Assembly was always the highlight of our week and so now we have a Home Learning Assembly post which will also be sent by email..
We may not be able to be together in school right now, but every Friday we can be there for each other, find out what has been going on and who are the Star Pupils!
Together we are Team MC !
What an amazing response!
Well done to everyone that got in touch requesting a shout out for their family heroes!
Anyone that didn’t get a chance can email and I will give a shout out next Thursday…
Today our school community want to say a big, enormous, massive thank you to…
Lynne, who is a biomedical scientist and relation of May in P6.
Aline, mum to Jamila P6, Kamili P5 and Ntale soon to be P1, working hard as part of the NHS at Crosshouse Hospital!
Caitlin in P4 has asked for her Aunt Claire, a nurse, her Uncle Gary, a lorry driver and her Papa, a postman to get a big SHOUT OUT!!
Aidan in P4 has organised a shout out for his mum Laura, she is also a key worker.
Oliver in P4 has nominated his mum, she is working hard as a dentist!
Logan in P3 is clapping for his Uncle John, an ICU nurse at Crosshouse hospital and his mum who is working as part of the EA Hit Squad; she is looking after the shielding community. Great Job!
Sophie P4 and soon to be P1 Luke would like us to mention their Papa, delivering mail, Dad driving his lorry and Mum working as a nurse.
Hannah P3 and Katie soon to be P1 would like their Dad to receive a shout out for working as a Navigation Officer on a great big StenaLine ferry. Super Sailing!
Evie P6 is sending massive thanks to her Aunt Susan who works for the NHS!
Jessica P1 and Olivia P7 are sending virtual hugs to their Aunt Leanne who is a hardworking nurse!
We are so proud and grateful to all of you. We will clap for you all tonight. Together we are Team MC.
Hello boys and girls,
Mrs Duff and Mrs Dunsmore are so excited to be able to keep in touch with you!!! We know Marty bear is missing seeing you all in our school so he will be delighted too!!!!
We hope you have all been having lots of fun at home with your families, especially during the lovely sunny weather.
We have been busy drawing pictures of ourselves so that you can see us on your screens anytime you like! We would also love to be able to see all of you………so do you think you could you do a very special job for us?
Could you draw a fantastic picture of yourself and ask a grown up to take a photograph of you holding it, just like we did? Then you could send it in to Mrs McGahon and we can put all the photographs of our new Primary 1 friends together.
We can’t wait to see all of your lovely faces again!
Love Mrs Duff and Mrs Dunsmore xxxx
At Mass this morning Bishop Nolan set you all a challenge!:
To paint or draw a picture of your Priest and send them via Facebook Messenger to the RC Ayr page. We will use them to fill the Cathedral with artwork during this time when we cannot fill it with people!
If you are not on Facebook, you can email your artwork to Mrs MGahon on: Joanna.mcgahon@eastayrshire.org.uk
THANK YOU!
A huge thank you to everyone from Mount Carmel, past and present, who sent in messages, drawing , poems and lovely memories for Mr McMillan’s Memory Book.
We have been overwhelmed by the response and are truly grateful for you all taking the time to send them in, he will be absolutely delighted I’m sure!
Unfortunately, there has to be cut off point….so please do not send anymore as sadly we won’t be able to add them in now. However, you could still make something for him and keep it at home till our schools go back and bring it in then and we will pass them on to Mr McMillan.
Shout Out!! claire.crawford@eastayrshire.org.uk
Every Thursday we clap for our carers! It fills everyone with hope. Do you have a special person you are clapping for? Maybe a family member is a key worker? If you email me (Mrs Crawford see above) with your parent/ carers permission, I will try and add your shout out to our Health and Well-being Blog. Remember to tell me who you are clapping for and why. Shout outs will appear on a Thursday.
Good Morning,
Below is an update from St Joseph’s regarding P7 transition.
P7 Transition to S1
Our P7 transition events can no longer take place. However, Mr Boyle and our Pastoral Care team have our transition packs ready to go. We are currently determining how best to share these packs with you and plan to create a dedicated page on our website for our incoming P7 cohort. We anticipate that this page will be live in mid to late May.
We will let P7 Parents and Carers know when this page becomes available.
Thank you,
Miss Mudge
Another Monday, some days fly by and others pass slower. As always we hope that all our families are well, and staying safe at home. P6 designed a Monday Motivation banner to help lift spirits, we think it is Fab!
