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:

https://vimeo.com/476356089/9cbc8c529c

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:

Our House Captains and Vice Captains have been busy organising House Challenges for all pupils to take part in this term. The first House Challenge will take place on Friday afternoon. All pupils from P1-7 will be colouring/making a poppy picture to take home and display in their window for Remembrance Sunday. This is to remember all of the soldiers who have fought in wars to keep us safe. It would be great to see some photos of the poppies displayed in your windows. Pupils can post a picture on their Glow blog or send an e-mail to their class teacher. We look forward to them!

Mrs McKenna

Weather permitting, P1/2 will again be going a walk tomorrow afternoon as part of their PE programme.  Please ensure your child comes to school with a warm, waterproof jacket and suitable footwear.

Mrs Schendel

Our class will be selling poppies this week in the lead up to Remembrance Sunday as part of The Scottish Poppy Appeal. Poppies will be sold for a minimum donation of £1.

All donations will be collected through Parent Pay. The money raised will be going to Poppy Scotland.

Thank you for your support.

By Daryl, Abbie , Lucy and Neve

As you know P5/6 has been learning all about the Victorian era and as part of our learning we explored what school life was like. To help us finish off our topic we are going to host a ‘Victorian School Day’.

The day will consist of lessons that were traditionally taught during the Victorian school day such as reading, writing and arithmetic as well as drill, hand inspections and bible study and prayer.

It is our hope that everyone will dress up for the day in keeping with our theme but please remember that the day is not intended to cost you any money so please reuse and recycle items you have or can borrow to create your child’s costume. Children can choose if they wish to dress as a poor or rich child or perhaps as a chimney sweep or farm hand – there are so many options.

Thank you for your support in making our topic come alive by supporting our Victorian School Day.

Many thanks

Mrs McCaig

Please see below for information from Kerr Chalmers, Traffic and Road Safety Manager for Ayrshire Roads Alliance.

‘We received 94 comments from our initial consultation on proposals for temporary measures to improve physical distancing at or near school entrances at eight schools in East Ayrshire.

A School Street is a road which is closed to all vehicular traffic at school start and finish times. The restriction would not apply to permit holders or blue badge holders, and residents of the street would be contacted directly and issued with free permits as the schemes are developed. The trials will be monitored and if schemes prove to be successful then we would like then to consider introducing permanent schemes.

We are now asking for feedback on the four schools where the initial trials of the proposals are planned to be undertaken. The schools are:

• Auchinleck Primary School and Early Childhood Centre
• Catrine Primary School
• Crosshouse Primary School and Early Childhood Centre
• St Sophia’s Primary School

We have prepared Plans, FAQs and Benefits of School Streets information pack – we hope these will answer many of the general queries raised about School Streets projects.

We are keen to receive as much feedback on our proposals as possible. I would be grateful therefore if you could share these links as widely as possible and encourage people to complete the online survey.  I am issuing a similar email to the Parent Council Chairs at the four schools.’

Please click on the highlighted link above for further information and a chance to comment on their proposals.  Thank you.

This week we have been focusing on our School Value of Responsibility.  Please go to your child’s class blog to see what Responsibility means to them.  Each class is also creating a fantastic School Values display – we’ll make sure to share them with you when they’re complete.

Next week’s School Value is Ambition.

We’ve had a brilliant day in school today celebrating Hallowe’en.  Lots of creative costumes were on display, and each pupil decorated a mask and took part in our whole school Hallowe’en Parade (outside in the playground).  This afternoon was noisy and energetic as each class held their own party, with Hallowe’en games and activities.  A great way to start the weekend!

Have a brilliant Hallowe’en weekend.    Mrs Govans 🙂