Tempest school photographs will be in childrens school bags today (27/11)
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Important Information from Head of Education
Dear Parents/Carers,
Following interviews held yesterday, I am delighted to be able to advise that Mrs Joanna McGahon has been appointed to the post of Acting Head Teacher, St Sophia’s Primary School.
Joanna is currently Depute Head Teacher at Mount Carmel Primary School, and will commence her post at St Sophia’s PS in the New Year.
I am sure you will join me in congratulating Joanna on her appointment.
Kind regards,
Linda McAulay-Griffiths
Chief Education Officer and Head of Education
East Ayrshire Council
London Road
KILMARNOCK
KA3 7BU
Book Week Scotland Celebration
On Tuesday 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.
We will have a special afternoon of activities on the day. Children in P1-3 can come to school dressed in their pyjamas, bring a cuddly toy The teachers have planned a lovely afternoon for the boys and girls, where they will also enjoy a special treat of milk & cookies.
Children In Need
Tomorrow is Children In Need Day, donations can be made through Parentpay aswell as through the link on our blog.
Children can dress down or wear any spotty/Pudsey clothes they may have, children can also bring along a donation for our Christmas Fayre.
There will also be a special lunch menu tomorrow to celebrate Children In Need, please see below for details
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Barbie & Hot wheels November Raffle Prize
There is still time to purchase your tickets through Parentpay tickets for our November raffle where your child had the opportunity to win either a Barbie or Hot wheels Advent Calendar.
Raffle Tickets
The Parent Council will be selling Raffle tickets at both of our Pupil Progress Meeting Events for all of the wonderful prizes that can be won at the Christmas Fayre
Wider Achievements Assembly Friday 22nd November 2024
Wider Achievements
At Mount Carmel Primary School we want to showcase and recognise all of our achievements. This includes items that children take part outside of school such as dancing, football, gymnastics, swimming – the list is endless. Please take some time to detail some of the activities your child takes part in out of school and any special awards they might have received recently as part of this. In order for us to share these achievements and recognise them at our special Wider Achievements Assembly on Friday 22nd November. If you have any photographs that you would like to share please email these to eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk before Wednesday 20th November.
Thankyou
Primary 5 Term 2 Update
Primary 5 – Term 2 Update
Hello everyone,
Welcome to the P5 update for Term 2.
Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL)
This term, our interdisciplinary topic will be ‘The Victorians in Scotland’. We will be exploring the life of Queen Victoria and the many accomplishments during her reign that had a significant impact on the people and children of Scotland. Additionally, the class will be learning about influential groups, as well as notable scientists and artists from this period whose visions helped shape the modern world. The children will be able to act out a day in the life of a Victorian school pupil and take part in a Victorian P.E. lesson.
Literacy
We have almost finished last term’s class novel, The Butterfly Lion and will be deepening our knowledge of comprehension strategies and questioning this term with our new class novel, Rivet Boy by Barbara Henderson.
In writing, we have started work on narrative stories and after this, will then move onto response pieces. The class will continue to edit and redraft their work to improve clarity and detail.
For talking and listening, there will be a health and wellbeing focus on friendships and what makes a good friend. We will also be improving our listening skills and the importance of listening to others.
Numeracy
Our focus for Numeracy in Term 2 will be Addition and then Subtraction. Groups will expand on their prior learning and add and subtract with 2, 3 and 4 digits, carrying and exchanging, what this looks like using practical materials and then spending some time exploring negative numbers and their real-world contexts.
On Thursdays, Mrs Terras will be teaching the children about money and then moving on to measuring area.
Health and Wellbeing
Our P.E. sessions are scheduled for Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. Please ensure that your child brings in their P.E. kit on the correct day.
The key areas for this term will be Gymnastics with myself and Football with Mrs Terras.
Within our P.A.T.H.S lessons children will be looking at ‘The Control Signals’ (Stop, Make a Plan and Go) that help us calm down when we are faced with a problem. This will also link in with our friendship focus in Health and Wellbeing.
