Apologies for an earlier post which said that the Hit the Button app was free to download. I’ve since been told it is actually £3 to download.

The desktop site is FREE to access and can be found by clicking the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Thank you,

Miss Mudge

This week the Primary 7’s will be sitting the National Standardised Assessments in Reading, Writing and Numeracy. The pupils will use the computers and laptops to do these and will have plenty of time to think the questions through before they answer.

Miss Mudge

Last week Primary 6 attended Danger Detectives at the Take a Bow centre in New Farm. The pupils had talks from PC Dempster on Internet Safety, the Fire Service about fires in the home and Road Traffic officers about keeping safe on bikes and when crossing the roads.

The P6’s has a great time and represented the school very well 🙂

A big Congratulations to Abbey in Primary 6 who came third in

Shot-put at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena on Saturday.

This term P6/7 will be focusing on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. It is vital they know their timestables.

A great app to do this with it the ‘Hit the  Button’ app. In this app the pupils can practice all four operations ( add, subtract, divide and multiply) The app can be downloaded in the app stores. It can be used on tablets, laptops or mobile phones.

Today Aiden and Devlin (P6) attended the next heat of the inter schools KNEX challenge. Unfortunately they did not make it into the final stages but they represented the school brilliantly. They competed against 18 other schools in the authority and positioned in the Top 10.

Well done Aiden and Devlin 🙂

Today the Primary 7/6s took part in their first LEAD session with Mark and Gus from Active Schools. The aim of these sessions are to:

• increase physical activity in the school
• learn to lead playground games
• learn to lead games safely
• help and support after school clubs

The pupils will gain confidence in talking in front of others and listening to instructions. Below are some photos from the first session.

Due to rehearsals for our upcoming ‘Alice in Wonderland’ homework will be given out on a Wednesday this term. Homework will be expected to be handed in the following Wednesday. Pupils are NOT expected to do homework at the weekends.

As a school we are trying to promote Digital Learning. The pupils in P7/6 receive their homework schedule via their Glow school email accounts. This also owes to Mount Carmel being an Eco-school. Pupils can complete their homework using Office 365 or can complete homework in their jotters.

Pupils can still receive a hard copy of the homework if they prefer.

Thank you

Miss Mudge 🙂

What a quick year it’s been already!

Below is an overview of what this term will look like in P7/6:

Literacy –

We will continue to work on spelling rules and up levelling grammar and punctuation – catered to our own abilities.

Listening and Talking

Our focus this term is debating. We will be using current issues to debate.

Reading:

The pupils will continue to revise Active Comprehension strategies through Bug Club and Literacy Circles using Alice in Wonderland as stimulus. Our main focus this term is Inference; making inferences, creating inferential questions and answering inferential questions using evidence from the text.

Writing:

Our focus this term is Persuasive Writing. We will be looking at the features of Persuasive writing; powerful verbs, emotive language, rhetorical questioning and the structure of a persuasive piece of writing

Numeracy –

In Numeracy the groups will be covering:

Fractions, Decimals, Percentages;

Equations;

Measurement;

Co-ordinates;

Problem Solving;

Daily Number Talks/Mental Maths

RME/Health and Wellbeing

Primary 6 and 7 will look at ‘God’s Loving Plan’. An information leaflet will be sent home in the coming weeks. For further information please contact the school. In addition the Primary 6’s will be starting to work towards their Pope Francis Faith Award by reflecting on the following gifts: Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding.

PE

On a Thursday Mr Manson from Active Schools will be supporting the pupils with Leadership skills and qualities during PE sessions. This will run until mid June.

IDL/TOPIC

Our topic this term is Scottish Politics, taking a closer look into the workings of the Scottish Political system in Scotland. The pupils will be given the opportunity to become different parties and make up their own manifestos and goals and persuade peers to vote for them in a mock class election.

I would like to say a big Thank you to the boys and girls of P7/6 who have welcomed me into the school.

Miss Mudge 🙂