We had a lovely morning meeting some of the new children who will be attending in August.

Today we had a lovely morning welcoming the first group of children from the ECC up to the school for our ‘Numeracy’ transition morning.  The children enjoyed visiting the playground, having a picnic snack and meeting their siblings and new teachers. What a lovely morning we all had!

To all P7 parents and carers,

The Roberts Burns Academy will be hosting information evenings to discuss the transition process for your child into secondary school. This information evening will be held virtually via V-Scene.  Details of how to join using your computer or phone are attached to this message. The meeting will be hosted by Mr McGurn (Depute Headteacher), supported by members of the Pupil Support Team who are leading the transition activities.

The meeting for Catrine PS is on Tuesday 11th May at 6.30pm. 

The purpose of the meeting is to go over the arrangements for this year’s transition programme, including school visits in June, as well as answering frequently asked questions about the school day at the Robert Burns Academy.

We look forward to seeing you.  Mr McGurn, DHT

P7 Transition Meeting – Tuesday 11th May 2021 (1)

What a week – we’ve had lovely sunshine, snowy blizzards, flooded playgrounds and two days off!

1. Please note that our main pupil gate and entrance will still be out of use for next week – the crazy weather has slowed down progress so all classes will continue to enter and exit school via the Infant Gate until further notice.  Thanks for your support with this – it’s been working very well.
2. Remember the School Streets online survey for all Catrine PS parents/carers is open until midnight on Sunday 9th May.  Please take the time to have your say on whether the traffic restrictions temporarily in place around our school should be made permanent.

Have a lovely weekend.  Mrs Govans 

We are delighted that some improvements are going to be taking place around our school and playground over the next month and we’ll have to make some changes to ensure our pupil safety during the course of the works.

From Tuesday 4th May the main pupil gate and stairs will be closed for one week for refurbishment.

At 9.00/9.10am pupils should enter via the infant gate in the infant playground and go to their usual playground area.  We would ask that pupils avoid coming to school too early to help with our playground arrangements.

At 3.00/3/.10pm all pupils will leave school via the infant gate in the infant playground. To avoid congestion the classes will leave in the same order every day so that our younger pupils can be collected safely.

3.00pm – Primary 1/2 then Primary 3 then Primary 5/6

3.10pm – Primary 2 then Primary 4/5 then Primary 6/7

Staff will be in the playground at all times to ensure that all pupils enter and exit the school safely.  We’ll let you know when the work has finished and we can start using the main pupil gate again.

Please phone the school for any further information and thanks for your continued support.  Remember Monday is a holiday and the PS and ECC are closed on Thursday 6th May.

Have a great long weekend.  Mrs Govans

To all P7 parents and carers,

The Roberts Burns Academy will be hosting information evenings to discuss the transition process for your child into secondary school. This information evening will be held virtually via V-Scene.  Details of how to join using your computer or phone are attached to this message. The meeting will be hosted by Mr McGurn (Depute Headteacher), supported by members of the Pupil Support Team who are leading the transition activities.

The meeting for Catrine PS is on Tuesday 11th May at 6.30pm. 

The purpose of the meeting is to go over the arrangements for this year’s transition programme, including school visits in June, as well as answering frequently asked questions about the school day at the Robert Burns Academy.

We look forward to seeing you.  Mr McGurn, DHT

P7 Transition Meeting – Tuesday 11th May 2021 (1)

Please note that both Catrine PS and ECC are closed on Monday 3rd May for the Bank Holiday and on Thursday 6th May for an Inservice Day.

Leighton and Ellie took part in the Kiltwalk on Sunday 25 April and along with Calvin and Bailey they all walked 12 miles!!!

They raised £540.00 for cash for kids in Ayrshire.

Catrine Primary School is extremely proud of these students!!

All classes have enjoyed a brilliant first week back to Term 4.

We’ve all taken our learning outside in the glorious sunshine, and classes have been out all over the village having adventures and rescuing hedgehogs (ask Primary 1/2!!)  Please click onto our class GLOW blogs to see some photos of the fun we’ve been having.

The staff have been so pleased with the confident and enthusiastic way in which all of our pupils have returned, and we are looking forward to a busy term.

Have a lovely weekend.  Mrs Govans 🙂

We are delighted that our ECC is to be refurbished, with work starting during the summer holidays.  To accommodate these updates Catrine ECC will be temporarily based within Catrine PS from August 2021.  Please click on the link for further details:

Letter to parents-carers – Catrine ECC – 22 April 21

We will keep you updated about any further changes, and we have a plan in place for both our ECC and PS children for starting back in August 2021 which we’ll share with you nearer the time.  

Mrs Govans 

Catrine Primary School recently signed the Property Pledge with East Ayrshire Council. Take a look ……………..

Catrine PS PP

Your views/comments are always welcome:

Dear Parent/Carer

It is imperative that the school has your child’s up to date address and contact details at all times. This also prevents issues when applying for free school meals/clothing grants. You can update your details by emailing mary.mcdicken@east-ayrshire.gov.uk or mary.mcdicken@eastayrshire.org.uk.

If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 01290 551436.

Thank you.

We are very excited to have acquired some new equipment for our infant playground to encourage loose parts play which helps develop skills such as creativity, problem solving and curiosity as well as developing social skills.  Loose parts are things like tyres, wooden planks, crates and plastic guttering.  Loose parts lets children play in many different ways – anything from making a pirate ship to building an assault course – the possibilities are endless!

P1/2 and P2 will be spending lots of time outdoors exploring this new equipment and might get a bit dirty! Pupils should come to school every day prepared to play outside. School uniform tops and jumpers should still be worn but children can wear trackies, leggings or older bottoms which you don’t mind getting dirty.

We look forward to seeing our pupils back tomorrow and can’t wait to see what they create with our new equipment.

Mrs Schendel

After the Easter holidays, starting the 19th April for 4 weeks, the roads around the school will be closed between 8.45am and 9.30am and again between 2.30pm – 3.20pm. This is to help to improve safety for pupils and also reduce pollution.  Remember you might need to leave earlier in the morning and after school if you’re driving a car. Remember it’s for all our safety and will help our environment.

See flyer below for more details: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/catrinepsmain2019/files/2021/03/Catrine-Flyer.pdf  

From  your Junior Road Safety Officers, Kacee and Sophie!

The school will close on Thursday 1 April for the Easter Holidays. 

P1/2, P3 and P5/6 will finish at 2.30pm.

P2, P4/5 and P6/7 will finish at 2.40pm.

All children will restart on Monday 19th April at 9.00am/9.10am.

Please click on the link below to view school holiday arrangements 2020/2021

School-Holidays-2020-21

Primary 7 is continuing to raise funds for their leavers hoodies.

We are running a competition to guess how many eggs are in the jar. Each guess costs £1 which is payable through ParentPay. The closest wins the jar with the winner being announced next Thursday 1st April.

We are also having a dress down day next Thursday 1st April. Pupils can dress down for a donation of £1 also paid through ParentPay.

Primary 7 would like to thank you for your continued support.

Hollie and Demi

Please see  poster below for further information of Active Schools outdoors Easter holiday sessions. Booking is essential via the Smart survey link below. Please do one form per child.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EasterCatrineP4-7_13April/

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EasterCatrineP1-3_13April/

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EasterCatrineP4-7_6April/

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EasterCatrineP1-3_6April/

Once you have filled in the smart survey that confirms your child’s place. If the smart survey is closed it unfortunately means all places are taken.