Here is what we would like you to join in with every day next week…
We will also have a WOW tracker challenge -100 house points for each day children walk to school and log on the tracker. Class with the most logged active journeys will get an extra play!
Primary 7 pupils Transition to St Joseph’s meeting for parents/carers will take place at St Joseph’s Academy on Wednesday 22nd May at 6pm.
LAST CHANCE TO APPLY BEFORE SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!
Please find below links to apply for either a Kids Cards or a NEC card for your child dependent on their age. This card will enable your child to access FREE bus travel throughout Scotland.
If your child has previously had an NEC and has lost their card please do not use the links below, please contact the school office and we will send home the relevant form for you to complete.
Application Form 1
This form is for pupils aged 5 to 10 years old. Parents should use the link below to apply for this card on behalf of their child, the person completing the form on behalf of their child MUST be the main contact registred for the pupil.
NEC Card 1 5-10 Application Form – Mount Carmel
Application Form 2
This for is for pupils aged 11 to 15 years old This application is for a National Entitlement Card for pupils under the age of 16. Parents must apply for the card on behalf of their child, the person completing the application MUST be the main contact registered for the pupil. Parents will then have the option of having the Young Scot branding and/orthe PASS Hologram as well as free bus travel added too this card.
NEC Card 2 11-15 Application Form – Mount Carmel
Please note we are only able to process application forms from current pupils of Mount Carmel Primary
Our advertising group for Matilda paid a visit to our friends and neighbours at Crossgates yesterday to invite them along to our community performance of Matilda. The group got to meet some of the wonderful residents and staff. We can’t wait to see you at the show everyone 💕
Primary 5 have had a brilliant morning making snores and den building. We also took our reading outside to enjoy in the sunshine as well as creating some transient art with natural materials.
P4 enjoyed a fun filled morning outdoors.
We worked together to create fabulous dens, and then roasted which we enjoyed with our smores and hot chocolate.
We took some time to complete some mindful activities whilst enjoying the May sunshine with our friends from P5.
Tuesday 11th June-Evening performance @6.30pm
Wednesday 12th June -Afternoon performance@1.30pm
All tickets £4 via Parentpay and at present are limited to 4 per family. Tickets are on sale now and will no doubt sell fast!
A reminder that our school uniform does not include tracksuit bottoms or leggings. School skirts and trousers should be worn each day. We have many items available in our school uniform exchange which is accessible daily in the main foyer. Please take any items that you require, items do not require to be exchanged.
Hopefully we will see some more sunny weather, please consider putting a sunhat in your child’s bag for especially sunny days.
Friday 24th MAY will be a dress down day!
Pupils can come to school wearing their own clothes. As always, no football colours please. For this we are asking kindly for a donation of £1 which is now live on Parentpay.
Children who take part in dress down day will automatically be entered into the draw for our May raffle🤩
Our May Raffle is now live on Parentpay!
Usual conditions apply; £1 per strip of 5 tickets to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize!👇
The raffle will close on Thursday 30th May with the winner being drawn on Friday 31st.
You will automatically receive a free entry to the raffle if you pay £1 to take part in our Dress Down Day on Friday 24th May.
We would be obliged if you would please take the time to complete the following Learning Journals survey:
Here is what we would like you to join in with every day next week…
We will also have a WOW tracker challenge -100 house points for each day children walk to school and log on the tracker. Class with the most logged active journeys will get an extra play!
May is a month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady and the Rosary. Mary, the mother of God, was a loving mother and a model for us all.
During this month, all our classes are making a special effort to pray the Rosary to help us to reflect on the life of Mary and Jesus.
As the Mount Carmel Missio Champions, Primary 4 put together some ideas to help us all learn about Mary and to pray the rosary. We distributed these to all classes.
Our Lady, Queen of Peace, pray for us.
On Wednesday, our Primary 4 and Primary 5 classes will be taking part in outdoor activities to celebrate Natural Scotland week. We were hoping to go to the Dean Park; however, due to the Mayfest the park will be closed. The classes are very excited to be den building, making smores and roasted marshmallows in the morning and then we can continue with our rehearsals for MATILDA in the afternoon.
