Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize containing information on how to help your child with dyslexia whilst at home:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/teacher-support/dyslexia-make-a-difference/zj226v4
Healthy Minds!
As it is health week there will be lots of fun, fab activities for everyone to try out! Remember a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body! Here are some activities to try throughout the week.
Some lovely ideas! There will also be lots of fun, healthy activities on your learning grids this week too. Now all we need is SUNSHINE!
Finally…some Monday Motivation…
Stay Safe. Together we are Team MC.
PATHs Challenge
As it is Health Week and we are looking at different aspects of health, this week the nurture blog will focus on PATHs and our emotional health. PATHs has become a huge focus in all our classrooms as we begin to understand the different feelings we may experience. We recognise that these emotions can be categorised as ‘comfortable’ and ‘uncomfortable’.
We have spent time talking about how emotions change our facial expressions and by looking at the eyebrows, eyes and mouth, how this can indicate what a person might be feeling. Its important we recognise these emotions in ourselves and others, so we can help someone if they are experiencing uncomfortable feelings. Or use a strategy to help when we recognise those feelings in ourselves.
You may see a few familiar faces below as some of our Mount Carmel staff helped put a PATHs challenge together. Can you guess the PATHs emotion expressed by each member of staff? There are 8 different emotions being expressed and once you have guessed, can you sort these into comfortable and uncomfortable?
Why not give it a try at home? There is no better way to understand a feeling than to try and express that emotion yourself. Focus on the facial expressions and try a few of our comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. You can use a mirror to do this or ask a parent to take a photo of you and become the star of your own PATHs emotions chart. Send these to me and I can share these on our blog (check with parents this is okay before sending).
susan.travers@eastayrshire.gov.uk
Stay safe, have fun and take care 
Primary 3 home learning tasks. Wk Beg 8th June 2020
What a beautiful week it has been in the sunshine. I hope yu have all been out playing and going lovely walks. This week is health week. Normally we would do this in class but as you are at home, I have added lots of fun activities for you to complete with your families. I want you to get more active and get healthier this week and we are praying for some more gorgeous sunshine to help us with this. As always there are core tasks for you to complete as well as optional tasks. Complete as many as you can but remember, there is no expectation for all of these to be completed. Send me lots of pictures of you completing your health week activities including exercise, healthy eating and even cooking (with your adults of course!) I cannot wait to hear from you about what you have been up to. Speak soon, lots of love from Mrs McCreadie xxx
| Suggested Timetable | |
| 8:00am | Get up and get dressed. Have a healthy breakfast |
| 9:00am | Some exercise Joe Wicks , Cosmic Yoga or just dance. |
| 10:00am | Maths activity |
| 11.00am | Break/ healthy snack |
| 11.30am | Literacy activity |
| 12.30pm | Help make some healthy lunch and try to get outside |
| 1.30pm | IDL task |
Literacy
T-T-5423-Healthy-Eating-Page-Wordsearch_ver_1
blue Spelling word for the week beginning 8.6.20
green Spelling word for the week beginning 8.6.20
red Spelling word for the week beginning 8.6.20
Numeracy
P3 Numeracy Learning Grid 8.6.20
cfe2-p-161-food-labels-hunt-activity-sheet-english_ver_1
IDL
P5 Home Learning Grids – Health Week – WB 8th June
Hi everyone,
I hope you’ve had a great weekend in the sunshine. This week is health week and you can find out all about whole school extra activities by following our school blog for more information too. Below are your health week activities on your grids but remember to only do what you can and have fun!
Numeracy
Literacy
Alphabet Alliteration Worksheet
IDL
Here is a suggested timetable to help plan your week’s work.
| Suggested Timetable | |
| 8:00am | Get up and get dressed. Have a healthy breakfast |
| 9:00am | Some exercise Joe Wicks or Cosmic Yoga |
| 10:00am | Maths activity |
| 11.00am | Break/snack |
| 11.30am | Literacy activity |
| 12.30pm | Help make some lunch and try to get outside |
| 1.30pm | IDL task |
Be sure to get outside in this great weather although make sure you have plenty of water to drink and suncream applied. Enjoy your weekend!
