Please follow the link for dates for your diary for the following months of September, October and  November 2022.

Diary dates Sep 22

This week is Maths Week Scotland and we are looking forward to taking part in lots of activities throughout the week.

Following on from the success of last  year, we are relaunching our National Numeracy’s Family Maths scrapbooks and activities. These are activities that help children and families to explore everyday maths at home together. They link the maths that children are learning at school with life outside the classroom.

To help you and your child complete these activities every pupil will bring home a toolkit packed full of equipment to help you get creative.

Please come along to our Maths Open Morning this Wednesday 28th at 9am for more information on supporting your child at home with maths.  You will also have the opportunity to  visit your child’s classroom and see all the amazing maths activities that take place there every day.

Have fun exploring your toolkit and I look forward to looking through the scrapbooks.

Mrs Schendel

As part of Maths Week Scotland next week we are delighted to be able to open our doors and welcome parents and carers into the school.

The main doors will open at 9.00am and a short presentation will be given in the main hall.

There is then an opportunity for you to go and join your child in their classroom and take part in their maths lesson.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 28th September at 9.00am.

Mrs Schendel

Interested in Rugby?

Cumnock Rugby Club has training sessions on a Thursday evening from 6.00pm till 7.00pm, held at the Barony Campus, Cumnock, for all Primary School children.

If you are interested go along on Thursday evening.

2022 Rugby PS Recruitment

Just a reminder that we close on Thursday 15th September at 3.00pm for the September holiday weekend.

We look forward to seeing you all at 9.00am on Wednesday 21st September.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

https://newsroom.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/news/additional-public-holiday-arrangements-for-tuesday-20-september-2022

Our P7 pupils are kickstarting their fundraising for their Leavers Hoodies by inviting all pupils to join them in a Dress Down Day next Thursday.

Pupils can donate £1 via Parent Pay and come to school wearing casual clothes ( no football colours please).

P7 have a few more fundraising events planned throughout the year, and they’d like to thank you for your support.

When we celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June this year, we wrote letters in our classes and posted them off to Buckingham Palace.  We have received this lovely letter from Balmoral Castle, thanking the pupils of Catrine PS for their letters and best wishes.

Every pupil is also coming home with a free memorial book to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee.  Happy reading!

Catrine Primary School is experiencing some technical issues with the  lunch ordering system on Parent Pay.  Apologies for any inconvenience.  Any problems please contact the school.  Thank you

For all Primary 1, 2 and 3 children 

We are delighted that the  Hopscotch Theatre Company will be visiting us on Thursday 15th September, for an afternoon show of their play Plop! In the Ocean.

Plop! In the Ocean’, is an eco-fable written by bard of Glastonbury and Roald Dahl Foundation storyteller in residence, Sarah Mooney, taking the form of a slapstick ancient Greek comedy. ‘Plop!’ was written using Sarah’s diaries and experiences during an expedition sailing across the Atlantic Ocean with a team of ten female scientists studying plastic pollution and ocean toxicity. ‘Plop!’ focuses on ways to communicate with and educate young people about the impact ocean toxicity is having on our planet. How they can begin with small steps to understand the problem, in a sensitive way for their age group, and what changes they can make in their own day to day lives to foster positive sustainability in the future. It also promotes positive representation in areas such as STEM.

We are looking forward to having our first whole school Outdoor learning Day on Wednesday 14th September.

All classes will be split into their House groups for the morning, and will take part in a wide range of activities.

Pupils should come to school wearing appropriate footwear (wellies/old trainers), jacket and trousers to ensure they can take a full part in the learning tasks.

Pupils should still wear school uniform on top and  can bring a change of trousers and shoes, if they wish.

We will be posting lots of photos on Glow to show what we have been learning. Fingers crossed for a dry day.

An email has been sent via Parent Pay with links attached for completion.
Please complete as soon as possible.
These links can also be found under the information section of the School App.
If you require any help with this, please contact the school office.
Thank you

‘Active Schools are starting a block of girls football running out of Catrine Games Hall. These will be fun developmental sessions with the emphasis on participation. Further details are on the poster and sign up is required via the QR code or link:

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

Unfortunately an increase in traffic around school at drop off and pick up times does not follow the School Streets plan.
This is just a reminder for parents and carers, when the restricted times are:
Drop off times – 8.30am till 9.30am. Pick up times 2.30pm till 3.30pm.
Please follow the School Streets plan, to allow for safer roads around our School and ECC.
Thank you for keeping our children safe .

Catrine Primary School is a Nut-Free school.

The school aims to protect children who have allergies to nuts.

We do not allow nuts or nut products in school.  We ask that you ensure  your child’s lunch box or playtime treat do not contain Nuts.

Thank you

We’ve enjoyed a wonderful first day of Term 1 at Catrine PS.  Our Primary 2 to Primary 7 pupils settled quickly into their new classes.  A warm welcome to Miss Norman, our P3/4 teacher.

We all enjoyed being together again in the dinnerhall at lunch time and it was a pleasure to see our pupils all looking so smart in their uniforms (please remember to label your child’s jumpers and jackets as we have items in the Lost Property Box already!)

As for our new Primary 1 pupils – they were all wee superstars! They have worked their socks off today for Mrs Cook and Mrs Ferguson – well done to them all.  P1 pupils in from 9.30am to 2.30pm on Friday, then from 9.00-3.00pm from Monday 22nd August.

At the end of the school day can parents/carers of Primary 1 and Primary 2 pupils step forward to the gate to collect their child as we don’t like letting pupils cross the road.  Thanks for your support with this.

Looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable first term.

Mrs Govans

All staff are really looking forward to welcoming our pupils back to Catrine Primary School.
P2 – P7 pupils will be in school from 9.00am- 3.00pm. Please remember to order your child’s lunch via parentpay tonight.
Our new Primary 1 pupils should arrive tomorrow from 9.15am, with loads of photo opportunities before they enter into the school.
New Primary 1 pupils taking a school dinner, will be asked for their lunch choices in the morning.
Primary 1 pupils to be collected at 2.30pm.

Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow morning.

Just a wee note to say thank you to all the parents, carers, family and friends of our Catrine PS pupils for your support during this last unusual year! Click on the link below for a wee reminder of some of the great events that our pupils have been involved in this year.
Thank you to all of the staff at Catrine PS and ECC- Cleaners, Janitor,  Kitchen Staff,  Clerical, Classroom Assistants, Practitioners & Teachers –  for their commitment, professionalism and nurturing care for our pupils
#Team Catrine
Have a great summer, good luck to our P7 Leavers and we’ll see you all on Thursday 18th August. Take care. Mrs Govans

End of term summaryl

Events happening in East Ayrshire over the summer months,

https://events.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/events/

Here is a list of various things happening within the leisure  centres through the summer for the children,

hello-summer-activity-timetable

Our Whiteflat pupils enjoyed a brilliant House Reward Party at the Games Hall this afternoon.  Accompanied by Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Watt, Mrs Goudie and Miss Brown our pupils had fun on the bouncy castle, inflatable slide, earth ball, football station and arts and craft activities.

Whiteflat achieved the most house points this session due to their lovely manners, hard working attitudes, helpfulness and kindness and the best lines.  Well done to Captain Sophie for leading such a great team!

Special thanks to the Games Hall Crew – Tommy, Karen and Leeanne – for making our winners party such a success!