A friendly reminder that there will be a change to the menu for school lunches for tomorrow (9th September) and Friday (10th September). Changes are as follows:
Thursday 9th September
Red – gammon sandwich
Blue – Tuna sandwich
Green – Cheese sandwich
Friday 10th September
Red – Fish and chips
Blue – Macaroni cheese
Green – Egg sandwich
In the event that your child is going to be absent from school please contact the school on 01563 525897 prior to 9.15am.
Press option 2 to report a child absence and leave a voicemail clearly stating your child’s name, class and the reason for absence. Please do not leave a child absence message via the school query form or by emailing teachers direct.
Thank you
On Thursday and Friday there will be a change to the school lunches being offered.
Thursday 9th September
Red – gammon sandwich
Blue – Tuna sandwich
Green – Cheese sandwich
Friday 10th September
Red – Fish and chips
Blue – Macaroni cheese
Green – Egg sandwich
Primary 2/3 Blog Post (Monday 6th September)
Hello and welcome to our very first blog post of the new session. Primary 2/3 have been very busy settling into our new classroom and our new routines. Children have been working hard to become familiarised with their class groups, recapping previous learning and are enhancing this through our novel study and outdoor learning.
Literacy
Our class novel is ‘The Enchanted Wood’ and through this text, the context and the discovery of the lands at the top of the Faraway Tree, pupils have explored our outdoor area, looking for natural resources to create scenes from the text. Pupils have also enjoyed some imaginative writing, describing the different lands that may arrive at the top of the Faraway Tree and using fabulous descriptive words to describe characters from the novel.
Our reading and spelling activities are now underway, and children have been working within groups to revisit previous sounds and texts, ready to use their skills and strategies to tackle new and unfamiliar spelling sounds and reading books. Our focus in writing currently is descriptive writing, and ideas will be developed from our class novel and mini topic!
Homework will be sent out this week, please check your children’s bags for a plastic wallet. Reading books will be attached to pupils’ accounts through our online Bug Club reading programme, however for the first few weeks, homework will consist of spelling and maths. These will be issued on a Monday and should be returned to school on a Friday.
Maths
Our focus in maths will be multiplication and division, with our circle maths group, however we will regularly revisit addition and subtraction as well as word problems to consolidate our strategies within the 4 operations of number. Children in the rectangle and triangle groups will continue to build confidence with numbers to 20 and the addition and subtraction strategies associated with these operations. Children will regularly use their ‘Thinking It Through’ jotters as the term progresses to develop problem solving skills, applying knowledge of number to new contexts and develop strategies for any number problems.
Health & Wellbeing
Our Paths Pupil of the Day has now begun, and our Pupil of the Day has been receiving lots of compliments and special jobs around the classroom. All children will have the opportunity to be pupil of the day. We will begin exploring emotions, comfortable and uncomfortable and how we recognise these emotions within ourselves and in others.
In P.E, our sessions will happen indoors (Tuesday) once per week, and outside (Thursday) once per week and our focus will be on team games and ball skills. Children will have the opportunity to partake in some fun activities which support teamwork whilst focusing on developing their listening skills, awareness of space and ball skills.
R.E
Our focus during R.E sessions will be on prayer, their meaning, the routines of the church and the celebration of Mass. As we will be beginning our preparation for Reconciliation later in the year, the sacraments will be discussed in depth, so children fully understand each of the sacraments and their importance in their relationship with God.
Mini-Topic
As the class novel is the Enchanted Wood, we will be doing a mini topic which focuses on houses and homes in both the rural and urban areas of our country. We will also focus on houses of the 1950s and compare this with housing today. As the characters in the novel have recently moved to the countryside, we will explore farming and the impact that has on our communities.
We hope this is the start of a very successful term and that the pupils are enjoying their return to school, with less restrictions in place!
Take care,
Mrs Travers
We are delighted that Kilmarnock Rugby Club are supporting our Primary 6 and 7 with Rugby this term. Due to this PE sessions will now be:
Primary 6 – Thursday and Friday
Primary 7 – Tuesday and Thursday
Children should continue to wear polo shirt and school jumper with appropriate leggings, tracksuit bottoms or shorts.
A reminder that homework will start on Monday 6th September. Initially, children will have literacy and numeracy tasks to be completed on paper.
Tasks on the school blog/glow will be introduced at a later date.
You can view the minutes from the June 2021 Parent Council meeting below:
NB: You can view minutes from previous Parent Council meetings by visiting the Parent Council Heading and selecting from the drop down menu, or by clicking the link below:
Minutes of Most Recent Meetings | Mount Carmel Primary School (glowscotland.org.uk)
Can you spot your child?
Please click the link below to view the latest Covid-19 information on returning to school/other education setting
As of Monday 23rd August each class will have 1 indoor and 1 outdoor session of PE per week. The PE days will be as follows –
P1 – Monday and Thursday **Updated**
P1/2 – Monday and Thursday
P2/3 – Tuesday and Thursday **Updated**
P4 – Tuesday and Thursday
P5 – Monday and Friday
P6 – Wednesday and Friday
P7 – Tuesday and Wednesday
We ask that on PE days children come to school wearing their school polo shirt and sweatshirt with plain tracksuit bottoms/leggings and trainers. They should also have a pair of gym shoes to change into for indoor sessions – these will be kept in school.
