It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of another school year, and what a great year it has been.

We’ve completed our final week of term with lots of fun activities. We had a brilliant time exploring all the amazing resources & activities in the Science Centre.

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to  watch Catrine’s Got Talent & see some of the amazing talents our Catrine pupils have.

Our P7s used the money left over from their leavers hoodies to enjoy a McDonald’s & movie afternoon.

We hope you all have a wonderful summer, we look forward to seeing all of our P6 pupils back in August for their final year at primary and wish all of our P7 pupils the best of luck for their move to S1 at the RBA.

What a busy week we have had in P6/7. P6 joined in with P5/6 whilst the P7 went to the Robert Burns Academy for their bump up days.
P6 got to experience karate on Tuesday, they ran sports sessions for the rest of the school on Wednesday.
On Thursday we were back together as a class & got to experience Boxing & Hexagol with Kilmarnock football club.

As this week is World of Work week we have been discussing the different skills and qualities that you need to do different jobs. We have researched and looked at the different qualifications you need for certain jobs and discussed what jobs we think we would be good at. We also completed the ‘Animal Me’ quiz, which helps you to discover what you are good at and learn more about your personality – it also recommends different jobs for you based on your answers.

We were also making the best of the good weather & started our Sports Championship activities outside.

P6 Class Talk

Title:  My Hero

You have been given a project to prepare and present a short 5 minute talk about a ‘hero’ of your choice. This person could be famous (footballer, singer etc.) or someone you know in real life. The presentation should be as detailed as possible and could include information about

• Why this person is your hero
• What about them inspires you
• Who they are and where they come from (background etc.)
• What have they achieved (successes or special talents)
• How did they reach their goals?
• What impact has your hero had on you

You can use the internet or books to find out facts about your chosen ‘hero’. You could also use other ideas to enhance your talk e.g. PowerPoint (saved pen-drive), drawings, diagrams or items from home.

You should practise your talk at home as often as possible and use a timer to help. You may want to use notes or prompt cards to help you stay on track.

Talks should be ready to be present the week beginning Monday 22nd May.

P7 Class Talk

Title: My Primary School Memories

You have been given a project to prepare and present a short 5 minute talk about your Primary School memories. The presentation should be as detailed as possible and could include information about

• The different teachers you’ve had
• Best school trip
• Funniest memories
• Favourite topics
• Best school lunch
• Achievements
• Favourite subject

You could also use other ideas to enhance your talk e.g. PowerPoint (on GLOW), photos, drawings, diagrams or items from home.

You should practise your talk at home as often as possible and use a timer to help. You may want to use notes or prompt cards to help you stay on track.

Talks should be ready to be present the week beginning Monday 22nd May.

I can’t wait to hear your talks!

This week we’ve been continuing to work on our different literacy strategies. We’ve also been learning to write a balanced argument.
In maths we’ve been exploring percentages and learning to use a calculator to calculate percentages.
On Tuesday we also went a walk down to the river, whilst discussing the risks associated with water.
We had outdoor day on Wednesday where we split into our houses & completed another one of the 4 activities.

This week we had an ex-pupil return to Catrine, to teach P5-7 all about cyber security and the best ways to stay safe when using devices that connect to the internet.

We have also started reading The BFG as our new class novel. This week discussed our prior knowledge about the book and read the first few chapters. This term we are learning about persuasive writing and the different vocabulary you might use in a persuasive letter. We wrote a letter to Miss Burleigh and Mrs Govans explaining why we think phones should/should not be allowed in class.

In maths we have been learning to tell the time using 12 and 24hour notations. We have also been calculating different time intervals.

We took advantage of the great weather this week and went a lovely walk around the village, finishing with a little play at the park.

We’ve had a busy last week of term. We’ve been finishing off our novel study and have been completing some work on telling the time using 12 & 24hour times.
We have been very creative in our egg design competition and have had some fantastic entries.
Our P7 pupils were very excited to receive their leavers hoodies this week & can’t wait to wear them for their final term at Catrine Primary.

We finished off our week with a wee trip to the park.

Pupils have been issued with a numeracy homework task. The task should be completed in their ‘Numeracy scrapbooks’.

Numeracy homework should be returned by Monday 27th March.

We’ve had such a busy week this week. We’ve been continuing to learn new spelling rules and continuing with our book study ‘War Horse’. In maths we’ve been continuing our work on fractions.

On Wednesday we had our first Home Circles in over 3 years. The P7s were great leaders for their group and helped by our P6s. We were lucky to have George Burns the STEM Ambassador in to talk to us about his career in engineering on Wednesday afternoon as part of British Science week. We also completed a few challenges set by the STEM committee.

This week we have been continuing to work on our novel study. We celebrated World Book Day in class on Thursday, by completing a range of digital literacy tasks. We also went to P1 and read a story to our buddies.

In numeracy we have been continuing our work on fractions.

We have been learning how to play hockey at gym with Mrs McCaig and tennis with Miss Burleigh.