We are broadening our studies in Health and Wellbeing to look at why groups of people may avoid certain food groups, viewing some of the statistics surrounding obesity in Scotland and how adverts we see on various platforms contribute to this.
R.E.
In term 2, we will be looking at many different topics such as Remembrance, how we honour our departed and the promise of eternal life through the month of November. December will be a month for learning about Advent as well as composing our own prayers. In both months, we will be researching some of the many Saints, how they were the models of Christian life and how they can help us through prayer. Mrs Terras will concentrate on the life of St Vincent de Paul on a Thursday.
Expressive Arts
Our expressive arts will be interwoven through our learning of our new class topic. We will experience techniques such as printing, allowing the children to create their own stamps and prints using everyday materials.
Mrs Terras will be focussing on drama this term with the class using drama games, creating and evaluating group performances.
Technologies
We have been working on getting groups of pupils onto the school Glow network, resetting passwords and accessing educational resources as well as their pupil emails. I will be sending reminders of children’s glow log ins and Bug Club passwords home with them in the coming weeks, please keep an eye out for this.
Our ICT time will also be used for word processing our narrative and response writing pieces, learning how to save those files and retrieve them.
1+2 Languages
Primary 5 will be learning some Spanish phrases to say hello, goodbye, introduce themselves as well as ask someone else’s name. In French, Mrs Terras will be looking at classroom vocabulary as well as the use of ‘le’, ‘la’ and ‘les’ before nouns.
Thanks as always for your continued support
Miss Carr & Mrs Terras
November Newsletter
Pupil Christmas Art Work
Our children have worked hard in creating beautiful Christmas Art designs.
Parents/Carers have the opportunity to view and purchase various products that showcase your childs individual image should they wish to do so. With any purchases made a percentage of this will go towards fundraising for various school activites.
Pupils have been provided with a leaflet today detailing how parents/carers are able to view their childs design as well as purchase any products should they wish to do so.
TeamMC
Clocks Go Back
Gentle reminder that the clocks go back 1 hour this weekend
Halloween Disco
We would like to say a great big THANK YOU to the Parent Council for organising last nights Halloween disco.
All of the children (and adults) had a brilliant time.
Thankyou
We hope you all have fun Trick or Treating at Killieween tonight
Team MC
***** Reminder *****
School will close for the October break on Friday 11th October @ 3pm and will reopen on Tuesday 22nd October @ 9am
Primary 5
As part of their Rainbow Reward on Friday 4th October, Primary 5 have chosen to have a Pyjama Day, children are able to bring pyjamas, a small snack & blanket to school wil them, they will change into their pyjamas after lunch, enjoy a movie then change back into their school clothes at hometime.
Children SHOULD NOT come to school dressed in their pyjamas, if you have any questions please contact the school office.
The Kilmarnock Standard photographer will be in school on Tuesday 1st October to take our new Primary 1 childrens class photograph, if you DO NOT wish your child to be included in the photograph please contact the school office ASAP
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Important Annual Forms
Please find below the Photographic Consent Form for Mount Carmel Primary. It is East Ayrshire Council policy that this MUST be completed annually, we require this form to be completed as a matter of urgency, if you require any help completing this form please do not hesitate to contact the school office
EAC Photographic Consent Form 2024/25
Please find below the Acceptable Use of Computer Facilities Form for Mount Carmel Primary. It is East Ayrshire Council policy that this MUST be completed annually, we require this form to be completed as a matter of urgency, if you require any help completing this form please do not hesitate to contact the school office
EAC Computer Misuse Form 2024/25
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Kiltwalk – The Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust
On Sunday 15th September a number of our school staff and colleagues from across the Diocese will be taking part in the Edinburgh Kiltwalk in support of The Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust.
Please keep our staff in your prayers – we have all been training hard for this. If you wish to make a donation in support of our team please follow the link below.