Young Scot Free Bus Travel 2022 (Advice for schools)
Young Person’s Free Bus Travel Scheme – Communications – Advice for schools (1)
This year we are delighted to continue our work with Barnardo’s PATHS® Programme for Schools. If this programme is new to you or you wish to find out more information please have a look at http://www.pathseducation.co.uk/what-is-paths/paths-curriculum/
Please take some time to read the privacy notice related to our work with PATHS.
Parent Council Meetings Resume!
First Parent Council meeting for the new term, all parents/carers old and new welcome
Date: 31st August 2021
Time: 7.00 pm
Location: Online
If you want to join in, we would love to see you! Our meetings are via video call, so you don’t even have to leave the house. Grab a brew and find out what’s happening in the school.
If you email ‘mcparentcouncil@gmail.com’, we will introduce ourselves and then send you the video call web link.
Would appreciate it.
Thanks, Neil .
Please view this short clip from Father Martin sharing the latest information on returning to Mass:
We are expecting pupil Flu vaccination permission forms delivered today. These will be distributed to all pupils on their arrival.
All completed forms must be returned to the school no later than Friday 10th September, as vaccines will be given week commencing 13th September.
Vaccines will only be administered with a completed permission form.
This week we are on Week 1 of our School Lunches. Menus can be found on our School App
If you require to speak with your child’s class teacher for any reason, please phone the office and speak with a member of staff who will pass your details on to the relevant teacher. You can also submit your request through our contact form above.
Just a friendly reminder that we prefer if children do not bring toys, including Poppits, into school. Apart from the Covid aspect , there is also the possibility of toys being lost or damaged.
Thank you for your co-operation.
We have been made aware that the school phone line has not been working. This has been reported. If you require assistance please use the Contact Us Form on the website.
Please view the letter below regarding the Sacrament of Confirmation:
2021 Letter to Parents – Rescheduled Confirmation Sept 21 OLMC
As of Monday 23rd August each class will have 1 indoor and 1 outdoor session of PE per week. The PE days will be as follows –
P1 – Tuesday and Thursday
P1/2 – Monday and Thursday
P2/3 – Monday and Thursday
P4 – Tuesday and Thursday
P5 – Monday and Friday
P6 – Wednesday and Friday
P7 – Tuesday and Wednesday
We ask that on PE days children come to school wearing their school polo shirt and sweatshirt with plain tracksuit bottoms/leggings and trainers. They should also have a pair of gym shoes to change into for indoor sessions – these will be kept in school.
Please read the letter included in the link below regarding our return to school.
We can’t wait to welcome our new P1 pupils on their first day at school on Thursday. Please find below details of drop off and collection times for the first few weeks.
Thursday 19th August
Drop off : 9.15am – 9,30am with time for ‘My First Day at School’ photographs
Collection: 2.30pm – 3.00pm
Friday 20th August
Drop off: 9.15am
Collection: 2.30pm – 3.00pm
Monday 23rd August – Friday 27th August
Drop off: 9.00am (parents allowed in playground)
Collection: 3.00pm
Monday 30th August onwards
Drop off: 9.00am (parents to drop pupils off at infant playground gate)
Collection: 3.00pm
An email with all of this information has been sent to all P1 parent/carers today.
Thank you, as always, for your support.
Information for parents and carers to support
pupils returning to school from NHS.
As this term comes to an end we would like to say a huge,
to:
Our fantastic staff – those who work in the kitchen, our cleaners, our janitor, EAST support staff, all of our classroom assistants, our clerical staff and our teaching staff. This has been a challenging year and each and every one of you have risen to overcome these. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts for all that you do each and every day. We hope that you enjoy a well-deserved rest over the summer.
To our Primary 7 children it is with great pride that we get to say ‘Good Luck’ to you in the future. Do not forget us, you will always be part of our Mount Carmel family.
To our new Primary 1 children we can’t wait to welcome you into our family in August.
To our amazing parents, thank you, for all of your support throughout the year. Enjoy the time with your family over this holiday period.
To Father Martin, Sister Mabel, Sister Juliet and Sister Rose, thank you, for supporting us on our faith journey.
And finally…
Thank you
…to our amazing children, you are reason that we come to work every day. We thank you for your smiles, love and laughter. Have a fantastic break and we look forward to welcoming you all back in August.
A reminder that gift bags for our new Primary 1 children are available outside the main front door.
This includes a personalised story from their P6 buddy, a Primary 1 yearbook with photographs of classmates, a note with their house name as well as some lovely summer gifts.
This is the last day for collection and will be available until noon today.
Firstly thank you for the very generous gift I received today. I was overwhelmed and I promise I’ll treat myself and not just Baby T.
Tomorrow is the last day of Primary 6 and I think we’re all in the mood for a party, so that’s exactly what we’re going to do!
I’ve had a wonderful year in Primary 6. You have all worked hard and have been excellent learners. I am proud of each and every one of you for the resilience you’ve shown despite the difficult year.
Well done to the P6 who will be our House and Vice Captains next school year. I am proud of all the children who put themselves forward for a Captain position. There will be plenty of other responsibility roles in P7.
The P6 wrote wonderful stories for their P1 buddies which went home in the new P1 gift bags. I know you’ll be excellent buddies when the time comes.
Have an amazing holiday and I’ll see you when you’re back as the new P7.
Miss Mudge
