Curriculum Update Primary 5 May – June 2021

The children have been wonderful settling back into school life. They have adapted well again to the new rules and handwashing/sanitising throughout the day.
Here is an update on our learning that will take place in term 4.

Literacy
The class will be focusing on explanation writing as part of our literacy tasks. Key features
of the genre are chronological order, note-taking and structure.
Children will continue to access Bug Club as our school reading resource using texts to enhance their comprehension. I will allocate independent readers onto each child’s Bug Club
account to help with further reading to improve their fluency and expression.

Spelling
Groups will continue to experience the active literacy spelling programme; this will introduce common words and focus on phonemes pertinent to their stage.

Numeracy
This term the children will experience time and shape as their beyond number topics.
Our number process topics will be division and fractions for the circles, rectangles will focus
on multiplication then progress to division and begin to look at fractions. The squares groups
will look at multiplication and begin to look at division. All groups will focus on recalling the 2,3,4,5,6, 7,8, 9- and 10-times tables. The triangle group will work on repeated addition progressing onto multiplication using SHM 2.
At home children will benefit from timetables revision and looking at analogue clocks at home.

Health & Wellbeing
The PATHS programme will continue to shape our HWB learning. P5 have been picking a ‘pupil of the day’ since we returned in August giving compliments to their classmates daily.
We have had excellent discussions about feelings and emotions and how we can manage them. P5 will look at friendship as well as mental and emotional wellbeing appropriate to
their age and stage.

PE
Our focus on PE this term will be Tennis the children will participate in this non-contact sport
outside.RE
This term the class will focus on Mary during the month of May. We will be learning new
prayers – Glory be to the Father, The Angelus, The Joyful Mysteries, The Sorrowful
Mysteries and Eternal Rest. We will look at the Rosary including how to use a Rosary bead.
Homework will continue to be issued online every Monday and returned every Thursday via
email. Please contact us if you require any support with this.
As always, thank you for your ongoing support.
Mrs McGowan

TERM 3 – APRIL TO JUNE OVERVIEW  

Welcome back to our summer term. I was delighted to see all the Primary 6 back at school safe and well. I can’t believe we are on the countdown to summer already. It was lovely speaking to the parents and carers of Primary 6 during the pupil progress phone calls. I was delighted in the engagement of Primary 6 during the last period of online learning. Below is an overview of the teaching and learning for the final term.  

Literacy   

Reading  

We will be using the Bug Club core readers to aid and build on our active comprehension skills. Pupils will focus on a chapter each week and work on tasks around the chapters they have read. Pupils will also work on specific skills such as notetaking, differentiating between fact and opinion, and for some reading groups using quotes to justify comprehension answers.  

Writing  

This term Primary 6 will focus on Persuasive writing and creating persuasion texts with a one-sided argument. We will focus on a different aspect of grammar/punctuation each week. Our writing day will be on Thursday. However, this term we won’t be writing every week. Some weeks we will be looking at model persuasion texts and focussing on the structure and content to support the creation of our own persuasion texts. 

Spelling  

The spelling groups will continue to experience the Active Literacy spelling program, this will introduce common words and focus phonemes pertinent to their stage. The pupils will revise the Active Spelling strategies throughout the term. 

Numeracy  

This term we will be focusing on function machines, complex patterns of numbers, percentages, decimals, and fractions. Some groups will explore BODMAS.  Our Beyond Number topics are Information Handling and Position and Movement. The pupils will experience activities at their stage and level. The revision of multiplication tables will be encouraged across all groups. Sumdog and Topmarks games can help with the rigor of x-tables at home.   

Health and Wellbeing  

Thank you to Mrs McGowan (P5) for organising a fantastic range of activities for Health Week. This term our health and wellbeing topics are Food Safety and The world of work. Through the Food Safety topic, P6 will discuss the importance of hygiene, proper storage of food products, and illnesses because of poor food safety. The world of work topic will provide P6 with the opportunity to think about their current skills and what type of career they might like to have in the future. Through this topic, we will explore creating CV’s and filling in application forms which links in nicely with P1 Buddying and House Captain applications.  

 The PATHS lessons will focus on social and emotional lessons. The pupils enjoy ‘Pupil of the Day’ and are great at giving each other lovely compliments.  

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday this term. On these days pupils can come into school wearing suitable PE attire on their bottom half, school jumpers/polo shirts must be worn.   

Topics  

Our class topics this term are Scottish Politics and The Sensory Organs. A home project will be given for both these topics. Pupils will be given two weeks to complete their project before handing it in.  

RME  

Throughout Primary 6 the pupils will listen to and engage with stories from the Gospel of Matthew. As May is the Month of Mary P6 will discuss Our Lady and Marian prayers. P6 will be completing evidence for their Pope Francis Faith Award. They will continue collecting evidence into Primary 7.    

The pupils are also working hard to gain individual reward cards for Amazing Attitude, Wonderful Work, and being a Superstar. When the pupils gain five reward cards, they can trade them in for an individual prize or keep them until everyone gets five cards each for a whole class reward 😊   

Thank you for your continued support.  

Miss Mudge 😊   

Does anyone recognise this set of keys?.

They were found near Mount Carmel Church a couple of weeks ago but have just been handed in to our janitor . We have checked with Father Martin but they do not appear to belong to the church……

We are looking for help from our Parents/Carers for World of Work Day on Friday 21st May . We would like you to make a short video clip outlining what your job is and a little bit about what it entails.

Please send your video clips by Thursday 20th May to :

andrea.fergusson@eastayrshire.org.uk

Thank you.

 What do you want to be when you grow up?