Primary 5 – Term 1 Curriculum Update
Primary 5 – Term 1 Update
Hello everyone,
Welcome to the first update for Primary 5 this year! I’m pleased to share that the class are settling in well, adapting to new routines, and already demonstrating a fantastic work ethic. There’s a lot of exciting learning ahead, and I’m eager to give you a glimpse of what we’ll be exploring in Term 1. I hope the children are as excited as I am!
UNCRC
We have already spent time exploring various articles from the UNCRC, discussing which rights the children felt were the most important. Most of the class agreed that all children’s rights are equally important, with no right being any less significant than another. To symbolise how children flourish when their rights are upheld, we chose the theme butterflies for our class charter.
Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL)
Our interdisciplinary learning topic this term is our class novel, ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Michael Morpurgo. We have begun reading this and plan to do activities linked with other curricular areas such as Expressive Arts and Health and Wellbeing.
Literacy
We will use our class novel throughout the term to complete various tasks which will deepen our understanding of the text and build vocabulary skills.
We’re continuing with Bug Club, both in class and as part of the homework routine. I greatly appreciate your support in encouraging your child to read at home for personal enjoyment.
In writing, our focus will be on creating descriptive and narrative pieces. The class are learning to edit and redraft their work to improve clarity and detail. We’ll also be practising handwriting weekly, and I encourage you to support this at home as part of the homework routine.
For talking and listening, we’ll be focusing on choosing and executing appropriate voice levels for different tasks as well as practising good listening skills when others are speaking. We are also practising listening for instructions and carrying these out in a timely manner.
Numeracy
In Term 1, we are focussing on place value. The class have been discussing the significance of each digit in a number and what it represents. This foundational understanding is crucial as we build on more complex concepts throughout the term. Pupils will be working on place value at their own level – using units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands in context.
As the term progresses, we’ll delve into addition and subtraction with larger numbers, exploring various strategies to tackle more complex calculations.
With Mrs Terras, P5 will revise the rules involving rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 and applying rounding within various contexts. Pupils will also explore a range of 3D objects and 2D shapes and use mathematical language to describe their properties.
We will be continuing with our Number Talk sessions, which are incredibly valuable in encouraging children to think flexibly about maths, using a wide range of strategies and choosing the one that works best for them.
Health and Wellbeing
Our P.E. sessions are scheduled for Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. The key areas will be Street Hockey and Rugby, where the class will learn the vastly different skills required for each sport.
Primary 5 will be continuing the ‘Do Be Mindful’ program, setting aside time during our busy school day to re-centre and practice mindfulness through a variety of activities.
Our P.A.T.H.S. programme will also continue to be developed. By exploring and discussing the emotions they feel, the children will engage in open conversations in a safe environment.
Later in the term we will be exploring how to look after ourselves. This includes understanding what a good diet entails and learning how much sleep and rest are necessary for maintaining good health, encouraging children to develop healthy habits.
R.E.
During term 1, we will be exploring different kinds of relationships, including friendships and the children’s personal relationship with God. Using stories from the Bible, we aim to help the children draw comparisons that will guide them in becoming better friends to both Jesus and others. We will also be revising Mass responses regularly.
Expressive Arts
This term, our expressive arts will be interwoven throughout the reading of our class novel. We will explore techniques such as line work and shading, allowing the children to experiment with the range of a pencil as a drawing tool.
In Music with Mrs Terras, P5 will continue learning to play the glockenspiel. Pupils will be introduced to music theory and given the opportunity to develop their playing skills, leading to a final performance. We will also practise singing through hymns for our monthly masses, fostering both musical and spiritual expression. Our drama activities will be closely linked with our class novel and Health and Wellbeing curriculum. Additionally, as we dive into our next topic, The Victorians in Scotland, drama will play a significant role in helping students bring history to life.
Technologies
Once the children have access to their individual log ins, we will begin work on logging onto the school Glow network and accessing educational resources as well as Bug Club for reading.