At MC primary we use PATHS as one of our Health and Wellbeing resources. We would love you at home to pick a ‘Family Member of the Day’. We usually have a ‘Pupil of the Day’ who receives compliments from their classmates. Adapting to our current situation, we would love if families could share this experience.
Look after yourself and each other. Together we are Team MC.
Good morning on this beautiful sunny Monday morning.
A few more activities to try at home. It is always good to take a short break from schoolwork activities and these ideas are great for a short brain break:
Busy Bags
Creating a ‘busy bag’ for your child is a great way to have a 10-minute break from schoolwork, or a chance to have quiet time if they are feeling overwhelmed or anxious. Using the resources in the bag, children can fidget, build, or make a craft item.
Fill the bag with craft items such as pom poms, stickers, collage type materials, pens, pencils, small pad of paper, glue, pipe cleaners or any other items your child will want to get creative with. What can they create?
Try putting some Lego pieces or toy cars in the bag too and children can build a small object or roll the cars around on the floor. These are good ways to help a child self-regulate and ‘switch off’ to the world for a short time.
Brain Breaks
Our brains are a muscle and need exercise too. Challenge your child to the test below.
The first test is easier, ask your child to read the colours as written. Then ask them to say the colour of the word. This is more challenging as it is asking your left and right side of the brain to work against each other. Left wants to read the colour, right wants to say the colour it sees. Give it a try!
‘I Am…’ Poem
To remind your child of how fantastic they are, and to fill their thoughts with positivity, ask them to create an ‘I Am..’ poem, and to be honest about their worries and their hopes and dreams. You can use the template below or as a guide to creating your own.
Stay safe and well!
Hi Primary 3,
Here is your learning grids for the next week. There are lots of fun activities to do both indoors and outdoors. Have fun with it and remember to send me your photos of the great learning that you are doing!!
Speak soon,
Mrs McCreadie
P3 Numeracy Learning Grid 27.4.20
Hello Everyone!!
I hope you are all well. Please find below your new Literacy, Numeracy and IDL grids for the week ahead. Remember the core tasks are in red text and the optional activities are in black.
I would love if you could send me photos of any of the tasks you have written down. It is wonderful to see all the hard work you are doing at home!!
Remember it is important to have fun and exercise too, here is an idea of how your day could look:
9am – Joe Wicks PE on Youtube
9.30am – 1 or 2 Literacy tasks from grid
10.30 am – Snack and play/walk outside
11am – 1 or 2 Numeracy tasks from grid
12 noon – Lunch and family time
1pm – Activity from IDL grid
2pm – Story time (cosy up with a book from home or online)
2.30pm – Cosmic Yoga (YouTube)
3pm – Free Time!!!!!
Primary 1 Numeracy place mat April 27th
Good morning P6,
I hope that you all had a lovely weekend.
Please find below the Home Learning Tasks for the week beginning 27/4/20. There is a Numeracy, Literacy and IDL (topic) grid.
Remember to try to complete the core tasks and some of the additional tasks. There is no expectation that all tasks should be completed.
I have enjoyed your updates on how you are getting on and the photographs of your fabulous work. You are all amazing P6!
Possible daily routine.
8.00-9.00 Breakfast, play outside
9.00-10.00 Exercise time: You could do some Joe Wicks on YouTube/ Just Dance/ Cosmic Yoga.
10.00-11.00 Home Learning – Literacy task
11.00-11.30 Snack and play outside
11.30-12.30 Home Learning- Numeracy tasks
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and play outside
1.30-2.30 Walk or exercise
2.30-3.00 Home Learning – IDL (Topic) Grid
Take care,
Mrs MacKinnon
Good afternoon everyone!
Please find below the Home Learning tasks for next week.
Try your best to complete the core tasks and even some of the optional ones. We are loving the pictures and work your are sending us so keep it coming!
Remember : Only do what is right for you and your family each day!
Here is a possible routine for you to follow:
8:00 -9:00 Get washed, dressed and eat breakfast.
9:00 -9:45 P.E. with Joe Wicks (Youtube), Cosmic Kidz Yoga (Youtube),Play in Garden, Family walk*, Walk the dog * or Just Dance Kids. *Only if not Self-Isolating or showing symptoms of COVID-19.
9:45 -10:00 Snack
10:00 – 11:30 Quick Daily Rigour starter followed by a numeracy task and Sumdog.
