to a spooky and fun-filled day!

We are ordering our Hoodies soon, to conform with GDPR guidelines, we require permission from a parent/carer to pass their child’s first name onto the printing company.

The list of names will be sent away shortly to allow the design to be completed. Please complete the form by Friday 6th November to give consent. Thank you

P7 Leavers Hoodies Consent

P7 are raising funds to help towards the cost of their P7 Leavers’ Hoodies. Tickets are on sale now at £1.00 each. There are three prizes up for grabs, two Halloween Hampers filled with sweet treats and crafts and a smaller third prize with some super goodies. Tickets can be purchased up to and including Thursday 29th October and the winners will be drawn on Friday 30th October. Good Luck!

Just a wee reminder that the Parent Council Disco is on this evening, from 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Dressing up for Halloween is optional.

FLU IMMUNISATION OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA

Please read the attached letter if your child has Asthma.

Letter for Parents of Asthmatic Children School 2026

Congratulations to Gracie in P4 who recently competed in a Freestyle Dancing competition.

She was awarded 1st place in Slow and 3rd place in Fast and was presented with these huge trophies!  Well done, Gracie!

Well done to this week’s Ruby Reward winners

It’s been a busy last week of Term 1.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Harvest Service on Wednesday – well done to our P7 readers and Media Team.

We donated a huge amount of tins, cans and packets of food to the 12 O’clock Gang and we’re proud to be supporting all members of our school community.

We had a wonderful 93% attendance rate for our Parents Night – a wee bit lower than our usual 98% but that’s because some pupils and families are on holiday. We hope you all enjoyed hearing about your child’s progress and achievements in their new class.

Thank you to everyone who left comments for our BIG Questions – your suggestions and answers will help us to update our Respectful Relationships policy during our October in-service day.

Have a read through the comments below …

Big Questions October 2026

Have a lovely October holiday and we’ll see you all on Tuesday 20th October to start Term 2.  Mrs Govans

Join in the fun and follow the Halloween Trail at the Voes

The Parent Council Disco will take place on Wednesday 21st October from 6pm – 7.30pm.

This is a Halloween Disco, dressing up is optional.

A huge well done to D-ior and Cole who ran a very successful badminton lunch time club for our P5 pupils over the last few weeks.

Here’s what they had to say:

Matthew – thanks to Cole and D-ior, I’ve really enjoyed you showing me how to play badminton

Alfie – I’ve gotten better at serving and I would like to say a big thank you to D-ior and Cole.

Carson – I liked playing matches against Alfie, thanks to D-ior and Cole.

Nadia – I’ve gotten better at serving.

Cole – I’ve enjoyed teaching how to serve and playing against them.

D-ior – thanks to them I’ve gotten better at speaking in front of people.

We recently were successful in obtaining a grant from Tesco for the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.

Each family will receive a packet of apples and satsumas home today or tomorrow.

Thank you Tesco Auchinleck for helping to supply the fruit.

In our Home Circles this morning we were focusing on the UNCRC.  We learned there are 54 Rights (or Articles), with Article 1 stating that ‘every child under 18 has these rights’.

Our BIG Questions were …

Why is it so important that every child, wherever they live, has the same rights?

Why would some children NOT enjoy these rights? Who would stop them? Why?

As always, our pupils have produced some amazing responses – check them out below.

Free community event at Cumnock Town Hall on Tuesday 13th October. Everyone welcome.

A massive thank you to everyone who handed in a tin or packet of dry food for the Catrine 12 o’clock Lunch Club, who will distribute the items amongst Catrine residents.  Thank you everyone.

STICKY FINGERS OCTOBER CLUB

Our senior pupils asked if they can wear Scotland football strips/t-shirts/jerseys to school tomorrow – Tuesday 6th October – to send Good Luck vibes to the Scotland national football team ahead of their game tomorrow night v Slovenia at Hampden in the Nations League.

We held a vote at assembly this morning and it was an overwhelming YES from our pupils so…

All pupils can come to school tomorrow wearing their school uniform OR a Scotland strip/t-shirt (no other football colours please).   Thanks, Mrs Govans