Have a great week!
Mr Bertoncini & Mrs McIntyre
P6 Home Learning Grids Week Beginning 8th June
Hello P6,
I have enjoyed reading all your updates and seeing some of your work this week, well done for your fantastic effort, I am very proud of every one of you. 😊
This week is Health Week, so you will see a lot of your tasks relate to various types of health. I hope you enjoy the challenges during Health Week!
Here are the learning grids for the week beginning 8th June.
Numeracy
Literacy
IDL ( Topic)
Remember to try to complete the 3 core tasks and some of the additional tasks. There is no expectation that all tasks should be completed.
Here is a possible daily routine but remember to do what suits you and your family.
8.00-9.00 Wake up and get dressed and have some breakfast.
9.00-10.00 Take part in some exercise Cosmic Yoga / Joe Wicks / Just Dance
10.00-11.00 Numeracy Home Learning Task
11.00-11.30 Snack time and outdoor time
11.30 – 12.30 Literacy Home Learning Task
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.00 Walk or exercise
2.00-3.00 IDL home Learning grid
Take care,
Mrs MacKinnon 🙂
Sports Day
This year, Sports Day has to be a little bit different, but we can still enjoy some fun competition and keep fit!
As part of Health Week our virtual Sports Day will take place Monday 8th– Friday 12th June and the winners will be announced on Friday 20th June.
There are four teams, named after famous Scottish Olympic medal winners:
Team Hoy – P1 & P7 Team Doyle – P2 & P4
Team Grainger – P3 & P5 Team Murray – New P1s & P6
You have 60 seconds per exercise. How many of these can you do?
- Burpees – 5 points for every burpee completed.
- Star Jumps – 1 point for every jump completed.
- Step Ups – 1 point for every step up completed.
- Sit Ups – 2 points for every sit up completed.
- Keep Ups – football/tennis – 2 points for every keep up completed.
- Balance on one leg – 1 point for 10 seconds or less, 2 for 11- 20 seconds, 3 for 21-30 seconds, 4 for 31-40 seconds, 5 for 41-50 seconds or 6 for 51-60 seconds.
- Speed Bounce – 1 point for every bounce completed.
- Egg and spoon – 2 points for every lap completed (place two markers four large strides apart) Double points for this one if you can get a grown up to join in and video it!
If you are unsure of how to do any of these exercises then take a look at our handy demonstration guide –
Try a few of the challenges each day and ask someone at home to video your efforts! Then email them along with a note of your points to Mrs McGahon – joanna.mcgahon@eastayrshire.org.uk (Please limit videos to 33MB and make sure you have permission from an adult for it to be shared.)
Remember as with everything, do what you can, when you can. Most importantly it’s about having fun!
Let the games begin! #TEAMMC
(All rights reserved to the original artist of the song used in this video. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor. No copyright infringements intended under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976; fair use for non-profit, educational purposes.)
PATHS survey
We would grateful if as many parents/carers as possible could take a short time to fill out this survey about the PATHS programme please:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SELparentsurvey
Primary 2 Home Learning Grids WB 8.6.20
Hi Boys and Girls!
I hope you have had a wonderful week! Another week of fabulous work, well done. Thank you to everyone who sent me photos of your hard work, I love to see all your amazing efforts! As the time goes by, I know it can be tricky to stay focused and work hard but I just want to remind you that you are SUPERSTARS! Just do what you can, when you can.
This week is Health week so there is a health focus for most of your tasks. Below you will find your home learning grids for WB 8.6.20. I have sent out your literacy and numeracy task sheets to your individual email accounts. Remember, core tasks are in red and there is no expectation that all tasks should be completed. Just do what you can!