11:30 -12:00 Optional task
12:00 -13:00 Lunch and free time /outside play
13:00 – 14:00 Literacy task
14:00 -14:15 Quick break
14:15-15:00 Optional task
Good Afternoon Primary 4,
Here are the new Learning Grids for next week. I am delighted to see so many of you have been managing to get online and working hard reading your Bug Club books and completing your Sumdog Assessments. I have also loved receiving your updates on how you are getting on at home and the beautiful photographs you have sent of all your amazing work! Keep up the brilliant work!
Here is a suggested timetable that you could follow next week:
9.00am- Some exercise with Joe Wicks, Cosmic Yoga or Just Dance
10.00am – Numeracy pick a task from the grid that you would like to complete. Show off your Number Talk Strategies, do some Mental Maths or Play a Problem Solving Game on Active Hienemann
11.00am – Have a break, some exercise and a snack (remember to drink lots of water)
11:30am – Literacy pick a task to complete or read a book that you are enjoying
12:30pm – Lunchtime help to make something nice to eat
1.30pm – Finish your day with a Health & Wellbeing Task from the grid
3:00pm Finish your learning for the day and do something that you enjoy!
I hope you are all safe and happy! Enjoy the sunshine this weekend with your families!
Take care, 
Mrs Strachan x
Hello Primary 2!
Please find below your literacy, numeracy and IDL learning grids for week beginning 27.4.20. Remember there is no expectation that all tasks will be completed, just do what you can.
P2 Literacy Learning Grid 27.4.20
P2 Numeracy Learning Grid 27.04.20
I have emailed the corresponding literacy and numeracy task sheets to your individual GLOW emails. If you have any questions about any of the tasks then please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Below is a suggested timetable for the week:
9.00am – 10.00am Get dressed/Breakfast/Joe Wicks PE
10.00am – 10.30am Literacy/Numeracy task
10.30am – 11.00am Outside play
11.00am – 12.00 Literacy/Numeracy task
12.00 – 12.30pm Lunchtime
12.30pm – 1.00pm Literacy/Numeracy task
1.00pm – 1.30pm Go noodle/Cosmic Yoga
1.30pm – 2.00pm IDL tasks
2.00pm Outside Play/Walk
Keep working hard Primary 2 but remember to have lots of fun too!
Mrs Dunsmore x
Hello Primary 7,
Here are your new Home Learning grids for this week. I have attached a link to access the worksheets for Numeracy 🙂
Remember you can contact me via Teams or email if you need help or don’t understand a task…or just want to check in 🙂 I love hearing from you all.
LITERACY
Primary 7 Literacy Grid w/b 27th April
Writing a film review help sheet – P7
NUMERACY
Primary 7 Numeracy Grid w/b 27th April
Circles Maths Worksheets – w/b 27th April
Triangles Worksheets – w/b 27th April
Squares Group Maths Worksheets
IDL
Love Miss Mudge x
As another working week comes to an end, we wish you a relaxing weekend with your loved ones. Remember to take time to relax and try and grab some time to yourself for a lie down , bubble bath or book. Stay Safe. Together we are Team MC.
And remember lots of fun experiences are so valuable for everyone during this time. Making memories as a family.
Welcome to the P1 Transition Group page for children starting Mount Carmel Primary School in August this year.
We really loved seeing all the boys and girls when you visited the school before the holidays and we hope that you are all very excited about coming to join us in August.
However, we are sad that we are now not going to see you all for a while. We would love to keep in touch as you are all now part of our Mount Carmel family.
Any family who would like to be part of this could they please contact Mrs. McGahon at:
Joanna.mcgahon@eastayrshire.org.uk
We are sad to announce that Mr. McMillan, our long serving school janitor will be retiring on May 5th this year. Mr McMillan will be turning 70 this year and has decided to hang up his keys for good!
He has been part of the Mount Carmel family for 20 years and we obviously want to mark this in a special way. It is such a shame under the circumstances that the school will be closed on his last day and that we will be unable to celebrate with him in person! BUT…..we have a plan. 
We would love if as many children as possible can send in either a drawing, a memory or a short poem about Mr McMillan. We will collate them all and have them made into a special Photobook as a keepsake for him. Please remember to add your name to the front of your work! If you need any tips for ideas here are a few:
He will be 70 in July, he has been at Mount Carmel for 20 years, he loves music, he used to play football, his favourite football team is Auchinleck Talbot .
