We are having to make some changes to the lunch menu for week beginning Monday 21st June due to a wide variety of factors.  This means that if you have already ordered your child’s lunches for this week they may receive their choices on a different day than scheduled.

We are working alongside our brilliant school kitchen staff to ensure that all pupils will receive a meal of their choice each day, and we will always contact you if there are any problems.  Please keep checking our GLOW and APP for further updates, and thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Govans

Please click on the link below for an update re Catrine PS

Generic Parent Letter Updated 19th June

Please click on the link below for another NHS Scotland letter regarding a positive pupil case.  Parents/carers of pupils considered a close contact will receive specific letters very shortly.  We appreciate that this is a worrying time so please email judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk or phone the school with any questions or concerns.  Thank you.  Mrs Govans

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Please click on the link below for an important COVID-19 update.   P4/5 should continue to self-isolate as we’re waiting on an update from NHS Scotland.  Thank you.

School No Contact Generic Parent Letter (Updated 06.03.21)

The ECC joined us on Thursday for the second half of their Sports Day activities. First the P6 buddies set up challenges for them which they rotated round. Then they stopped for a well deserved snack and the new P1 children gave their buddies a lovely poster. This was followed by the races: the flat race, the sack race and the bean bag race. It was a brilliant morning and it was so nice to see the P6s helping their buddies and all the other children from the ECC. They certainly made us proud!

The last two days of our Health Week have been brilliant!

Yesterday’s challenge of 20 squats and today’s challenge of 20 high kicks – not a problem to the pupils of Catrine PS!

Thanks to everyone who has donated already to our Health Week Family Fitness fundraiser via Parentpay – it will remain open until Monday 14th June.  All money raised will be shared between the PS and the Parent Council to purchase resources for all stages.

Have a lovely weekend!  Mrs Govans

Today’s Fitness Challenge was 20 lunges – and some pupils put in a bit more effort than others, as you’ll see from our wee video!  Thanks to Miss Burleigh for leading today’s session.

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So, Family Fitness Challenge at home tonight is 20 lunges – please keep your photos and videos coming.  It’s great to see you all taking part in so many different ways and different places, from the beach to your gardens.

Tomorrow’s challenge – 20 squats 🙂

Another great day for Health Week – P3 doing lots of activities in the cage at the Games Hall, P5/6 clearing and replanting our school flower and vegetable patches, ECC pupils up for their third transition visit with our P6 buddies providing loads of sporty games for them and our daily challenge – today it was 20 burpees!

All classes put in a great effort again – check out our class blogs for photos.  Thanks to Keir, Lenore, Kaiden and Ashton for sending in photos of their family completing 20 starjumps at home yesterday.

The challenge is now back to our families to do 20 burpees at home later today.  In partnership with the Parent Council we’re setting the challenges as a fundraising venture so thanks to everyone who has already logged onto Parentpay and made a donation towards school funds – it’s very much appreciated!

Tomorrow’s challenge – 20 lunges!

Thanks so much to Diane, Georgia’s mum, for organising for every pupil in Catrine PS to receive a tomato plant from her work, Sunnyside Nursery in Kilwinning.

Your child will be coming home today with a tomato plant and Diane has created a leaflet to give lots of advice to help with looking after the tomato plant at home.

So, read through the leaflet and we hope you’re enjoying home-grown tomatoes in your salads over the summer months!

It was brilliant to see so many of our pupils in their shorts and t-shirts today to kickstart our Health Week.  Pupils are encouraged to wear suitable outdoor clothing all week so that they can take part in the many healthy and sporty activities planned for them throughout the week.

Today’s challenge was 20 Star jumps.  All classes completed the challenge together in our main playground, and the efforts of all pupils – from P1 to P7 (and the staff!) was great.  Check out our photos below.

