Our next wider achievement assembly will take place on Friday the 28th March. As a school, we love to hear about all of the wonderful achievements our children are celebrating. Whether it is a swimming certificate, participation in a dance show or learning to ride their bike without stabilisers, we want to celebrate these achievements!
Please send any photographs with a short sentence on what has been achieved to Mrs McCreadie on eaMountCarmel.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk
Thank you!
On the last day before the holidays, we participated as a whole school in ‘Zero Power Day’ in support of our Mount Carmel Eco Committee. Click on the SWAY below to see what we got up to when we powered off to sav …
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Don’t forget to have a look at your child’s Learning Journal page for some updates on the exciting learning that has been taking place across the school.
See the attached document for guidance on how to log in.
If you can not access Learning Journals, please get in touch. Your log in details will be sent to the e-mail address that you have provided the school with.
On the way home…
Beautiful morning. Pancakes for breakfast then some climbing, obstacle course and fire starting!
Reminder that school will be closed for pupils on Monday 10/2 & Tuesday 11/2 and will reopen on Wednesday 12/2 at 9am.
Busy day completing the challenge course and forest adventure before dinner.
Yass!! Lets play hidey in the dark 😂😂😂
Busy day of climbing and crate stacking.
Please take a few moments to complete the survey using the barcode below. Once completed you will be entered into a prize draw. The survey will close at the end of March.
Thank you
After a good sleep, eating breakfast and getting ready for our busy day. And the weather looks decent!
Archery, bushcraft and abseiling before dinner
P7s on our way to our residential!
All smiles but a few early casualties!🤣😴
Please find link below for our February Newsletter
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A quick reminder for parents that this Saturday our Sacrament children will have a special mass and retreat day held at St Joseph’s Church & Hall. There will be a short meeting for parents afterwards.
Details Below..
Children’ s Retreat day– Saturday 1st February
10am Mass – Finish at 2pm at St Joseph’s Church & Hall
*Children should also bring a packed lunch with them*
There is no charge involved.
Parent’s meeting – Saturday 1st February (At end of Retreat Day)
Parents of Children making their sacraments are invited to a short meeting afterwards from 2pm – 2:30pm also at St Joseph’s Church & Hall.
Other important dates to note :
*Rite of Enrolment – Sunday 16th February*
11:30am Mass at OLMC Church
**Rite of Confirmation – Sunday 23rd February** -11:30am Mass
Bishop Frank Dougan will preside.
Important March News
Before making their Sacrament of First Holy Communion at the end of June, the P4 sacrament children will need to attend the Rite of Reconciliation and make their confession again and alongside the P4s on Wed 19th March at OLMC (7-8pm).
Any parent who requires a registration form these are available from Fr Jim or contact the school office please.
Don’t forget to buy your tickets to be in with a chance of winning a fabulous prize!
Tickets as always are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle closes on Thursday 6th February and will be drawn on Friday 7th.
It’s that time again! If you could do with a New Year clear out, then please send any bags of clothing/shoes which you no longer need into the school on Friday 14th February. Please place all items in bin bags (as Rag Bag no longer issue us with bags) and tie securely.
Thank you
There are new updates on Primary 6 Learner Journals. Log in to your child’s individual Learner Journal to see all the wonderful learning taking place this term.
Mrs Terras and Mrs McCreadie
The Met Office has now issued a red warning for wind from 10am until 5pm on Friday 24 January.
Storm Eowyn will cause very dangerous conditions and there will be significant disruption. The Council has taken the decision to close all schools and Early Childhood Centres, plus SL33 and SL66 on Friday 24 January.
This is a difficult decision to take and the Council understands the impact on parents and carers, however the safety of children and young people is paramount.
Happy New Year and I hope Santa was good to you all. And so we enter P7’s final year at primary!! Good to see all the pupils back after the holidays. Here is a brief overview of our learning focus this term.
Literacy
Our focus this term will continue to develop all reading skills through Bug Club guided reading texts. We will also be reading texts to identify fact and opinion and discuss the reliability of sources of information. For writing, we are concentrating on discussion texts, building upon persuasive writing from last term until the February holiday then look at the recount genre where we will retell events from what we have watched or experienced. For a short period, we will also be looking at Scottish texts, using Scots language and looking at Scottish poems and authors.
Numeracy
The emphasis of our numeracy this term is on fractions, decimals and percentages and how they interlink. Having completed the set Number Talk discussions, we will continue to use Number Talk strategies to develop mental strategies using all four processes. The class are also working on numeracy skills with Mrs McCreadie and will be investigating other aspects of measurement as well as data handling.
Health and Wellbeing
The PATHS focus this term is looking at respect and how to deal with conflicts and identifying positive steps to de-escalate situations. We will also continue to praise and compliment children through Pupil of the Day. We are also exploring risk taking behaviour including substance misuse and practise basic first aid procedures.
Our PE days are still Wednesday and Thursday. We will be first concentrating on fun fitness, creating personal fitness plans and setting personal goals. We also aim to develop our team game skills through netball where we will understand different roles within the team.
IDL
The topic this term is Scottish based and is looking at the Highland Clearances. We will be investigating important historical figures involved in the event, how people lived during that time and the mass emigration from the Highland area.
RE
This term we will be aiming to complete our Pope Francis Faith Award journals, revising all the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and giving evidence of them being used in the school, at home and in the community or Parish. As well as this, there will be a final reflection on how the Gifts will help support them as they develop and grow.
French
French this term will consist of learning how to say other countries and nationalities and looking in to current affairs within France as well as using the verb etre (to be).
Technologies
This term P7 will look at coding and understand its importance within society. We will use block coding software to program small digital devices and explore various commands to create games and move characters within games.
UNCRC
We will be looking at the articles and rights involved and associated in Holocaust Memorial Day in late January, Safe Internet Day and Children’s Mental Health Week in February, and World Book Day and World Water Day in March.
I look forward to working with P7 in their final year and will enjoy accompanying them on their trip to Barcaple this term.
Mr Bertoncini