Please ensure that the children have suitable outdoor clothing on (jogging bottoms or leggings) with school uniform on top. They should also have suitable outdoor shoes on as we will be on the grass.
Thank you for your continuing support,
Mrs McCreadie and Mrs MacKinnon
A gentle reminder that our Primary 5 class are heading to the North West Bowling Club on Monday morning. The class will be leaving at around 9:15am. Please ensure that the children have suitable clothing on (including flat shoes for the bowling green) as we will be walking there and back. The children are very excited to be taking part in this experience for the next few weeks.
Good Luck to our Primary 7 children who will be attending their first full transition day at St Josephs tomorrow.
Reminder that children can access St Josephs school transport on the day using the information previously provided.
Children should report to the assembly hall by 8.45am (school day finishes at 3.40pm)
Full school uniform (shirt, tie, trousers, skirt and shoes) MUST be worn, Leavers hoodies will NOT be allowed inside
Children should have their PE kit with them each day.
Primary children will not be allowed to leave campus during break or lunch therefore packed lunch should be provided or a school meal will be available.
We hope you have a brilliant day Primary 7 and look forward to hearing all about it
Team MC
Primary 3
Share the Learning will take place in school on Friday 24th May @ 2pm
We look forward to welcomong you all
Miss Grimley
Thank you to Friends of Mount Carmel who recently donated some new PE equipment to the school.
We received footballs, basketballs, shuttlecocks, tennis balls and tennis sets.
Primary 5 pupils were some of the first to sample some of the new equipment:
Thank you to Fr. Jim and Sisters Mabel and Juliet for an interesting and fun morning in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
We really enjoyed learning all about the sacred vessels such as the chalice, paten, and ciborium used during Holy Mass, and we even had an opportunity to hold them.
We enjoyed listening to Fr. Jim explain importance of the Eucharist, and we talked lots about our upcoming First Communion Days.
Please keep us in your prayers as we take this beautiful step in our faith journey.
We could not be more proud of our incredible P6 and P7 ‘Disco Divas’ who performed at The Gaiety Theatre in Ayr tonight as part of Dance Fest 24. They gave their all and most importantly had fun! Well done girls! 🤩👏🏻 🪩💙
#expressivearts #mcpsvalues #letyourlightshine
Our monthly mass on Friday will be a mass of Thanksgiving for Father Martin, we would like to invite any parents/carers along to join us should they wish to do so.
As a whole school community we continue to pray for our Primary 4 children who are preparing to make the First Holy Communion this month.
As part of there preparation Primary 4 children (those making communion) will stay behind after mass on Friday 3/5/2024, and Father Jim will offer the children the opportunity to taste the offeratory wine & host (which wont be blessed)
Please continue to keep our children in your prayers.
That’s rehearsals underway today with the main cast having their very first read through.
Get your dates in the diary … Tuesday 11th June evening performance and Wednesday 12th June afternoon performance. Tickets on sale soon. Keep your eyes peeled!!
Summer is nearly here and we’re into our last term. The last term for our P7’s. Where has the time gone?! Here is a brief overview of our learning this term.
Literacy
We are continuing to develop all reading skills through a variety of guided reading texts. As part of our show, we will also be looking at texts and songs from Matilda. We will be building on learning from the previous term where we looked at the main idea and aim to develop that into summarising texts and passages. For writing, we are looking at recount and report writing. For spelling, the Suns will continue to look at suffixes and how they change the meaning of words. The Moons and Stars will continue to focus on core phonemes with their different representations. Our grammar will be looking at using apostrophes and other punctuation.
Numeracy
The emphasis of our numeracy this term is on algebra and number patterns. We will continue to use Number Talk strategies to develop mental strategies using all four processes as part of our daily routine. The class are also working on skills beyond number with Mrs Smith and will be investigating measurement and time.
Health and Wellbeing
The PATHS focus this term is continuing to develop and use de-escalation techniques during conflicts as well as looking at transitions. Pupil of the Day will also continue as will our Do Be Mindful activities, exploring mindfulness and developing more mechanisms for dealing with stress and appreciating the things we have.
Our PE days continue to be on a Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be first playing cricket enhancing our throwing, catching and fielding skills. We will also be participating in athletics activities in preparation for Sports Day.
IDL/Summer Show
The topic this term is looking at enterprise with a focus on our summer show. Preparations are already underway for the upper school show. Pupils will be participating in lots of drama, art, technology and enterprising activities to make the show a success. Keep your eyes peeled for further updates of our show.
RE
This term we will be aiming to complete God’s Loving Plan activities. As this subject is sensitive, please discuss these issues with your child at home.
We will also look at Pentecost and the New Covenant.
French
Mrs SMith will continue teaching French with P7. Through a range of talking, listening, reading and writing tasks, this term the focus will be on the French culture and other French speaking countries.
I look forward to working with P7 in their final term at primary school.
Mr Bertoncini
Curricular Update Primary 6
Term 4 – 2024
Welcome back to Primary 6 curricular update, a busy and exciting final term. Primary 6 will prepare to transition into primary 7 and will have the opportunity to interview for captain and vice-captain house roles. Primary 6 will have the responsibility of becoming a buddy to new primary 1’s who will be starting Mount Carmel in August. The upper school summer show will be performed in June and we will be showcasing all of our hard work as we present to you …… ‘Matilda’!!
Please see below for an overview of what we will be learning this term:
Numeracy
This term we will focus on Area, Perimeter and Volume, Angles, Information Handling and Function Machines. Daily revision and rigour of decimals, percentages and fractions and the four operations will still continue throughout term 4. Children are as always encouraged to practise their multiplication tables.
Literacy
Reading – We will continue to read books appropriate to our levels and we will focus on fiction texts. We will complete daily reading to writing tasks and work on our active comprehension tasks. This term we will focus on understanding the difference between fact and opinion, the authors use of language, and inference.
Writing - This term we will be completing report writing where we will be linking it with our science topic. Further into term 4 we will complete recount writing.
Spelling - we will continue to follow the active literacy spelling programme in our appropriate groups, focusing on common words and phonemes relevant to their level and stage. Some weeks pupils will be given topic-specific vocabulary as part of their topic. New spelling words will be introduced each week, which will coincide with homework tasks. Pupils will revise the Active Spelling strategies throughout Term 4.
HWB
In term 4 primary 6 will continue to take part in Do Be-Mindful activities, some activities will be part of homework tasks. At the start of the term P6 will complete a mini topic on Substance Misuse looking at the dangers of smoking/vaping, alcohol and drugs usage.
PE days will be Wednesday and Thursday please remember to bring full PE kit on these days. This term we will be participating in Volleyball, Athletics and Orienteering. Pupils are asked to bring FULL PE kit on these days, this includes indoor shoes.
Expressive Arts
This term we have our summer show which P6 are very excited about as there are lots of jobs available to apply for. This gives them opportunities to enjoy being creative and imaginative, express emotions, performing for different audiences and being part of audiences for others. They will be able to showcase their talents from performing, props, sound production and stage settings. Working together as un upper school team we will be learning key skills in music, art and design, dance and drama.
Religious Education
Throughout this term P6 will continue to work on their Pope Francis Faith Award, reflecting on how they use the different gifts in their wider world which will continue with them into P7. We will listen and engage with stories from the Gospel of Matthew.
Modern Languages
This term pupils will focus on hobbies, food and drink and descriptions in French.
We will continue French with the aim to increase their confidence in reading, writing and talking in French.
IDL
This term a big part of our topic will be on enterprise and the summer show. We will all have very important roles to play in the production to make sure the show is successful. Part of our mini science topic this term, primary 6 voted to learn more around volcanoes and chemical reactions.
Thank you for your support,
Miss Maitland.
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