Please send entries in to me (Mrs Templeton) :
gillian.templeton@eastayrshire.org.uk
We have a very short time span on this and really need your entries in asap and at the very latest by 9am next Tuesday( 28th).
Our Mount Carmel family hope that you are well, these times can be daunting for adults and children alike. Here are some resources that may help emotional health, some for adults and some for children. Stay safe. Together we are Team MC.
And finally some Monday Motivation…
As always if you need to contact the staff for any questions or support please use online form.
Hello and welcome back!
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter break and enjoyed some sunny weather in their gardens. It is still a very strange time for us all, our routines have completely changed, and we are missing seeing everyone in school.
Below are a couple of ideas you could do at home with your children, to help children talk about how they are feeling, what they are missing and to help us to share our thoughts as a family.
Conversation Café
Set up a ‘conversation café’ at home, ask the children to help set a table for afternoon tea, in the house or in the garden and let them help serve some sandwiches or sweet treats. It’s always nice to have some cake, a cuppa and a chat together. The attached photo suggests some conversation starters you could have together, which will encourage children to think about happiness.
Friendship Card
Like many of us, your children will be missing seeing their friends from school and may be finding it hard to understand why they can’t have a play date or a catch up with friends.
Encourage your child to make a ‘friendship card’ for a school friend. They can design and decorate their card with all the things they know their friend will like. Ask your child to write a personal message to their friend, writing about all the things they miss about their friend and what they hope they will do together once life returns to normal.
As always, any child who feels they would like a chat, can email me through Glow at any time and I will be sure to respond.
Take Care
Mrs Travers
Here are some rainbows for all of our inspiring NHS and Key Workers… You are our heroes! We want to let you know how much we appreciate all you are doing for us everyday! Keep safe and stay home everyone!
Thank you from all at MC!
Well done girls!
Hello everyone!
Just a friendly reminder about submitting your “Reach for the Stars” videos. Thank you to the children who have already submitted theirs; we are enjoying watching them. We are looking forward to seeing more coming in.
If you have still to submit your video, please can you do so to Mrs Dunsmore at: Alana.Baird@eastayrshire.org.uk by 12noon on Wednesday 22nd April.
Welcome back everyone!
We hope you all had a lovely Easter break (even if it was a bit different this year), and that the Easter Bunny delivered lots of chocolate eggs to you all!! 
The weather has been fantastic which has made the holidays during lockdown a bit more bearable.
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well and have managed to have some lovely family time over the last two weeks.
Please find below links to this week’s home learning grids for literacy, numeracy and modern lanaguages. The core tasks are in red and the optional tasks are in black. For one or two tasks, I have asked that responses are sent back to me via email if possible.
Primary 1 Literacy Grid April 20th
Primary 1 Numeracy Grid April 20th
Please find below the Home Learning Tasks for the week.
Remember to try to complete the core tasks and some of the additional tasks. There is no expectation that all tasks should be completed.
Possible daily routine.
8.00-9.00 Breakfast, play outside
9.00-10.00 Joe Wicks on YouTube and spelling/handwriting
10.00-11.00 Home Learning – Literacy task
11.00-11.30 Snack and play outside
11.30-12.30 Home Learning- Numeracy tasks
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and play outside
1.30-2.30 Walk or exercise
2.30-3.00 Home Learning – Modern Language Task
Please find below the Home Learning Tasks for Monday 20th April.
Remember to try to complete the core tasks and some of the additional tasks.
Mrs Strachan x 🙂
Hello Primary 7,
Below are the Numeracy, Literacy and Modern Languages Learning Grids for this week. There are 3 CORE TASKS in each grid which I would like you to do and send back to me. This can be done by sending a photo of completed work (Numeracy) or by doing it on Word. The optional tasks are if you want something extra to work on 🙂
NUMERACY LEARNING GRID
Primary 7 Numeracy Grid wb 20th April
Circles Worksheets (click on links below to access them)
Triangles Worksheets (click on links below to access them)
Triangles – Perimeter Worksheet
Triangles – Long Multiplication
Squares Worksheets (click on link below to access them)
FOR ALL GROUPS – NUMERACY RESEARCH TASK
Famous Mathematicians – Numeracy Learning Grid
LITERACY LEARNING GRID
Primary 7 Literacy Grid wb 20th April
MODERN LANGUAGES LEARNING GRID