There are so many wonderful jobs out there to choose from , so on Friday 21st May, we would love to see all the boys and girls dressed as up as what they would like to be when they are older. By doing this we would like to kindly ask for donations towards a Mega Magic Mount Carmel end of term fun day for the whole school!!

We are sure you will agree that all the children  deserve a very special treat after everything that has happened this year and how well each and every one of them have coped! So please help us to make this possible by donating what you can. Thank you!

**Parentpay will be open for donations as of today.**

Please check your child/children’s hair for any “unwanted visitors”. 

Thank You.

                                    Free Reading Books

We have an excess of reading books left over from a reading scheme that the school no longer uses.

We will be putting these books in the outside foyer of the school between 9am and 3pm tomorrow for anyone who is interested in taking some home for their child/children. There are several different titles to choose from, so please feel free help yourself. 

If a child is absent from school , it is the responsibility of the Parent/Carer to inform the school by 9.30am at the latest. Please do this in the first instance by phoning the school on 01563 525897 and either speaking to a member of staff or if outwith normal school office hours, by leaving an absence message on our answering service.

Thank you for your co-operation.

This week all the boys and girls have taken part in an amazing set of Health Week activities.  This has been supported by Primary 5 and Mrs McGowan.

We as a a school would like to say a huge thank you to all of the people that have been involved in making this such as a special week.

Thank you for organising events:

Mrs Crawford

Mrs McGowan and Primary 5

Mr Bertoncini

Mrs McCreadie

Thank you to TESCO for providing fruit for the week.

Thank you to Stephanie and our amazing kitchen staff for healthy snacks.

Thank you for providing activities:

Active Schools – Mark Devlin

Dumfries House

North West Amateur Boxing Club

Phoenix Tae Kwan Do

Bellahouston Harriers

Kilmarnock Rugby Club

Kilmarnock Football Club

PC Dempster

And as always thank you to all of our amazing staff for other additional activities during the week.

You can find instructions on how to access the Vibrant Communities app using the link  below:

VC app

The Health and Wellbeing of our pupils is an area close to the hearts of the staff at Mount Carmel Primary.  In order to provide continued support for this we are linked with PATHS.

We are delighted to offer a PATHS parent/carer information session presented by Jill McLarrie our PATHS partner.  All parents/carers are invited to attend this informal session as well as our new primary 1 parent/carers.

This will be via vscene on Wednesday 12th May at 4pm.

If you would like to attend this please complete the form below and access details will be forwarded on.

Please click the link below to view the April School Counselling Newsletter:

https://sway.office.com/MpIgRWQKrLp0apg9?ref=Link

As you will no doubt be aware our Health Week is next week:(wk. beginning 3rd May):

There will be some healthy dessert choices added to the school lunch menu that week as follows-

Tuesday 4th – Fruit Kebabs

Wednesday 5th- Fruit Smoothies

Friday 7th – Beetroot Cake

Well done to Regan  from Primary 6 who has designed the new logo for our Parent Council!

We are delighted to announce that we are having a special Health Week.  This has been organised by Primary 5 and Mrs McGowan.  The pupils will be taking part in a range of healthy activities throughout the week.  Some of the activities will be completed by their class teacher and others will be completed by coaches.

The activities are:

Football

Tennis

Safety with PC Dempster

Rugby

Basketball

Running (P5-P7)

Tae Kwon Do

Outdoor/Scouts

Boxing (P4-P7)

Children should wear suitable outdoor clothing throughout this week (no football colours).

Pupils should make a special effort to have a healthy snack everyday this week, and bring water to school.

Thank you you to all the groups who have offered to help for this week.

Please click below to view the minutes from the most recent Parent Council Minutes:

MCPSPC Minutes Jan 2021

PC meeting minutes 2nd march

We are delighted to let you know that we made an amazing total of £630 for SCIAF this year !!

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraising activities, your contributions are really appreciated. Our Class Easter Raffle was particularly popular and we will post pictures of our winners shortly!

martin.chambers@gallowaydiocese.org.uk

A reminder that homework will begin today for all children.  Primary 1 and 1/2 will have this emailed directly and Primary 3-7 can access this via TEAMS.  All completed homework should be emailed directly to the class teacher on a Thursday or earlier.

Please click the link below for the March edition of the School Counselling Newsletter:

https://sway.office.com/t24sA2paiCGA4WS9?ref=Link

Tomorrow, P6/7 will watch Descendants as part of the pyjama and movie day. As it is rated a PG , should you NOT wish your child to watch this film, please contact the school tomorrow morning.

Thank you and enjoy your Easter break.

Mr Bertoncini

Primary 4 had a lovely morning visiting Dean Park today!  The weather was good, so we managed to have a lovely walk around the park, meet some animals, play at the swing park and even had time for a few games.  The children enjoyed some ball games and a blind folded animal game, which they really enjoyed!

Please follow this link to view a beautiful piece of work by Ms Donnelly and some of the pupils from Mount Carmel.  Ms Donnelly has continued to run the school music service virtually for our pupils and they have enjoyed taking part in this.

Virtual Choir

Tomorrow (Thursday 1st April) Primary 6 have chosen to watch ‘A Night at the Museum’. This is a PG movie.

If you DO NOT wish your child to watch this movie please notify the school tomorrow morning.

Thank you,

Miss Mudge

Reminder that there is a change to tomorrow’s lunch-

It is our Easter Burger Bash!-

Beef burger, chips and salad/Cheese pizza, chips and salad/Chicken Burger, chips and salad

Chocolate Easter cupcake/Easter Caramel tarts