P2 Literacy Learning Grid 8.6.20
P2 Numeracy Learning Grid 8.6.20
Suggested Timetable:
8:00 – 9:30 Get up/Get Dressed/Eat Breakfast
9:30 – 10:00 Exercise (Joe Wicks/Just Dance/Cosmic Yoga)
10:00 – 10:30 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
10:30 – 10:45 Outside Play/Snacktime
10:45 – 12:00 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
12:00 – 12:30 Lunchtime
12:30 – 1:30 IDL Task (Choose 1)
1:30 – 2:00 Outside Play/Exercise
2:00 – 2:30 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
2:30 Free Time!!
Missing you all lots!!
Mrs Dunsmore xox
School Reports information
Mount Carmel School Reports for those families we had email addresses for , will be emailed today ( Friday 5th June). All other reports have been posted out.
Should you have any questions regarding your childs’ report please do not hesitate to complete the online form below:
Primary 4 – Health Week 8.6.20
Good morning primary four, 
I hope you are all keeping well! You have been superstars again this week! Sending through some marvelous work. I really appreciate all that you are doing. As i know home learning can be difficult at times, so just do what you can do.
Next week is Health Week, so the learning grids have activities related to this. I can’t wait to see what you all get up to! As i know lots of you have different athletic talents and skills from cartwheels to keepy uppies! Here are your learning grids and worksheets for next week.
Take care,
Mrs Strachan x 
Numeracy
t-n-2546111-ks1-the-mystery-of-the-squashed-fruit-healthy-eating-maths-mystery-game-english_ver_3
Literacy
Healthy Inside and Out with Unique the Unicorn Poem
Help Rarity the Rabbit Stay Healthy Inside and Out Activity Sheet
I Am Healthy Inside and Out with Unique the Unicorn Activity Sheet
IDL
Suggested daily timetable
| 8.00am | Wake up and get dressed and have some breakfast. |
| 9.00am | Take part in some exercise Cosmic Yoga or Joe Wicks |
| 10.00am | Numeracy – Log into Sumdog and answer some questions or complete a numeracy activity on your grid for example fractions. |
| 11.00am | Snack time and quick brain break |
| 11.30am | Literacy – Read a Bug Club book or some of the new Ickabog book online. Complete a literacy task from your grid. |
| 12.30pm | Help to make a healthy lunch |
| 1.30pm | Complete an IDL health task |
| 3.00pm | Finish your leaning for the day and do what you would like to do! |
Primary 1 Home Learning Grids 8th June
Hello Primary 1,
I hope you have had a super week so far!!
Thank you for all the wonderful emails and photos once again – I always love hearing from you!!!
A very special thanks to those of you who accepted my “Special Task” and sent me a video clip – you still have time if you haven’t managed to do it yet!!!
All of our tasks for the week ahead have a “Health Week” focus so enjoy getting active and having fun!!
Missing you all!
Lots of love
Mrs Duff xxxx
Primary 1 Literacy grid 8th June
Education recovery letter to pupils- June 2020
Please view the most recent letter from Head of Education: Linda McAulay-Griffiths regarding Education recovery going forward:
Education recovery letter to parents/carers-June 2020
Please view the most recent letter from Head of Education : Linda McAulay-Griffiths regarding Education Recovery going forward:
P7 Home Learning Grids – wb 8th June – Health Week
Hello P7,
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. I feel like we are flying through June already.
This week is Health Week.
– Miss Mudge doing her bit for Health Week!
The majority of your tasks are health-related. Through these tasks, we are focussing on your physical, nutritional, and mental health. All three are extremely important.
Thank you to everyone who emailed completed tasks. You are all fantastic!
Here are the learning grids and tasks for w/b 8th June. Remember – do what you can, when you can!
Literacy
Primary 7 Health Week Literacy Grid wb 8th June
Emergency Scenarios Talking and Listening cards
Transition Talking and Listening Task
Numeracy
Primary 7 Health Week Numeracy grid
Numeracy Code Breaker Challenge
IDL
Miss Mudge
Willow Room Tasks w/b 8th June (Health Week)
Hello Willow Room boys and girls,
Below are the tasks I would like you to try next week. As its health week, the tasks are a little bit different and focus on different aspects of health. There are some work sheets attached to the grid activities this week too.