The challenge is now back to our families to do 20 Star Jumps at home later today, with as many family members joining in as possible. In partnership with our Parent Council, we’re setting our challenge as a fundraising venture so it would be great if you could log onto Parentpay and make a small donation towards school funds throughout Health Week.  All donations will be used to purchase future resources for Catrine PS pupils.

Tomorrow’s challenge – 20 Burpees! 

C’mon Catrine – we can do it!

Catrine Primary School is celebrating all things healthy next week during our week long Health Week, and we’re having a sponsored Family Fun Fitness challenge too.

Pupils should come to school wearing sporty/outdoor clothes and footwear all week – check the weather to see if they need sunscreen or a jacket! – as they are going to be involved in a wide range of fun fitness activities every day (no football colours please).

Check out our class blogs for updates and photos of what your child’s class has been up to.

In partnership with our brilliant Parent Council, we’re also having a Sponsored Family Fun Fitness Challenge.  Every day in school, every pupil will take part in a sporty challenge and we then ask that your family has a go at the challenge at home too.  On Parentpay from Monday 7th June, there will be an option for you to pay in a sponsorship donation (an amount of your choice).  All donations will be split between our school fund and the Parent Council and will go towards future events and resources for Catrine PS pupils.

It would be great if you could send in photos/videos of your family taking on each day’s challenge – in the house, the garden, up the Brae Tops, at the Voes, in the park – so that we can join them all together to create a video showcasing our families having fun!

Photos/videos can be posted on your child’s GLOW blog or can be emailed to judith.govans@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.

Daily Challenges …

Monday 7th – 20 star jumps

Tuesday 8th – 20 burpees

Wednesday 9th – 20 lunges

Thursday 10th – 20 squats

Friday 11th – 20 high kicks

Your child will be able to demonstrate each exercise as they will already have taken part in the daily challenge with their class in school.

So, come on Catrine, let’s have a great Health Week getting fit and having fun together!   Thank you.  Mrs Govans

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Parent/Teacher phone calls

Thanks to everyone who has already made an appointment to speak to their child’s teacher during our Parents Night by Phone tomorrow, Wednesday 2nd June.  This is a great opportunity to discuss your child’s report card, which came home last week, and to learn about their progress and next steps with their learning.

There are still appointment times left so please phone the school on 01290 551436 to book a time.

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What a beautiful day we had in the playground yesterday meeting some more of the new intake of P1s from the ECC.

Holiday Monday

Please note that both Catrine PS and Catrine ECC will be closed on Monday 31st May for the Bank Holiday.  Both establishments will re-open on Tuesday 1st June.

Parent/Teacher phone calls

Thanks to everyone who has already made an appointment to speak to their child’s teacher during our Parents Night by Phone on Wednesday 2nd June.  This is a great opportunity to discuss your child’s report card, which is coming home tomorrow, Friday 28th May, and to learn about their progress and next steps with their learning.

There are still appointment times left so please phone the school on 01290 551436 to book a time.

Thank you.  Wishing you all a lovely long weekend. Mrs Govans

Today we had another great transition morning at the school.  We had great fun playing in the playground and were VERY excited to meet our buddies!

Our P6 buddies have been busy creating this short video for the new primary ones joining us in August. Click the link below for to see all of the information they have pulled together to help them settle in when August comes.

P1 Welcome Video

Report Cards and Phone Calls

We are delighted to be sending home report cards for every pupil on Friday 28th May, highlighting their progress and outlining the next steps for their learning.

Our teachers are also looking forward to having a follow-up phone call with every parent/carer to discuss the report cards and to talk about how your child is getting on after another school year which  has included a mix of school and home learning.

Our parent/teacher telephone calls are taking place on Wednesday 2nd June so please phone the school on 01290 551436 from today to make an appointment to speak to your child’s teacher.

Appointments will last for 10 minutes and are available between 3.20-5.20pm and 6.00-7.50pm.  Please let us know the best number for the teacher to phone you on.

Thank you.  Mrs Govans