We are pleased to inform you that our proposed changes to morning break and lunch times have now been approved by Education.
This means that as of Wednesday 31st May our morning break and lunch times will now be as follows:
Morning break: 10.40am- 10.55am
Lunch break: 12.35pm – 1.20pm
Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete our online survey in relation to this.
Wednesday – walk wearing sunglasses.
Thursday – walk wearing something bright to be seen.
Friday – walk with crazy hair/special hair accessory.
Many cast members of our summer show, Wizard Of Oz ,have been practicing their scenes and working together to put together a fabulous show!
Our terrific tech team has been busy sorting out the lights and discussing lighting affects for our show.
The advertising team have been creating some fantastic posters and front covers to be put around the school to help advertise our show!
Our art and design group have made a start on some fantastic props and have been using tinkercad!
Everybody has been working very hard and we are very excited to see our show come together!
By Cole and Emily W
P7
The show is underway and the props are being made. To create the props we are using tinkercad and 3D printing!
Take a look at the progress so far:
This is the good witch’s wand being made in the 3D printer!
Bye Emily W, Cole, Rohan and kinga
If you have not already done so, please return your child’s permission slip asap for our whole school trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. If we don’t have this in we cannot guarantee a seat on the bus.
Our Sports day will take place this year on Thursday 8th June!
The format will be the same as last year where we will provide parents/carers with a 50 minute time slot to attend to see their child’s class races.
Further information re class races etc. will be posted in due course.
If not, please return your request slip asap as tickets are selling fast!
All of our children will be taking part in the show in some form. The closing date for getting your tickets is now Friday 26th May. Those who have made a request for additional tickets via our ballot will be informed in due course after this date.
Don’t forget to purchase you raffle tickets via Parentpay to win a fabulous prize! Tickets are only £1 per strip. The chance to purchase tickets will close on Tuesday 23rd May and the raffle draw will take place on Thursday 25th May.
Has your child recently celebrated a special event outside of school? If so, please send a photograph into the school so that we can celebrate those achievements at our Wider Achievement Assembly on Thursday 25th May. Please have any entries to the main school email address below by Tuesday 23rd May.
Children are also encouraged to bring their medals. shields, certificates etc into school with them on the day of the assembly.
Please send your photographs to: eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk
Primary 6 pupils should bring their bikes and helmets to school with them on Monday 22nd May as there will a bike check taking place.
Tuesday – walk singing your favourite songs.
Wednesday – walk wearing sunglasses.
Thursday – walk wearing something bright to be seen.
Friday – walk with crazy hair/special hair accessory.
Through our work with Mission to the Moon we have been learning about the many important reasons to walk to school and the difference it can make for individuals, communities and the planet!
Walk to School Week begins on Monday 15th of May and we would like to invite you to make an extra effort to walk to school if you can – remember this can include park and stride as well as coming to school on your bike or scooter.
Each day will have a different theme –
Monday – walk wearing odd socks.
Tuesday – walk singing your favourite songs.
Wednesday – walk wearing sunglasses.
Thursday – walk wearing something bright to be seen.
Friday – walk with crazy hair/special hair accessory.
Bonus S-Miles will be awarded for those who take part each day.
We hope you enjoy Walk to School Week!
Father Martin would like to invite you to a mass to celebrate 60 years of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 7pm on Friday 12th May.
Come along and join the celebration, tea & coffee will be served in the Norbert Room afterwards.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Next week, week beginning Monday 15th May, is walk to school week. We will post more information regarding this in due course.
If your child wears earrings, please make sure they do not wear them to school on their PE days.
Please also can children leave their PE kit in school during the week rather than taking it home with the chance of forgetting to bring it back in.
Thank you
Please remember the importance of bringing glasses to school with you if you need them.
Primary 6 and 7 got together recently to reveal the cast for our Wizard of Oz show. Many people were feeling nervous but they were delighted to get their parts.
We also began reading through the script while the other pupils discussed important activities for the show such as tech, advertising and art and design.
Summer is nearly here and we’re into our last term. The last term for our P7’s. Where has the time gone?! Here is a brief overview of our learning this term.
Literacy
We are continuing to develop all reading skills through Bug Club guided reading texts but paying attention to summarising. For writing, we are looking at responding to texts and will be conducting reviews of things we watch and read and giving personal opinions.
Numeracy
The emphasis of our numeracy this term is on algebra, number patterns and time. We will continue to use Number Talk strategies to develop mental strategies using all four processes as part of our daily routine. The class are also working on skills beyond number with Mrs MacKinnon and will be investigating measurement.
Health and Wellbeing
The PATHS focus this term is continuing to develop and use de-escalation techniques during conflicts as well as looking at transitions. Pupil of the Day will also continue.
