On PE days, children should wear suitable trousers for PE outdoors with a polo shirt and school jumper. No full tracksuits and/or other jumpers should be worn to school.

Thank you

Just a reminder that the October break is almost upon us.

The school will close at the usual time this Friday (9th October) and will re-open for pupils on Tuesday 20th October.

Reminder that this Friday (9th October) is “GO PURPLE” day in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice. If you are able to donate £1 via parent pay we would be extremely grateful. All the donations will go to straight to the Hospice.

*** Pupils can wear something purple to school ***

Primary 6 have been really busy this week. We have been doing lots of activities and learning outdoors.

Numeracy

The pupils worked together to create excellent nature-inspired symmetrical artwork. I was really impressed with how engaged in the task they were and their super pieces of artwork at the end of the lesson.

Literacy

This week the pupils used Microsoft Word to type their Personal Recounts. The pupils learned how to use the thesaurus to uplevel their adjectives.

RME

During RME we discussed inspiring people in our own lives and in our world. The pupils learned about inspiring people such as Ann Frank, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. The pupils researched and created a Powerpoint on an inspirational person which they will present to the class next week.

Well done Primary 6 for all your hard work this week.

Miss Mudge

Due to the current situation, we are unable to access our gym halls and use these for PE activities. Children will go outside to complete PE and should wear appropriate clothing on their PE day.

Here is a reminder of  PE days for each class:

• P1 – Monday and Wednesday
• P1/2- Tuesday and Friday
• P3- Tuesday ad Thursday
• P4- Monday and Wednesday
• P5- Wednesday and Thursday
• P6- Tuesday and Wednesday
• P6/7- Tuesday and Thursday

Please remember to bring in your Homework Folders to school tomorrow !

Please check your child’s bag for their Rag Bag, as they were given out to all the children this morning. Filled bags must be returned to the school by Friday 9th October. Thank you.

On Friday 9th October 2020 we will be holding our annual “Go Purple” day in aid of the wonderful Ayrshire Hospice. A Parent Pay fundraising page will be set up and we would be delighted to welcome any donations of £1 for this fantastic cause.
This will be a dress down day for the children who are encouraged to wear something purple to school on the day.

This is a super resource for parents/carers :

https://parentinfo.org/

Can we please ask again that Parents/Carers do not park in the school car park before school, during the school day or after school.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Don’t miss our Primary 1 photograph  in this week’s Kilmarnock Standard !

Below is a list of individual class P.E days; On the days that children have P.E, they may come to school wearing comfortable trousers/joggers along with school polo shirt and school jumber/cardigan. 

• P1- Monday and Wednesday
• P1/2- Tuesday and Friday
• P3- Tuesday and Thursday
• P4- Monday and Wednesday
• P5- Wednesday and Thursday
• P6-  Tuesday and Wednesday 
• P6/7-Tuesday and Thursday

We have been doing outdoor art and created designs inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.  Also our topic is the Wilderness War and is linked to participating in activities outside and we are trying to feel like the characters in the book.  We have created unique structures using natural resources including things that you can see from far away, faces, towers and pyramids and spirals.

It was good fun making our own designs and working as a team.  We also demonstrated patience as the weather played havoc with our designs!

Last week Primary 6 headed outdoors for their writing lesson. They chose an aspect of nature to write their poem about. Primary 6 learned how to create a diamond poem. They also used a thesaurus to uplevel their adjectives. I am delighted with the poems they created and can’t wait to see what other fantastic writing they’ll do this year.

Miss Mudge

Due to the long weekend, there will be a change to the dates for our Rag Bags; They will now be sent out to us week beg. 21st Sept and will distributed to the children during that week. The collection date is now Friday 9th October.

Please use the link below to access all the information you will need regarding the Government’s Best Start Grants:

https://www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant-best-start-foods/

Can we please have all completed Flu Immunisation consent forms in by the end of this week. These will be uplifted from the school next week.  Thank you.

Here is the most up to date version of School-Holidays-2020-21. Please print a copy for your records.

Thank you

Flu immunisations for pupils are scheduled for 3rd November this year.

Reminder :

On Friday 11th September we will celebrate our first Magic Mount Carmel Time since returning to school. This will be a special day of celebration for all our Superheroes! We have been so impressed with how our children became Superheroes during times when the school building was closed and how they have continued to be Superheroes since their return. On this day children can come to school dressed in their favourite Superhero costumes – please do not purchase anything new for this day, Superheroes can also wear school uniform or other normal clothes if they wish. In school they will have a special day with Superhero activities in their own class and using our school grounds.

Friday 11th September – Lunch Menu

            Burger in a bun with chips and salad/cupcake or ice lolly

     Cheese pizza with chips and salad/cupcake or ice lolly

     Chicken strips with chips and salad/cupcake or ice lolly

A friendly reminder that Homework Folders should be handed back in to school on Thursday.

Thank you

Dear Parents/Carers,

In Mount Carmel we are following a new homework procedure in line with our current restrictions. On a Monday your child will receive their personal Homework folder. In this you will find a login card with details of all logins and passwords that may be required over the coming months. The folder will also contain a Homework Task Grid and for some classes there may be a copy of a reading book. To begin with homework will focus on reading and active literacy. Over the coming months there will be a variety of tasks from different areas of the curriculum.

