For parents of children that are asthmatic, please read the attached letter.

Letter for Parents of Asthmatic Children School 2025

Thank you

In September, we were delighted to be visited by a former Catrine pupil, Mrs Margaret Boyd (nee Wotherspoon).  Mrs Boyd’s grandson had been working in the school and had noticed his Nanny’s name on the Dux board.  The Catrine Public School board, containing the names of pupils who were awarded the John Reid JP of Avalon Dux Medal from 1938 to 1965, is proudly displayed in our school hall.

Mrs Boyd was visiting Catrine with her son and it was lovely to be able to show her the board, which contains both her name, as the Dux winner in 1946 and her older sister’s name, Anna Wotherspoon, who was the Dux winner in 1944.

Mrs Boyd’s son told us that her visit to Catrine had prompted his mum to jot down some notes about her Catrine childhood. 

Mrs Boyd started Catrine Primary School in 1937, when the primary school was in the current ECC building. The Headmistress was Miss Begg, who was in charge for many years and was very popular.  Mrs Boyd said the ‘children loved her and would run to meet her on the way to school so they could carry her bag! We would use a slate and slate pencil back then, and would share reading books, with a new reading book being a real treat!’

She attended Catrine Secondary School, leaving school in 1946 to start work in the sewing room of the Bleach Works (where the whisky bond is now).  The cotton made at the Mill was taken to the Bleach Works where it was cleaned, in preparation for being sold. 

As a child, Mrs Boyd lived in the middle of the village, with her father owning a pub called ‘The Crown Inn’ in St Germain Street, which later became a horse and cart business which delivered the coal to the coal miners families throughout the year.

We are very proud that we were able to meet with Mrs Boyd and share a wee bit of Catrine history with her. 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to write a comment for our BIG questions at Parents Night last week. 

We will take your suggestions on board and thank you SO much for the lovely comments – we feel very proud to be part of ‘#TeamCatrine. 

Please click on the links below to read the collated comments.

Parental comments 01.10.25

BIG questions 01.10.25

We will have a no cost dress down day on Friday 10th October.

This is our last day before the October school holidays.

We close at 3.00pm on the 10th October and reopen at 9.00am on Tuesday 21st October.

Happy Holidays

Just a reminder that we will be holding our Harvest Service on Wednesday 8th October at 9.15am.

Our doors will open at 9.00am.

If you wish to still hand in a donation of a tin/packet of non perishable food, this can be done up to Wednesday morning.

Everyone welcome to join us.

Just a reminder that the Parent Council meeting will take place on Tuesday 7th October 6pm – 7pm at Catrine Games Hall.

Everyone welcome.

P6 & P7 pupils that took home a Brass Band letter,  please note that communication to sign up for Brass will come via an email this year.

Apologies for the incorrect letter being sent home.

If you do not receive an email by Monday, please call the school.

Thanks

Well done to this week’s Ruby Reward Table winners

P1 – P4 Fluoride Varnish letter

Please note that your child will come home today with a Childsmile letter.

Please read, complete and return to school before Friday 10th October.

Thank you

We will have a no cost dress down day on Friday 10th October.

This is our last day before the October school holidays.

We close at 3.00pm on the 10th October and reopen at 9.00am on Tuesday 21st October.

Our Harvest Service will take place on Wednesday 8th October at 9.15am. Everyone welcome.

This year we are asking for all pupils to bring along one tin/packet of food, not perishable items.  Food donations can be brought into school by pupils from Tuesday 30th September.

Our food collection will be donated to the Catrine Over 50’s Club, who will distribute the food to elderly people in Catrine.

P7 Leavers Hoodies

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. Your child will be picking their colour choice and size in school.  Please complete the form to give consent. Thank you

P7 Leavers Hoodies

The staff have organised and collected items to make up two Autumn Hampers.

For a chance to win one of the hampers, you can purchase tickets via Parentpay. The tickets are £1 each, with the maximum purchase of £10.00.

The tickets go on sale on Friday 26th September until Tuesday 7th October. The winners will be drawn at the Harvest Service on Wednesday 8th October.

All funds raised go towards the Christmas outing buses.

Good Luck

Well done to this week’s winners, for being excellent pupils in our dinner hall.

Thank you to everyone that handed in their old clothes at our last Rag Bag collection.

Your contributions helped raised £59.20 towards school funds.

Thank you

Date for your diary reminder

On Monday 24th November @ 3.15pm, there will be an information session held at the school.

A representative from Dolphin House will be attending.

We hope that you will be able to come along.

Parent Appointments are now open.

Please phone the school to arrange an appointment to speak to your child’s teacher.

Parents Evening is on Wednesday 1st October, 3.20pm – 7.30pm.

Thank you

Well done to this week’s winners for being excellent pupils in the dinner hall.

We held our first whole school Home Circles of the new school session today, welcoming our new P1 pupils.

All of our pupils worked together in their new Home Circle, listening to each other and agreeing on their responses.

Today’s BIG questions were based on ‘Our Excellent Lesson‘ – we asked our pupils to give two examples for each of our five Excellent Lesson essentials:

• an inclusive classroom that is calm and kind
• builds on what we already know
• has clear Learning Intentions (LI) and Success Criteria (SC) that we help to build
• supports and challenges us in ways that helps us most
• gives feedback that helps us move forward in our learning

Check out their awesome answers below …