Our PE days are now on a Tuesday and Thursday. We will be first playing cricket enhancing our throwing, catching and fielding skills. We will also be participating in athletics activities in preparation for Sports Day.
IDL
The topic this term is politics. We will be investigating how laws are made, the role of an MP and identifying the main political parties and some of their policies. We will also receive a visit from MP Alan Brown for a Q and A with the class.
RE
This term we will be aiming to complete God’s Loving Plan activities. As this subject is sensitive, please discuss these issues with your child at home.
French
Mrs MacKinnon will continue teaching French with P7. Through a range of talking, listening, reading and writing tasks, this term the focus will be on the French culture and other French speaking countries.
Summer Show
Preparations are already underway for the upper school show. Pupils will be participating in lots of drama, art, technology and enterprising activities to make the show a success. Keep your eyes peeled for further updates of our show
Mr Bertoncini
As you are aware our School Improvement Plan forms the basis of our school developments. It is essential that parents and carers are fully involved in the creation of this plan.
Please take some time to put forward your views on the progress we have made with our plan for this year and share your views on what should happen next. This survey will remain open until Friday 12th May.
Please complete the survey below:
You will also require to review a copy of our Family School Improvement Plan.
Today we announced the cast for our production of the Wizard of Oz. Congratulations to everyone who got a part! It was lovely to see everyone cheering each other on.
Unfortunately the scripts that were handed out today have pages missing. They will need to be reissued tomorrow when they are reprinted.
Thank you,
Mrs Terras
As you are aware our School Improvement Plan forms the basis of our school developments. It is essential that parents and carers are fully involved in the creation of this plan.
Please take some time to put forward your views on the progress we have made with our plan for this year and share your views on what should happen next. This survey will remain open until Friday 12th May.
Please complete the survey below:
You will also require to review a copy of our Family School Improvement Plan.
The children are encouraged to bring with them a picnic cover/blanket to sit on when we are outside enjoying our garden party on Friday for the King’s Coronation.
Please take some time to read our May Newsletter. This contains many important dates for May and June.
Oak Room
The Oak Room children have continued their tasks after the holidays and we are loving the better weather! This has allowed us to participate in outdoor painting with the sun in our faces.
We are working our way through group novels including ‘Westlandia’, ‘Doodlebug Alley’ and ‘Mouse Noses on Toast.’ We love to have some calm reading time after lunch to help our minds prepare for learning.
Pupils this term are focussing on ‘Goal Setting’; this allows them to set a realistic target around their social and emotional development and staff are able to support their achievement of this. Discussions around perseverance and making choices are linked to this. Throughout this topic we will also continue to learn how to understand and manage our feelings.
Pupils will be supported with their hopes and fears around transition into the next academic session during our tasks this term, as we understand although exciting for some, this can be a daunting time for others.
Children are continuing to achieve success using their ‘Pot of Gold’ target trackers and we have already had a few special treats relating to these.
A special welcome to the children who joined the group after the Easter holidays, the feedback around this has been hugely positive!
As always your support is hugely appreciated.
Mrs Crawford
Primary 5 Curriculum update Term 4
Hello everyone!
Primary 5 had an excellent term last term with lots of hard work and fun taking place. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the children for all of their hard work during this time. They really have been working their socks off and should be very proud of themselves. They even led a whole school Mass on the last week of term. This was an excellent achievement.
I would also like to thank the children’s adults for their continued support. Without you, I wouldn’t get to teach such wonderful children. It was also lovely to see some of you at our sharing the learning afternoon. We hope you enjoyed yourselves.
This term will again be really busy with everything from assessments to whole school summer trips as we complete our P5 journey. Please see below some aspects of the curriculum that we will be covering between April and June.
Literacy
We will be exploring discursive writing as our writing genre this term. Within this genre, the children will be expected to explain their thoughts and feelings regarding a particular topic whilst attempting to influence/persuade the reader. This will focus on the writer’s word choice, the use of rhetorical questions and emotive language. The children are also working on their ability to read over what they have written and then re-draft their work using Microsoft word.
The children have been working extremely hard on their grammar skills and this term will focus on alliteration, onomatopoeia and compound words.
The class will continue to develop their reading and comprehension skills through working on their ability to answer different styles of comprehension questions. This is something we have already been looking at; however up until now, this has been very structured and taken at a slow pace This term, I will be looking for a more independent approach to these questions.
Numeracy
The children worked extremely hard last term on division and fractions, as well as linking these to percentages and decimals. This term we will focus on addition and subtraction up to 4 digits. Within addition, we will look at addition with whole numbers as well as decimal numbers and within subtraction the focus will be more around exchanging through place value columns.
