Today we were delighted to welcome back to school all our pupils from Group B including some more of our new Primary 1’s.
It was so good to see everyone in the school and the playground! We hope you all had fun.
Tomorrow we are looking forward to welcoming back our P6 and P7 “Buddies”; Our Primary 1’s are very excited to meet them !
It was great to see all the lovely , smiling Group A children back in school today along with our brand new Primary 1 pupils.
We enjoyed seeing them playing with their friends and having fun in the playground at break and lunch ! Everyone is excited about our Group B children coming tomorrow. We can’t wait to see you all again!
THURSDAY
FRIDAY (P1 and P6 and 7 buddies)
Please be advised that, unfortunately, there will be NO BREAKFAST CLUB FACILITES available when we return to school in August. We apologise for the inconvenience and will keep you updated regarding any changes going forward.
As we reach the end of a very strange term I would like to thank all families for their continued support of Mount Carmel Primary School. In my post in tomorrow’s Home Learning Assembly I recall some of the highlights of the time since I joined the school in mid-October. It has been a rollercoaster of a year filled with so many great memories. I would like to thank all my staff who work tirelessly to make the experiences for your children the best they can be. I hope they have a well-deserved, restful holiday.
I wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday. I look forward to welcoming everyone back to Mount Carmel PS in August.
Kindest regards
Carole
If your child requires transport to school from August 2020, you will be able to apply online as of today (Thursday 25th June) at:
http://orlo.uk/transport_wT2hw
Please find below the link to the St. Joseph’s Academy teaching model for August going forward:
Dear Parent/Carer,
Yesterday staff returned to our school to start preparations for return to school on the 12th August. As you will be aware due to the pandemic, school will be different. A blended learning model will be in place in all schools in East Ayrshire. Our Head of Education and central teams have been working with head teachers to ensure we can provide the best model based on staffing and available space. I have submitted my proposal to the Head of Education for approval and when I have confirmation I will contact you with specific information.
I have received enquiries as to whether children should wear school uniform when they return in August. I think one of the most important things is to help our children feel part of our Mount Carmel family again. My staff and I would like to encourage children to wear school uniform for this reason. Just before lockdown we organised a ” Uniform Exchange“. We have a range of sizes available and we would welcome any items your child has grown out of during lockdown. The clothes rails will be outside the foyer of the school Monday to Thursday next week. We ask that you observe social distancing whilst using this facility.
I understand this has been a very difficult time for families and with the school holidays coming up many parents/carers and children are concerned about the future. School in August will look different, but the welcome back will be as warm as ever. We have really missed all our children and families and like you, yearn for things to be back to normal. This situation will pass and we will begin to be able to share simple pleasures such as seeing all our family again without the use of Zoom. Meantime, here in MCPS, we are having the biggest spring clean in history!
I will be in touch as soon as I can with further details of the arrangements for August. Meantime, stay safe.
Dear Parents/Carers,
As we progress further into our school renewal discussions, we are keen to seek the views of our parents, carers and pupils to help guide our next steps and indeed to review experience during lockdown. The results of this survey will also be fed back to your own schools, individually, to aid further discussions as we move forward and will also be collated at council level,
We would very ,much appreciate your time in completing this survey. If, as a parent/ carer your children attends more than one school, please feel free to answer for each school.
The links to the surveys are below:
Parent Survey:
Pupil Survey:
Dear Parents/Carers and Young People,
Following a meeting today with the professional associations at council level, we are now in a position to advise of the return dates of all schools in EAC.
Teachers will return on the 11th August for an in-service day and pupils will return on Wednesday 12th August. Clearly, not all pupils will return physically to school on that day and we will advise you as soon as possible around physical attendance patterns for our young people.
We hope that you will find this information helpful at this time, and we will issue further information about remaining term dates for 20/21 in due course.
Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize containing information on how to help your child with dyslexia whilst at home:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/teacher-support/dyslexia-make-a-difference/zj226v4
We would grateful if as many parents/carers as possible could take a short time to fill out this survey about the PATHS programme please:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SELparentsurvey
Mount Carmel School Reports for those families we had email addresses for , will be emailed today ( Friday 5th June). All other reports have been posted out.
Should you have any questions regarding your childs’ report please do not hesitate to complete the online form below:
Please view the most recent letter from Head of Education: Linda McAulay-Griffiths regarding Education recovery going forward:
Please view the most recent letter from Head of Education : Linda McAulay-Griffiths regarding Education Recovery going forward:
Just a little reminder that next week is : Health Week ! The learning grids which the children are issued with every week will be based on this and will have lots of different health activities to try out .
Home Learning stationery packs will be available for collection (for children who require them ) at the front of the school from tomorrow morning ( Tuesday 2nd June).
One pack will be allocated per child and contains 1 x maths jotter, 1 literacy jotter and one blank paged jotter, also pencils, a rubber, a sharpener and a small bundle of coloured pencils or crayons all for completing home learning tasks.
Please remember to respect social distancing measures if you do require to come and collect a pack. Thank you !
Just to let you know – Our learning assembly will return on 5th June
This Sunday, the 24th May is the day Primary 4 boys and girls have been looking forward to all year. This was the day those who have been preparing for their sacraments, would have celebrated their First Holy Communion. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families, boys and girls.
There will be a special Mass streamed live by Father Martin from St Matthew’s Church at 10:00am. Mrs McGahon has recorded the psalm and Mr Bertoncini one of the readings. To be part of this special Mass:
Go online and search You Tube for ‘Kilmarnock, St Matthew’
Please find below a link to information about-
PATHS – The social and emotional learning programme the children have been learning about in school .
Message from Mr Kane
We have not forgotten about you. We are still gathering all data files from associated schools, and will be in touch in late May/early June to introduce you to staff and life at St. Joseph’s. We do not know when we will be able to welcome you formally, but staff are working to prepare an online introduction for you later in the month. As soon as we have all contact details we will be in touch with parents/carers. We would rather wait for all records to be with us than to send information to some families and not others. I would stress that the timeline for record transfer is as normal, but know that pupils and families will be more aware of the move to St. Joseph’s while schools are closed.
Message from Mr Boyle
A welcome video will go out this week or early next week. S1 classes are completed in terms of allocation. We consulted with Primary Heads and P7 teachers on positive peer groupings, as the Pastoral visits that would normally help with this were cancelled due to closure. There will be 4 S1 classes and an intake of 104.
All ASN information has gone to Mrs Hoy and she is aware of those requiring Learning support as Transition 1 meetings took place prior to closure.
Packs including timetables, transport information and school/East Ayrshire policies will be emailed in to P7 parents in June.
Individual departments may put their own introductory videos in the coming weeks.
This is a frightening and worrying time for everyone, but especially for our children. One of the strangest things for them to deal with is seeing people around them wearing masks of any description , whilst out and about.
The website link below explains this in a child-friendly way . Please have a read , we hope it helps to allay any fears your child/children may have .
https://www.middletownautism.com/covid19/seeing-others-wearing-masks-5-2020?
These pictures taken from the website can help you explain wearing masks with your child/children :
Please find below the link to the most recent Parents/Carers newsletter issued by Education Scotland dated 11the May :
https://education.gov.scot/media/mahdmrxm/parentcarernewsissue1.pdf
Why not print out these class road safety activities and have a go ?
Click the image to go straight to the link
There will be no Home Learning Assembly this Friday (8th May) due to the holiday. It will resume again the following Friday (15th May).
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 !
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!
