Hello Primary 1/2,

I hope you had a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year with your lovely families. I know this is not how any of us expected to start the new year and I can’t wait to see you all soon to hear all about your Christmas break. Although, we won’t see each other face to face for now, please remember I am only at the other side of the computer screen to support you.

Primary 2

Please find below your learning grid for Monday (11th January) and Tuesday (12th January). Some of you might need to access both grids to complete the appropriate literacy and numeracy tasks. You know which groups you are in for literacy and numeracy (blue or green). If you have forgotten then please do not hesitate to get in touch with me via email; alana.baird@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 2 Blue Group Mrs Dunsmore Home Learning Grid 11-12 Jan 2020

Daily Mental Maths Sheet – Blue Group

Primary 2 Green Group Mrs Dunsmore Home Learning Grid 11-12 Jan 2020

Daily Mental Maths Sheet – Green Group

Primary 1

Please find below your learning grid for Monday (11th January) and Tuesday (12th January).

Primary 1 Mrs Dunsmore Home Learning Grid 11- 12 Jan 2020

All tasks from Wednesday (13th January) will be posted daily.

Lots of Love, Mrs Dunsmore x

Hi Primary 5.

I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas. I am really looking forward to working with you all again this year. I miss you all so much and wish we could be in class, but unfortunately we’ve got to keep each other safe and work online just now. Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to hearing from you all on Monday.

Love

Mrs McGowan

Please click the links below for the tasks for Monday and Tuesday, these can also be found in the Primary 5 Teams page.  Follow these instructions for how to access this.

Microsoft Teams Guidance for Parents.docx

Primary 5 Mrs McGowan

P5 Mental Maths

P5 Spelling

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a lovely relaxing Christmas break and that Santa was good to you all! I can’t wait to hear all of your news and stories.   Attached is the learning grid for Monday and Tuesday.  From Wednesday onwards your class work will be uploaded on to TEAMS which is accessible through Glow.

Over the upcoming weeks we will be using the websites Bug Club, Sumdog and Glow to access learning resources. So please let us know if your child is unable to log on to any of these learning platforms.

I can be contacted through aisling.strachan@eastayrshire,org.uk  if you have any questions.

Take  care and stay safe,

Mrs Strachan x

P3 Spelling

Primary 3 Mrs Strachan

Hello Primary 1!

I hope you are all well and have had a wonderful Christmas break. Missing you lots but I am sure I will see you soon!

Please find attached your online learning tasks for Monday and Tuesday next week. Monday’s tasks are in red and Tuesday’s tasks are in blue.

Take care everyone!

Love Mrs Duff xxx

Home learning grid Mon 11th & Tues 12th Jan

P1-3 IDL Tasks week beg 11th Jan

Happy New Year to all our children and parents/carers.  I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas break.  It is unfortunate that we can not all be together in school again as this new term starts, however we will work hard to make sure all children can continue with their learning.

You will find the grid with tasks for Monday (11th January) and Tuesday (12th January) attached to this post.  This will also be on our Primary 4 Teams page too.

I am available on email if you have any questions or concerns about your child or the tasks to be completed. Please email me with any questions at susan.travers@eastayrshire.org.uk

P4 School Closure 11th-12th January 2021 (task grid – Monday tasks are highlighted in blue and Tuesday tasks are in green)

Monday 11th January (mental maths questions)

Tuesday 12th January (mental maths questions)

I will attach work for subsequent days on a daily basis from Wednesday 13th January.  This will be on our Teams page and children should check they know which spelling/reading and maths groups they work with, so as to know which folders to look in to find daily tasks.  Please email me if your child is unsure and I can give you this information.

I look forward to hearing from you next week and seeing some of your hard work.

Take care and stay safe

Mrs Travers

Children will continue to be dropped off at 9am and collected at 3pm via the main entrance.  This will continue until further notice.

Hi P6/7.  Click the links below to access the learning grid and numeracy tasks for Monday and Tuesday.  I will also post them on our class page on Teams.

If you have any difficulty accessing them, let me know.