Our beyond number topic will be measurement with the first focus being area and perimeter before we move onto volume and mass.
Another aspect of numeracy that will be covered this term is data handling. Throughout this, we will cover bar charts and tally marks. We will also use our knowledge of fractions from last term to help us understand pie charts.
Health and Well being
Health and Well Being this term will have a focus on food health whilst looking at the key nutrient groups and food diversity we require to stay healthy.
God’s loving plan will also be covered this term which will have a focus on growth, social networking, safe use of phones and the UN charter on right of the child.
P.E this term will be tennis, hockey, athletics and outdoor games and all the skills required.
R.E
We will be exploring our relationships with God and look at how this relationship can be deepened through prayer and trust. May is the month of Mary. We will have a focus on our mother Mary and the important role she plays in the bible stories and the life of Jesus.
IDL
This term’s topic will be local politics. We will take a closer look at what are reliable sources of information. The children will learn vocabulary such as democracy and election. This will be linked into the new SNP government and cabinet. We will celebrate Scotland’s inclusivity of a variety of cultures, values and customs.
Thank you again, Mrs McCreadie
Primary 3 enjoyed a bike and scooter reward play on Friday afternoon. I think these photos show how much fun our class had, despite the rain!
A huge well done to Primary 3 who submitted a winning rocket design to the MTTM competition as part of The Clean Green East Ayrshire initiative! Our class design entry won 1st place in the STEM category across all of East Ayrshire with their Lego rocket!
An amazing job and a special congratulations to the winning engineer team for working on this design together. Amazing team work! They each received their own certificate at school assembly on Friday for this huge achievement! AND they have won hundreds of MTTM S miles for our school! Go Team Primary 3!
Welcome back to term 4. We hope you have had a restful time over the Easter break. We are looking forward to a wonderful new term of lots of new learning, fun and new experiences with our fantastic P4 class.
Literacy
For our reading focus this term we will continue to look at building expression and fluency in our reading aloud. We will use the comprehension strategies we have been learning and look at what inferential and evaluative questions are and how we can use the text to help us with this. Please ensure your child accesses their Bug Club weekly to support their reading in these lessons.
In writing, we will look at persuasive writing, focusing on our use of persuasive language and how to structure a persuasive piece of writing. This term, we will also start to incorporate the use of ICT for re-drafting some of our pieces of writing.
Spelling will take the form of active spelling activities and the children will experience phonemes and blends at their working level.
Numeracy & Maths
This term we will continue to build on our work with the four operations and will explore how fractions are related to division. We will look at the meaning of the numerator and denominator and will be able to order and compare fractions.
In Beyond Number we will finish looking at time, children explore digital and analogue time as well as solving time duration problems.
Health and Wellbeing
We will continue with our PATHs programme, looking at problem solving and the idea of fair/unfair and accident and on purpose. We will continue with our Pupil of the Day, so keep a look out for your children coming home with their compliment sheet!
The class are also engaging in a mindful activity each day. Through our Do Be Mindful programme and other class activities, we are learning about building and developing life enhancing skills, tools and habits that will foster emotional and mental wellbeing.
PE
PE is on a Wednesday and Friday. This term we will be covering;
Athletics
Tennis /Badminton
PE kit must be brought in and left at the start of each term. Before the holiday, the kit was sent home for washing to be freshened up and should now be returned for the current term. Lessons may be outdoors if weather permits.
French
This term along with developing our basic conversational vocabulary, we will look at ‘Sports’, ‘Our home’ and ‘Famous French People and Landmarks’.
IDL
P4 will be continue from our fairtrade topic last term to look at Food production. We will complete a comparison study between food production in Scotland and in another country. In May, we are very excited to visit Dumfries House to participate in their ‘Spring Festival of Farming.’ We are really excited for this visit and it will be a lovely ending to our topic.
We will then move on to our new topic, Charities. We will look at a range of charities both at home and further afield and the work that they do in supporting and helping those in need. We will also look at how we can give back to our community in different ways.
Religious Education
This term we will be focusing on the importance of the Eucharist, linking to the Last Supper. We will also focus on the Mass as the source and summit of our Christian life and will continue to become familiar with the part of The Mass, including the various prayers and responses. We are all very excited to support our P4 children who will celebrate their First Holy Communion later this term.
In May, we will focus on Our Lady, we will learn about the Rosary and become familiar with this beautiful prayer.
Homework will be distributed on a Monday to be completed, signed and returned by Friday. Keep an eye on the class blog for regular updates to what is happening in class, recent learning and relevant upcoming events.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to a wonderful term with P4!
Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs McIntyre.