We will also use our ICT time for practising word processing and formatting skills with a particular focus on finalising writing pieces.
A Note from Miss Carr
As a new teacher at Mount Carmel, I want to take a moment to thank you all for your support thus far. I look forward to hopefully meeting you all in person at the Primary 5 ‘Meet the Teacher’ afternoon on 11th September.
NEC Bus Cards Free travel for 5-22 year olds
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
No Parking – Crossgates Care Home
Gentle reminder now that the new school session has started that parents/carers should not use the Crossgates Care Home Car Park when dropping off or collecting their children.
This is a private car park for use of staff & resident families ONLY
Access should always be given to Emergency Service vehicles and overcrowding of this car park could prevent this from happening.
Please be considerate at all times when dropping off or collecting your children
Thankyou
Thankyou
Team MC would like to say thankyou to Lesley McLaughlin for supplying our beautiful balloon arch.
Our new P1 pupils had the best time having their pictures taken under the arch on their 1st day at Mount Carmel and the pictures will be a beautiful memento for their families to keep.
Lesley your designs are always amazing and you always go above and beyond to supply the most beautiful creations.
Thankyou
Team MC
EAC Consent Forms – Mount Carmel Primary
Please find below the Photographic Consent Form for Mount Carmel Primary. It is East Ayrshire Council policy that this MUST be completed annually, this should be completed NO LATER THAN Thursday 29th August 2024.
EAC Photographic Consent Form 2024/25
Please find below the Acceptable Use of Computer Facilities Form for Mount Carmel Primary. It is East Ayrshire Council policy that this MUST be completed annually, this should be completed NO LATER THAN Thursday 29th August 2024.
EAC Computer Misuse Form 2024/25
Thank you
School Meal Menu Session 2024/25
Please see below information for parents/carers & children regarding new school lunch menu and meal deal available in schools from tomorrow.
Menu rotation will begin with Week 1 tomorrow and continue in a 3 week rotational pattern
Summer Holidays
Reminder that school will close for Summer holidays on Friday 28th June @1pm and will re open for children on Wednesday 21st August @9am
We hope you all have a brilliant summer break
Team MC
The Martin Chambers Ecudor Trust Fundraiser
The children have had a wonderful day at our singalong and dance-along fundraiser for the Martin Chambers Ecudor Trust.
At present we have managed to raise an AMAZING £1129, however if you still have any sponsor money you would like to donate this can be paid via Parentpay
Thankyou to everyone for sponsoring the children and helping to raise funds for this wonderful charity.
Class Structure 24/25
Our staffing for next session has now been confirmed and we can confirm our teaching staff is as follows:
Primary 1 – Mrs Duff
Primary 2 – Mrs Travers
Primary 3 – Mrs McKinnon
Primary 4 – Mrs Crawford/Mrs McIntyre
Primary 5 – Miss Carr/Mrs Terras
Primary 6 – Mrs McCreadie
Primary 7 – Mr Bertoncini
Nurture – Mrs Dunsmore
NCCT – Mrs Terras
In certain circumstances class restructuring may have to take place during the summer break, after a school session has started or, in very exceptional circumstances, at any point during the year.
Children spent time with their new class teacher on Thursday afternoon.
Matilda P4 – P7 Girls
Could all P4 – P7 girls ensure that they come to school on Monday with hair ready for the community performance of the show (high ponytail, pig tails or french braid)
Girls are also welcome to bring some items of make up to wear for performances should they wish to do so.
Head Lice
We have had reports of unwanted “visitors” to some children we kindly ask that parents/carers routinely check their child/children’s hair for any of these unwanted “visitors” and take appropriate action if required
Thank you for your co-operation.
Breakfast Club
Please complete the application form below if you wish your child to be considered for a space at the school breakfast club in Session 2024/25
Applications will close on Friday 7th June
Primary 1 – Share the Learning
Primary 1 Share the Learning will take place on Tuesday 11th June @ 2pm