The Homework Task Grid will provide details of a core reading task which must be completed, a selection of Active Literacy Tasks and an additional Sumdog task. Please help your child to choose two of the Active Literacy Tasks. There is no expectation that all tasks will be completed.

We ask that all homework folders are returned to the school on the Thursday to allow for items to be quarantined appropriately. New homework grids and reading books will then be provided on the following Monday.

We thank you for your continued co-operation and support at this time.

Kind regards,

Mrs McConville

Mount Carmel will this year again be participating in The Rag Bag Collection . Bags will be sent home with pupils in the few days. They should be returned to the school no later than 9am on 24th September. Please ensure all bags are secured at the top and left in the vestibule outside the front door of the school, as we are unable to allow parents/carers access to the school at present. Please do not block the front door .

Thank you for your co-operation. 

Welcome back everyone and welcome to the P6/7 blog! I trust you all had an enjoyable holiday/staycation and I am delighted to welcome back the pupils of P6/7 who have settled well into the unusual routine of school.

Here’s an overview of our learning that will take place in our first term (Aug-Oct).

Literacy

This term we will be focusing on a novel study, The Wilderness War by Julia Green.  As well as reading the book together, the class will participate in activities that relate to other areas of the curriculum including Art, HWB and plenty of outdoor learning.  As a result, children should bring in appropriate clothes such as wellies or old boots, waterproof jacket and warmer clothes (hat, scarf, gloves) as we move into the colder months.

We will also continue to develop our comprehension skills through our use of Bug Club reading books.

For writing, we are concentrating on imaginative pieces focusing particularly on detailed descriptions using similes, alliteration, the senses and metaphors to interest the reader.

Spelling groups will continue to use Active Spelling strategies and follow on from previous work.

Numeracy

All groups this term have begun by looking at place value.  We will soon be moving into addition and subtraction.  The class will continue to take part in daily mental activities such as number talks and Daily 10.  P6/7 are really enjoying these games, especially “Sink the Ship” which (pardon the pun) has went down very well!

The class are also working on skills beyond number with Mrs McIntyre and are currently developing their knowledge of coordinates and angles.

Health and Wellbeing

This year we will continue to use the PATHS programme to shape our HWB learning. P6/7 have already started ‘Pupil of the Day’ and participated in discussions around feelings and how we manage our emotions.  We are also investigating the relationship of diet, rest and sleep upon our mental health and are looking at ways we can relax and improve brain function.

Well done to those who also took time and effort to prepare and present a short speech in applying for the House Captain/Vice Captain role.  It was a nervous experience for most and their involvement is excellent practise for developing vital skills which will benefit them in the future.  Videos will be shown to classes next week (Week Beg 7^th Sept) and children will vote for their preferred candidate.  Winning candidates will be announced on Friday 11^th Sept.

I look forward to working with P6/7 in the coming year and hope to have lots of enjoyable experiences that will make learning fun and memorable.

Mr Bertoncini

Welcome back to all of our Primary 3 children!  It is fantastic to be back at Mount Carmel and we are all delighted to see our friends and are really looking forward to learning lots of new things this term!

Literacy

Our class novel this term is ‘The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.  We are really enjoying reading this chapter book and finding out how Plop overcomes his fear of the dark.  We are completing comprehension tasks related to the text and enjoying cross-curricular links such as Outdoor Education.

We are also working in our reading groups and continuing to complete tasks linked to our Bug Club books.  In doing this, we are making predictions before reading. We are also looking at the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.

Writing

In writing, we are writing personal accounts and focussing on including capital letters, full stops, fingers spaces and ensuring that our letters are formed correctly.   We are leaning how to write independently, using appropriate punctuation and ordering our sentences to make sure our writing is structured and makes sense.

Spelling

We are continuing to use the Active Literacy spelling programme.  We are revising our known phonemes  (such as sh, th, wh) and introducing a different phoneme and spelling words each week. We are also practising our common words (words that appear frequently in our writing such as friend, that).  We will use say, make/break, read and write to aid understanding of how words are made.  Also we are beginning to use our knowledge of the alphabet to use a dictionary to locate words.

Numeracy

In numeracy we have been revising our numbers to 100.  We are consolidating our number bonds to 20 using both addition and subtraction strategies.   We are also looking for patterns in the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and moving onto link this with division.  We have been practising skip counting and are starting to transfer these skills to our times tables.  On a Thursday we will work with Mrs McIntrye on Beyond Number concepts such as 3D shapes and information handling.

Health and Wellbeing

As part of our PATHS lessons we have revisited the characters Twiggle, Henrietta, Duke and Daphne.  In doing this we have discussed how to be a good friend and read some of the PATHS story books.  We have also made our own class charter with a Lego theme and discussed our rights and responsibilities. During PATHS lessons we have spoken about the importance of rules and that we have rules to keep us safe.  We have started to introduce our Pupil of the Day and look forward to giving compliments to our classmates and making them feel special.  We will continue to learn more about different emotions and strategies that we can use to calm down.

Primary 3 look forward to working hard and sharing their learning with you!

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Strachan  🙂