Mr Bertoncini

11th Jan 2021 Grid P67

11th Jan Mental Maths Squares Triangles

11th Jan Mental Maths CIrcles Rect

Monday 11th January

Option 1 – Sausage sizzler, milk, biscuit, fruit

Option 2 – Baked Potato and cheese, milk, biscuit, fruit

Tuesday 12th January

Option 1 – Chicken goujons and wedges, water, yogurt

Option 2 – Tomato Pasta, water, yogurt

Wednesday 13th January

Option 1 – Steak Pie, milk and yogurt

Option 2 – Chicken fajitas, milk, yogurt

Thursday 14th January

Option 1- Fish and Chips, Jelly, milk

Option 2 – Cheese Panini, jelly, milk

Friday 15th January

Option 1 – Pizza and salad, water, cake

Option 2 – Stir fry noodles, water, cake

Children attending on Friday will be collected by staff from the main entrance at 9am.  Children will be dismissed from the main entrance at 3pm.

There will be a limited number of Homework stationery packs available for pupils as of tomorrow morning.  These will be situated immediately outside the front door of the school between 9am and 3pm tomorrow and again next week. 

There is no requirement to speak to a member of staff when taking a pack .

We have adapted our format for Home Learning.  For P1 and P2 work will be shared on the class blogs area of the website.  For P3-P7 children will be using the TEAMS tool as the main platform for receiving and sharing work.  The TEAMS tool is accessible through GLOW.  Please follow this link for guidance on accessing Teams Microsoft Teams Guidance for Parents.docx.  Children have received a copy of their GLOW email and password. If your child is unsure of this  please use the website query page.

On Monday 11^th and Tuesday 12^th January, activities will be accessible on class blogs for all children and added to the P3-P7 TEAMS pages.

On Monday and Tuesday there will be literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing tasks.  From Wednesday children will receive daily tasks in literacy and numeracy.  There will also be a further other curricular area (IDL) activity.  We request that literacy and numeracy tasks are completed daily, IDL tasks can be completed if time allows.  Completed work can be emailed directly to class teachers.

Primary 1 – Mrs Duff karen.duff@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 1/2 – Mrs Dunsmore alana.baird@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 3 – Mrs Strachan aisling.strachan@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 4 – Mrs Travers susan.travers@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 5 – Mrs McGowan angela.mcgowan@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 6 – Miss Mudge nicola.mudge@eastayrshire.org.uk

Primary 6/7 – Mr Bertoncini elio.bertoncini@eastayrshire.org.uk

We are currently awaiting further guidance from East Ayrshire Council and will be in touch with arrangements for subsequent weeks.

Mrs McConville

Head Teacher

Dear Parents/Carers,

On behalf of all the staff in Mount Carmel I would like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year.

Unfortunately we will not be welcoming all our children back as we would have wished. Circumstances require us to move to a period of home learning for most. I know that the previous period of lockdown was difficult for some families. We have taken on board your comments from our survey of September 2020 and had put plans in place based on these and the experiences of staff who were organising home learning.

Unlike the previous period of lockdown our school will remain open and children of key workers will attend Mount Carmel rather than a Hub. Our staff will work on a rota basis within the school to support these children and when not in school teachers will prepare home learning activities.

As we are able to be in school it will be easier for us to contact you and the children and to adapt to any changing circumstances.

Tomorrow we will give details of how home learning will be organised initially.

I know this is a difficult and worrying time for everyone. Please be assure we will support our children the best we can.

Mrs McConville

Head Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year!!

As part of our daily routine within the hubs, we are hoping to get the children out to play as often as possible (weather permitting). We would really appreciate your help in assuring that if you are planning on sending your children to our hub that you make sure they have warm clothing and also send in a spare set of trousers in case they get wet or dirty from outdoor play. We will, as always, ensure your child is safe whilst out playing in the cold weather.  We are looking forward to welcoming the children back into school. As always, a big thank you from all the staff for your ongoing support.

Well we’ve made it to the end of 2020. It’s been a very different start to a school year! I am so proud all the boys and girls for their resilience and hard work over the last two terms. I am proud to be your teacher!

We’ve had a lovely week enjoying the Pantomime, having our Christmas Party, doing Christmas craft activities and having our pyjama and movie day today.

I hope all the parents and carers have managed to access and watch the Mount Carmel Christmas Extravaganza. Who knew Primary 6 were such good dancers – lots of talent for our next Summer show (fingers crossed!).

Wishing all the P6’s and their families a safe and healthy Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love Miss Mudge x

Primary 1 had a ball at their Christmas Party this afternoon! The children enjoyed Party games and showcased their disco “moves” on the dance floor before tucking into some delicious Dominoes pizza 😋! Our Party was even more special as we were able to enjoy it with our friends in P1/2 who are part of our bubble ❤️!