Have fun with the activities and remember to send some pictures of your work or you completing your activities.
Take care, stay safe
Mrs Travers
Home Learning Assembly Friday 5th June
Hello boys and girls and welcome to our first assembly in June.
We hope that you are all doing well. It has been so lovely to read your emails and to have a chance to speak with some of you and your families too. Let’s take a moment to pause and to join our hands in prayer. This week we have a special prayer from Fr Martin.
What a beautiful way for us to begin out time together, thank you so much Fr Martin for taking the time to do this for us.
This week you have all continued to work so well on all of your different activities from your teachers and so many of you are learning life skills too – cooking, gardening and helping out around the house. Well done for being such great stars.
This week we have Proud Clouds from Mrs McCreadie and from Miss Mudge. Have a look at the things they are proud of:
Thank you for all of your Proud Cloud contributions. Mrs Crawford has been adding these to our blog have a look at our latest Proud Clouds.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mountcarmelps2017/category/wellbeing-blog/
One of the activities that we used to do each day as part of our PATHS programme was to share compliments for our PATHS Pupil of the Day. This is something that you can still do at home. This week try to choose one family member each day to give compliments to; remember that person should also give a compliment to themselves too.
Our Primary 5 and 6 future buddies have been thinking about what makes our school great and will soon be sharing their ideas with our new Primary 1 children and families. Miss Mudge has been busy creating a beautiful end of year celebration for our Primary 7 children – we can’t wait to see what the final item will look like.
Just before our assembly comes to an end we have some exciting new about next week. Normally in the month of June, Mount Carmel has a special Health Week and a Sport Day. Next week we shall continue this tradition with our first Home Learning Health Week and Sports Day. There is a special post that tells you all about it with some great clips of our teachers taking part in the challenges. We hope that you all enjoy the Health Week linked Home Learning Tasks and especially enjoy your Sports Day challenge. If you are able to we would to see some videos or pictures of what you are doing, please send these on to your class teacher.
Thank you boys and girls for all that you continue to do, keep safe.
Remember that we love and miss you all. Have a look at this special message from all of the staff in the school just to say how much we miss you and are looking forward to seeing you all soon.
From all of us at MCPS.
Together we are #Team MC
Father Martin Assembly Prayer
Health Week
Just a little reminder that next week is : Health Week !
The learning grids which the children are issued with every week will be based on this and will have lots of different health activities to try out .
Pupil Proud Cloud!
Proud Cloud!
Thank you to all who sent in their proud clouds!
Next week will be the final proud cloud blog, if you would like one to feature please send to Mrs Crawford (claire.crawford@eastayrshire.org.uk)
Well done to these three…
Charlie P1
Sophie P4
Caitlin P4
Stay Safe. Together we are Team MC.
Marty Bear has something new to wear!
Last week we told you that Katie MacKinnon was the winner of our Marty Bear t-shirt competition. Our super talented Mrs Taylor has been very busy on her sewing machine and now Katie’s design is a real t-shirt that Marty has been able to wear in this hot weather! Doesn’t he look cool?
Story Time with Mrs Taylor
Information for Starting School
While We Can’t Hug
Hello Everyone,
We know that having to socially distance from your family and friends can be really tough. We feel this way too. When you see your favourite people from a distance all you want to do is give them the biggest hug. Sadly, we can’t hug right now and while we can’t hug, Owl has some super ideas for Hedgehog and Tortoise to show someone how much they care. Maybe you could try some of Owl’s ideas too.
Below is a link to the story “While We Can’t Hug”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tarq5nkkGlk
Enjoy the story boys and girls! xox
Come Dine with Me!
Like the popular TV show, but with a twist, create a ‘Come Dine with Me’ experience at home, with your family. Choose a day and set the table for a meal. Allow the children to make lunch, parents providing the ingredients and foods children will need to make a snack. Children will prepare and serve lunch to the rest of the family. Like the TV show, you will give the children a mark out of 10 for their efforts.
