Thank you to everyone who ordered a class mug. Our order has been placed and we are so excited for them to arrive! The company has said it could take 2 weeks. Please see below the “proof” copy of Primary 1/2 – it looks amazing!!

With the darker mornings and poor weather – if your child is allowed to walk to and from school, now is a good time to have a wee conversation to reinforce the rules about walking straight to/home from school and not speaking to strangers. 

If you are running late to collect your child at the end of the school day, please phone the office and arrangements can be made.

The safety of our pupils is a main priority, and by working together we can help to keep our children safe.

Mrs Govans

Here is the Ayrbank House Challenge for this week……….

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Hi 👋everyone!  Here are the  winners for the Avalon House Challenge. It was very difficult to choose as they were all so good but we had to pick winners.  Thank you to everyone for taking part.

Daryl and Kaci

Please find below a copy of the class proofs sent to “School Bears” for production of our class mugs. The mugs cost £6.00 each and you can purchase as many as you want. Orders and payment must be paid through ParentPay by Thursday 19 November to confirm delivery before the Christmas Holiday (barcoded paypoint letters can be issued by telephoning the school office). Please accept our apologies for the short payment time but this is to ensure prompt delivery. If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

P1/2 will again be going out a walk tomorrow afternoon. Please ensure your child is wearing a warm waterproof jacket and suitable footwear.

Mrs Schendel

P6/7 will be going for a walk around Catrine tomorrow afternoon as part of their outdoor learning. Pupils should come to school wearing suitable clothing and footwear for the walk.

Thank you.

Mrs McKenna

P2 will once again be going out a walk for PE tomorrow afternoon.  Please ensure your child is wearing a warm, waterproof jacket and suitable footwear.

Mrs Schendel

We are celebrating Book Week Scotland in our classes this week, with lots of focused activities on books, authors, illustrations, characters, story lines and plots…

Your child’s homework will also focus on books and stories, so we thank you in advance for finding the time to read and discuss books with them at home.

Our House Captains Challenge on Friday afternoon will also have a book theme.

Happy Reading!!

Unfortunately, due to national guidance and data protection Education Scotland have directed that parents/carers can no longer have access to GLOW accounts.

As a result of this directive, we have updated all our infant pupil log-in details – this means that pupils can still upload their class work and targets onto their e-portfolio in class, but that parents/carers will not be able to access this at home or upload photos of their child’s homework onto their GLOW account.

Primary 1/2 and Primary 2 homework details will continue to be updated weekly on their class blogs under the ‘Home Learning’ tab. Miss Burleigh and Miss McLean will also continue to regularly post class photos and learning highlights on their class blog.  We are disappointed that these changes have to be made but we must follow the national guidelines. 

Please note that these changes only apply to infant pupils in Primary 1 and Primary 2.

Please contact the school for any further information.  Thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Govans

Reminder

NHS is scheduled to be in school on Friday 20 November to deliver the flu immunisations to the children. If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Thank you.

In preparation for snow and ice we have updated our premises priority clearance plan. Our Janitor will ensure that the highlighted areas are cleared on snowy and icy days to let our pupils and staff enter and exit in a safe manner.

All pupils, staff and visitors are reminded to keep to the cleared areas and be respectful of current social distancing guidelines. Please click on the PDF below for further information:

premises priority clearance plan

Here is the Avalon House Challenge for this week……….

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Please click on the link below to see a short promotional video from Social Security Scotland about applying for the new Scottish Child Payment:

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Please note that tomorrow – Friday 13th is a dress down day. We will be taking class photographs for our mugs as part of our “festive fundraiser”. Permission forms MUST be returned tomorrow to enable your child to take part. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Thank you.

P2 really enjoyed their walk this afternoon. We went to feed the ducks. We learned that bread isn’t very good for ducks so we fed them oats instead.  We had a great discussion about where oats come from. Maybe you could ask your child if they remember what we discovered.

P1/2 will again be going a walk for PE tomorrow. Please ensure your child comes to school with suitable jackets and footwear.

Mrs Schendel

Weather permitting, P2 will again be going a walk tomorrow (Wednesday 11th November) during their PE time.  Please ensure your child has on a warm waterproof jacket and suitable footwear.

Mrs Schendel

Thanks to everyone who gave such positive feedback about our joint fundraising effort with the Parent Council to organise “class photo mugs” for sale as a festive fundraiser. Due to the overwhelming support we are delighted to go ahead with this idea. Friday will be a dress down day for the whole school as we will be taking class photos then. We will be sending the photographs to a company called “School Bears” to produce our mugs. We need your written consent to pass your child’s photograph onto this company, so all children are being issued with a paper consent form today (please note that this company only has permission to use the photographs for our class mugs).

In summary, we need all permission forms back by Thursday 12 November so we can take the photographs on Friday 13 to get production rolling. Mugs will be available to order on ParentPay from Monday 16 November at a cost of £6.00 each (multiple mugs can be ordered). All monies MUST be paid on ParentPay by Friday 20 November to ensure delivery before school closes for Christmas Holidays.

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

Mrs Govans

Catrine Primary School along with Catrine Parent Council would like to organise class photo mugs for every class in the school that would then be sold via Catrine Primary School ParentPay as a Festive Fundraiser (£6,00 per mug). The mug would have a class photo on one side and “All the best from Catrine Primary School” on the other side.

The company we plan to use is “School Bears”. If you want your child to take part in this fundraiser a permission form will need to be completed (issued on Monday 9 November). Also, payment in advance through ParentPay is required before we can place any orders. Multiple mugs can be purchased.

We realise this is a bit different, therefore we are asking your opinion and appreciate any feedback from you. Please complete below: