Please take the time to complete the survey below in relation to devices that your child is able to access at home. We will use this to update our records.
This survey will close on Friday 3rd December at midnight.
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Primary 1-3 Book Activity Afternoon
On Wednesday children in Primary 1-3 had a fantastic afternoon sharing their favourite books and completing some lovely activities. Everyone also enjoyed a glass of milk and cookie. Thank you to Primary 7 who were brilliant helpers.
We look forward to sharing our pictures of this great afternoon.
Latecoming
A reminder that children should be in their line for school starting at 9am.
Increasingly we are seeing more children arriving to school after 9am and coming in via the main entrance. This means that children are missing the initial items that are taking place first thing in the morning. Going forward it is important that children arrive to school on time unless prior arrangements have been put in place.
Thank you for your support with this matter.
Evidence of a negative PCR result
If you have been sent a letter from the NHS regarding sending your child for a PCR test we kindly request that you send a copy of a negative result before your child returns to school. This can be emailed to:
eaMountCarmel.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk
Children’s Progress Phonecalls
We are looking forward to discussing your child’s progress with you next week.
Appointment times have been set for 10 mins and we ask that this be adhered to, to avoid delays for others.
Primary 4 Class Film
We are delighted to share our Primary 4 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
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Primary 5 Class Film
We are delighted to share our Primary 5 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
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Lunch Menu changes – Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November
Changes to lunch menu
Wednesday 24th November
Macaroni Cheese now changed to Tomato Pasta
Thursday 25th November
St Andrew’s Theme Menu
Lentil Soup
Option 1 – Steak Pie, mash and veg
Option 2 – Haggis, neeps and tatties
Option 3 – Macaroni Cheese
Shortbread or trifle
Primary 7 Class Film
We are delighted to share our Primary 7 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
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Primary 6 Class Film
We are delighted to share our Primary 6 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
Please click on the link below.
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Primary 2/3
We are delighted to share our Primary 2/3 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
Please click on the link below.
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Primary 1/2 Class Film
We are delighted to share our Primary 1/2 class film. Passwords have been texted to the main contact.
Please click on the link below.
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Tempest Photographs
Dear Parents,
Have you ordered your school photos yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Monday 22nd November. Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk
If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3).
Many thanks.
Primary 1 Class film
Please click on the link below to view our amazing Primary 1 class film. Passwords to access this have been texted to the main contact for each child.
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Class Films
We are delighted that our class films are in their final stages and will soon be ready to share with you all. Keep looking at our blog this week for the SWAY links. Passwords to access these will be sent to the main contact for children.
Thank you to our excellent Primary 7 editors and camera operators as well as Mr Bertoncini.
Book Week Scotland – Primary 1, 2 and 3
We are pleased to announce that on Friday 19th November children in Primary 1 will receive their Bookbug Family Bag and children in Primary 2 and Primary 3 will receive their Read Write Count bags.
The children will bring these home to share with you. We would be grateful if you were able to take some photographs and send these to the class teacher. If you are happy we would then like to share these photographs on our blog too.
As you will remember from our November Newsletter we will have a special afternoon of activities on Wednesday 24th November. Children in P1-3 can come to school dressed in their pyjamas, bring a cuddly toy and bring their favourite book from the gifted bags. The teachers have planned a lovely afternoon for the boys and girls. The Primary 7 children will be there to help the children enjoy the activities as well as milk and cookies.
We look forward to sharing photographs next week.
Coming Soon to P1, P2 and P3!
Parent/Carer Homework Questionnaire
Please remember to complete our homework questionnaire.
Following on from last years Homework Survey we would like to gather your thoughts on our current homework provision. Your views will help to shape our future homework provision. This survey will close at midnight on Tuesday 16th November and it should take around 5 minutes to complete.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this.
Children In Need – Friday 19th November
As you know it is Children In Need on Friday 19th November. We are aware that this is an expensive time of year – due to this we are asking for a £1 donation, if you are able to, via the link below (not via ParentPay as stated in the November Newsletter).
Children will take part in a special activity afternoon organised by their class teachers. Children are not required to wear anything special on this day.
Parent/Carer Homework Questionnaire
Please remember to complete our homework questionnaire.
Following on from last years Homework Survey we would like to gather your thoughts on our current homework provision. Your views will help to shape our future homework provision. This survey will close at midnight on Tuesday 16th November and it should take around 5 minutes to complete.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this.
Parent/Carer Homework Questionnaire
If you are unable to complete the questionnaire online please contact the school for a paper copy.
Parent/Carer Homework Questionnaire
Following on from last years Homework Survey we would like to gather your thoughts on our current homework provision. Your views will help to shape our future homework provision. This survey will close at midnight on Tuesday 16th November and it should take around 5 minutes to complete.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this.
Our Lucky Cat
Hallowe’en Raffle Winners
Congratulations to our lucky Hallowe’en Raffle winners Gabo (primary 3), Luke (primary 4) and Madison (primary 5).
November Newsletter
November Newsletter
Today the children have been having a fantastic day in school taking part in our Hallowe’en activities. Thank you for purchasing raffle tickets for our Hallowe’en Trick or Treat bags. From this we have raised £180 which will go towards purchasing items for our Christmas crafts.
We have lots of exciting activities planned for November, please read on to find out some more.
School Photographs
This will take place on Friday 5th November. All children will be photographed and family pictures for children in school will also be taken. Please complete the slip sent home this week and return to school ASAP.
Class Videos
This term each class will issue a class video shoeing some of the things that children have been taking part in. This video will be password protected with a text sent with password details to the main contact in school. If you do not wish your child to be included in this then please contact the school directly or via the contact us form on the school website.
Sports Leadership Sessions
Our Active Schools link Mark Devlin will complete Sports Leadership activities with our Primary 5 and 6 children. This will begin on Wednesday 17th November for 4 weeks.
Children in Need
Children in Need takes place on Friday 19th November. We are aware that this is an expensive time of the year, we are asking for a £1 donation if you are able to. This will be available on ParentPay closer to the time. The children will take part in a special activity afternoon.
Parents/Carers Appointments
Due to ongoing restrictions parents/carers will again take place via phonecall. These will take place between Monday 22nd November and Friday 26th November. A letter will be sent home next week with further details for each class.
Book Week Scotland Gifting Event
Primary 1- 3 will have a special afternoon of activities for this on Wednesday 24th November. Children in Primary 1-3 can come to school dressed in their pyjamas on this day. Primary 1 will receive a Bookbug bag, Primary 2 and 3 will receive a Read Write Count bag.
Class Calendar
We will again be offering a class calendar for sale, more details to follow for this.
Christmas Crafts
Each child will be creating a Christmas craft again this year. Funds raised from this will go towards school funds.
Christmas Events
Each class will attend an Advent services at the Church – date to be confirmed.
| Monday 29th November | Reverse advent calendar begins until Friday 17th December. More information to follow. |
| Wednesday 8th December | Christmas Lunch |
| Thursday 9th December | House Prize – Movie and Christmas cooking with Stephanie |
| Friday 10th December | Christmas Jumper Day
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| Monday 13th – Friday 17th December | Christmas Parties – dates to follow. |
| Friday 17th December | Christmas Nativity to be available for parents/carers |
| Monday 20th December | Christmas craft items to be sent home this week with all children.
Outdoor Care Home visit for all classes – Christmas songs, cards and posters
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| Tuesday 21st December | Christmas Movie Day |
| Wednesday 22nd December | Pyjama Day
2:30pm finish |
Handball Community Club
An exciting opportunity for pupils to take part in Handball.
HANDBALL COMMUNITY CLUB
PRIMARY:P5-7 boys & girls
DAY: Tuesday
TIME: 5pm-6pm
VENUE: St Joseph’s Leisure Centre (games hall)
DATES: 26th Oct to 14th Dec
COST: Free
REGISTER HERE USING SMARTSURVEY BELOW:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Handballclub/
*Maximum 30 places – this is due to restrictions based on COVID 19*
Please only attend if you have registered a place. For more information please email: mark.devlin@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Primary 6 – Term 2 Update
Primary 6 Term 2 Blog Post
Welcome to term 2, I hope everyone enjoyed their October week and had a chance to unwind after all of our super hard work during term 1! Term 1 has been a great start for Primary 6, class routines have been established, a positive working environment has been created, and expectations have been set for a successful year ahead.
Below is an overview of the learning and teaching taking place in P6 this term.
Literacy
Reading
In term 2, after finishing off our class novel ‘Wonder’ we will begin to work on Bug club books. Independent books will be assigned for children to read at home for enjoyment and books will be set for each reading group to work on in class. Daily reading tasks will be set for groups to complete independently after a reading input with the teacher and these tasks will be focused around our active literacy skills. In Primary 6 we have begun to quote from the text to back up our opinion, Primary 6 have made an exceptional start at this, and this is something we will continue to master throughout the school year. During our new topic – Titanic – we will begin to focus on reading and gathering information from various different types of texts, for example, biographies, newspaper articles, primary and secondary sources etc. I believe Primary 6 will enjoy this aspect of the topic and will hit the ground running with it.