In the evening, parents can then make a family meal and serve the children in the same way as lunch was served. Likewise, children will also get to score the meal out of 10. Who will win in the battle of the meals?
Use this time to have a chat with your children too. It is very likely, with talk of schools returning, your child will have some anxieties or concerns about how this is all going to look as we transition into a new school routine given the governments guidance.
Watch the our PATHs video story about Tamera, who is worried. It helps children to understand if we share our worries with someone, it helps us to feel better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oey8opunHZc&feature=youtu.be
Make a list of your child’s worries and talk about each point, discussing what the reality may be like. Reassure your child, that staff will work together to keep them safe and happy.
Stay safe, together we are Team MC
Best Start Grant for New P1 Pupils
A new month!
June has arrived! And it has brought with it lots of sunny weather! Everyone at MCPS hopes that all our families are enjoying the sunshine and making happy memories. We understand that some days are easier than others and always tell the children that all feelings are ok and all feelings are temporary. Remember…
We are already making great progress! That is because of everyone coming together as a huge community. This poster explains Phase 1 to children in child friendly language:
And finally some Monday Motivation…
Stay Safe. Together we are Team MC.
Home Learning Packs
Home Learning stationery packs will be available for collection (for children who require them ) at the front of the school from tomorrow morning ( Tuesday 2nd June).
One pack will be allocated per child and contains 1 x maths jotter, 1 literacy jotter and one blank paged jotter, also pencils, a rubber, a sharpener and a small bundle of coloured pencils or crayons all for completing home learning tasks.
Please remember to respect social distancing measures if you do require to come and collect a pack. Thank you !
Primary 3 home learning for week beginning 1st June 2020
Hello boys and girls,
What a beautiful weekend we are having. I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine. I am very proud of you all for all of the hard work that you have completed this week and i love photos that you are sending me. Keep up the hard work.
I have attached your home learning work for the week; however, remember there is no expectation that you should complete all of the tasks. There are core tasks and a mix of online and written works that can be completed. Remember that you can also complete some of the tasks we used to do in class.
I am missing you all very much and hope to speak to you soon. Keep yourself and your family safe, Sending lots of Mount Carmel hugs.
Love from Mrs McCreadie
8:00 – 9:30 Get up/Get Dressed/Eat Breakfast
9:30 – 10:00 Cosmic Yoga
10:00 – 10:30 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
10:30 – 10:45 Outside Play/Snacktime
10:45 – 12:00 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
12:00 – 12:30 Lunchtime
12:30 – 1:30 IDL Task (Choose 1)
1:30 – 2:00 Outside Play
2:00 – 2:30 Literacy/Numeracy Task (Choose 1)
2:30 Free Time!!
Literacy
blue Spelling word for the week beginning 1.6.20
green Spelling word for the week beginning 1.6.20
red Spelling word for the week beginning 1.6.20
Numeracy
P3 Numeracy Learning Grid 1.6.20
IDL
P5 Home Learning Grids WB 1st June
Hi everyone,
I hope you’ve enjoyed the short week. a longer week next week so back to the larger grids. But remember to only do what you can. You don’t have to become anxious and worry if you can’t fit in everything.
Numeracy
Literacy
IDL
Here is a suggested timetable to help plan your week’s work.
| Suggested Timetable | |
| 8:00am | Get up and get dressed. Have a healthy breakfast |
| 9:00am | Some exercise Joe Wicks or Cosmic Yoga |
| 10:00am | Sumdog or a maths activity |
| 11.00am | Break/snack |
| 11.30am | Literacy activity or read a book |
| 12.30pm | Help make some lunch and try to get outside |
| 1.30pm | IDL task |
The weather is fab so enjoy your weekend and try get outside to soak up those beautiful rays!
Look after yourselves,
Mr Bertoncini & Mrs McIntyre