 Pass the parcel fun!

 Musical Statues!

 Pizza time!

Ending on a high with the Hokey Cokey 😃!

Have a wonderful Christmas with your families and take care 🎅🏻❤️.

Mrs Duff x

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Today our children all had a fantastic Christmas Party day.  This was made extra special with a delivery of 30 Dominoes Pizzas. Thank you to a very kind parent who donated this for our fabulous day.

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Congratulations to Skye P5 who, on Friday,  was the very lucky winner of a PS Vita which Secret Santa had delivered to Mount Carmel!

We hope you have lots of fun Skye!

Wishing all of our pupils and their families a wonderful Christmas and peaceful New Year. Have a magical time and stay safe everyone !

Love and best wishes from all the staff at Mount Carmel Primary

The school closes at 2.30pm tomorrow for the Christmas break

The school re-opens for staff and pupils on 6th January

Our Christmas extravaganza is available to view !!!!…….

If children wish to they can come to school on Friday in their pyjamas for some end of term fun in their class.

The  children had a lovely time visiting  Crossgates Care Home over the last few days, to bring some festive cheer to the residents. It was so nice to see them joining in, waving and enjoying some of the makaton  songs and dances.

We wish all of the staff and residents a lovely Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

We have some very exciting news here at Mount Carmel. Our Christmas showcase is ready for your viewing pleasure. We have all worked really hard on this and had great fun making it so we hope you enjoy it.  This production will require a password in order for you to view it which will be sent out to the main contact for each of our children. To ensure the safeguarding of our children we kindly ask that this password is not shared with others.

Here is the link to the programme:

Virtual Christmas Show Programme

Enjoy

https://sway.office.com/h76CvOsC72z6NFA0?ref=Link

What another busy week in Primary 6!

Over the last couple of weeks, the Primary 6’s have been planning, writing, and illustrating their own Christmas stories for P1-3. The pupils worked collaboratively in pairs and trios. Tymek and Krystian worked together to write their story in Polish!

To help them with this task the pupils first looked at popular children’s Christmas stories to inspire them. The pupils enjoyed reading them too!

Next, they worked together to plan their stories developing a plotline, characters, and an overriding positive Christmas message.

The pupils then typed and illustrated their stories including a front cover and blurb. I am so impressed by the finished results and the pupils cannot wait for the P1-3s to enjoy their stories next week.

This week we continued with our 3D and 2D shape topic. One group learned about the properties of a circle and had plenty of practice drawing circles of different radii with a compass.

Other groups looked at tiling 2D shapes and had the opportunity to take part in lots of practical activities to build on this skill. I was impressed with their tiling creations!

As a class, the pupils looked at identifying the nets of 3D shapes. They used the 3D shapes to help them with follow up tasks.

On Friday the pupils took part in a real-life price comparison task. They had to find the prices of Christmas dinner food items in three different supermarkets. They then totaled the costs of the items in each supermarket to find out which was the cheapest. Some pupils got a shock at the price differences between supermarkets.

Next week is our final week before the Christmas holidays and we are going to be very busy with different activities to make the week special. There is no homework now until after the holidays. I was very happy with the home projects and the effort that was put into them.

Keep your eyes peeled for a VERY special Primary 6 Christmas message 🙂

Thank you to the boys and girls for the very lovely card that was sneakily left on my desk on Friday!

Miss Mudge x

Wow! What a busy few weeks Primary 4 have had. Lots of fabulous Viking topic work, creating shields and writing in Viking runes, our Christmas video preparations, Christmas crafts and Viking long boat presentations. We also had a beautiful class service with Father Martin.

I am so proud of all the hard work and fun we have had. We have been investigating the properties of 3D shape, looking at shapes we can stack and nets to create fabulous Christmas decorations. The creations have been amazing and the pupils have worked their socks off to put together some fabulous models and our Christmas video too. I can’t wait for parents/carers to see all the great work that has been done.

Here is some of the great work that has taken place. Well done Primary 4!

As always, take care and stay safe,

Mrs Travers

Today Santa took some time out of his day to make a special visit to the school. He walked around the school grounds, waving at the children and even had a chat with some of the children through the window.  Santa left a selection box for each of us to enjoy.

Thank you Santa, we love you!🎅