Writing
Our writing day will be a Tuesday. The pupils will have the opportunity to discuss and plan their writing the day before and will be encouraged to take time at home as a homework task to think about the content of their writing. This term Primary 6 will be focussing on Persuasive writing. The pupils will use the OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion) framework to structure their writing. Primary 6 will focus a different aspect of grammar/punctuation each week with the expectation they use this in their formal writing. Some pupils will be expected to up-level their writing by using tools such as thesauri and the VCOP pyramid.
Spelling
The spelling groups will continue to experience the Active Literacy spelling program, this will introduce common words and focus phonemes pertinent to their level and stage. The pupils will work on the Active Spelling strategies, these include diacritical marking, syllabification and words within words as daily spelling tasks and have a spelling test each week on a Friday morning.
Numeracy
This term P6 will focus on The Four Operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division) and our Beyond Number topics will be to continue with Angles and Symmetry and Data Handling. The pupils will experience activities at their stage and level. Constant revision of multiplication tables will be encouraged across all groups. Sumdog and Topmarks games can help with the rigor of times tables at home.
Health and Wellbeing
Last term, through our ‘Wonder’ novel we focused on friendships, changing relationships and choosing kindness. This term, some Primary 6’s will have the opportunity to become Barnardo Buddies, which those who applied have already interviewed for, introducing them to the world of work. This will be a great opportunity and experience and will allow Primary 6 to develop their leadership skills. Moreover, they will be able to put their PATHS control strategies into place, modelling these to the lower school through teaching and playing playground games with them and helping to sort any conflict. We will begin a Health and Wellbeing topic looking at food and a healthy diet, discussing the choices we make. P6 will continue to engage in our weekly PATHS lessons and be encouraged to use their ‘check in’ cards and feeling jotters to report any worries or concerns they may have to the teacher. The ‘Pupil of the Day’ is up and running. This year we are complementing each other based on each other’s skills and talents.
Our PE days this term will be on a Wednesday and a Thursday. Our Wednesday sessions will be led by Kilmarnock Sports College in the morning until the 10th of November. Following on from this, from the 17th of November for the next four weeks PE will be in the form of Sport’s leadership sessions lead by Mark Devlin. Pupils are asked to come dressed for PE on these days – school uniform on top but leggings, joggers, trainers can be worn on the bottom. The focus in PE this term is football on Thursday and gymnastics on a Friday.
Expressive Arts
Through our class topic P6 will have the opportunity to experience a range of activities in Drama and Art pertinent to their level and stage. P6 especially enjoyed ‘Hot seating’ in drama last term which involves putting themselves in the headspace of a character and answering questions from their classmates as that character. This is something we will take forward in term 2, putting ourselves in the shoes of those aboard the Titanic.
RME
Throughout Primary 6 the pupils will listen to and engage with stories from the Gospel of Matthew. This term P6 will look at special dates in the liturgical calendar such as All Saints and All Souls Day. P6 will choose a Saint to research and present to the class. Moreover, we will enjoy 2-3 weekly visits from The Sisters to work with the children on mass responses and prayer.
2+1 Languages
This term, Primary 6 will be working on French as their main language and also some Spanish. So far in term 2, Primary 6 enjoyed working on a group task where they identified which countries spoke French around the world using maps. Moreover, pupils learned about the origin, meaning and typical traditions of Mexican celebration ‘El Dia de los Muertos’ (Day of the Dead) and produced some wonderful art work based on their learning.
In Primary 6 we promote hard work and amazing attitudes. Our reward card system allows pupils to gain reward cards for Wonderful Work, Amazing Attitude, and being a ‘Superstar’. When the pupils gain five cards, they can choose an individual reward. They can also choose to go for a class reward once everyone reaches five reward cards; this promotes teamwork within the class. Throughout term 1 many children achieved five reward cards and enjoyed an individual reward as a result of this, I have no doubt this will continue in Term 2 and we can hopefully work towards a class reward together.
If you have any queries or questions, please contact the school directly.
Thank you for your support and I look forward to a wonderful year in Primary 6.
Miss McKenna
Hallowe’en Costumes
We would prefer it if children did not wear age inappropriate costumes to school on Friday.
Hallowe’en trick or treat raffle
We have three fantastic Hallowe’en trick or treat bags filled with a range of special Hallowe’en treats. 👻🎃💀
Look out on ParentPay from Monday for your chance to purchase 5 tickets for a £1. The raffle will close at Midnight on Thursday with tickets being drawn on Friday. All proceeds from this will go towards school funds.
Good Luck!
Children and Young People’s Climate Conference 2021
Today some of our Primary 7 children have participated in Children and Young People’s Climate Conference. This focussed on Energy, Transport, Waste and Natural Environment.
