Literacy –
Bug club reader -All groups
Spelling words from class today – Task Activities – 8, 9, 15,21.
Maths – Activity pack games and money worksheet.
French – Au café – Practise your vocabulary each morning at breakfast saying any phrases you have learned this week to your family.
Topic – Mapping – Locate as many Asian countries as you can manage. Don’t worry we can fill in any missing ones next week!
Congratulations to Annalise in Primary 4, She brought in her gymnastic trophy and medals to share with the class. She came 1st place in her solo and group routine. We are all very proud of her!
Today we took part in the SCIAF-Day of Prayer. We came together as a whole school to offer our prayers to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was special to know that thousands of pupils and staff were all praying on the same day.
“Coronavirus – What is it? What’s happening? Will I catch it? Children ask lots of questions, but BBC Newsround has produced a series of helpful video clips to help children and young people understand more about what’s going on. …..
We have added some up to date links on the Information page of our blog page to assist you when explaining and discussing Coronavirus with your child.
We are keen to support parents to ensure all young people are Cyber Safe, especially with the growing use of a wide range of Apps and online forms of communication :(WhatsApp/TikTok/Instagram/Snapchat etc.)
As part of our continued commitment , we are delighted to promote our new “Safer Schools” App. This App is a reliable source of advice on all things Cyber. It gives empowering, current and informative information on all current digital platforms/tools/apps in an accessible manner. We have a range of tailored user accesses (pupil, staff and parent/carers). To access your parent platform please:
We would recommend that you discuss with your child about which apps and social media platforms they currently use/access. This will help ensure they know how to stay safe online-using the app to start these types of conversations is great.
You can now access our twitter feed via our blog main screen by clicking the twitter icon !.
Our twitter page is:
Don’t forget the raffle tickets for Grand Easter Raffle are available to buy during all the fundraising weeks at a cost of 20p per ticket.
Congratulations to Zak Boyd from P4 who was 2nd in the recent East Ayrshire Sumdog competition! Well done Zak! Keep up the good work
Our whole school trip to the Science Centre in Glasgow is tomorrow!!
Please remember the buses are leaving the school at 8.30am prompt.
Children should bring a snack and a packed lunch (unless you have requested one from the dinner hall)
Buses returning to the school for 3pm
On Friday 28th February, we all said a sad farewell to our very much loved Lollipop man, Bill Robinson.
Here are some photos of Bill receiving his presentation from the children:
Primary 7 homework posted below.
Science Centre on Wednesday – bring packed lunch unless getting a lunch from school kitchen
We’re only 7 days away from going to Lockerbie. The forecast isn’t looking great so please bring waterproofs and warm clothing. And at least 2 pairs of shoes plus an indoor pair (slippers, uggs etc)
Thank you
Miss Mudge
Don’t forget that our Lenten fundraising activity this week is ……Guess The Bear’s Birthday!
Available all week. It is 50p per guess and the money should be brought into school for this .
The winner will be announced on Friday…Good Luck!
If anyone has any World Book Day costumes that they can no longer use, please hand them into the school as we can recycle them for next year.
Thank you.
As part of this years parents information evening/ afternoon, the DFS Committee will be holding a Roadshow! You can come and see all the resources we use in our school, like : IDL, Clicker 7, Ear defenders and lots more! Your input will go towards our Silver award. Look forward to seeing you!
Poppy and Tilly (DFS Committee members)
Well Done to all for taking part! What a fantastic Day with literacy activities such as decoding the ‘Mystery of Sticky Pines’ and also a fun interactive session with Michael Rosen the author of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ for the 10th Birthday of ‘Authors Live’ . (Ask about their sticket!) We finished with an amazing costume parade. Keep reading books at home! From P5.
Well done to all the pupils (and teachers) who dressed up to celebrate World Book Day today.
Lot’s of photos still to follow from our amazing World Book Day today.
We are delighted to get a special mention on the official East Ayrshire Police twitter page. Our lovely campus officer PC Dempster visited today and read ‘Topsy and Tim visit the Police Station’ to the infant department.
Well done Primary 4! Everyone dressed up in fantastic costumes for World Book Day!
……that the Primary 4 class assembly will take place on Friday 27th March at 2.15pm in the school. We welcome all parents/carers who are able to come and join in .
Please remember that toys should not be brought to school daily. There are lots of wonderful activities for the children to complete outdoors. They should not bring their own toys from home to play with at break and lunch time. If the class teacher requests toys to come in for a special occasion then they will be kept safe in the classroom and again should not be taken out to the playground.
Thank you for your understanding on this matter.
Very soon you will see a big change taking place in the school foyer as we would like to create a uniform exchange area in the school. If you have any donations of school jumpers, cardigans, skirts, trousers etc. that no longer fit your children but would still be great for others.
We will let you know more about this once we have properly created our area for the exchange.
At Mount Carmel we are excited to learn lots about other countries in the world. Over this term we are lucky to receive some additional support from Mrs Preston who is delivering some extra modern languages activities for both Spanish and French. This week she is teaching us all about Spanish Greetings.
Gracias Senora Preston !
Until Friday 6th March there is an East Ayrshire Schools Sumdog Challenge. All pupils can access this as home for additional Numeracy homework. The competition is based on accuracy and not number of questions answered – so read the questions very carefully.
Good Luck!
Congratulations to Abbey in Primary 7 who came 2nd in her Scottish Shotput competition last weekend.
Abbey is now the best under 13’s shot putter in Scotland!
Well done Abbey
Primary 4 Homework
Maths – Log onto Sumdog and complete 1000 maths questions as part of East Ayrshire Competition (some time will also be given at school).
Literacy – Reading taking part in the First Ministers Reading Challenge. Please read a book with your child and complete a review in their Reading Passport. Also complete ‘Share a Story’ tasks.
World Book Day – Thursday dress up as a character from a book of your choice, bring the book if possible to share with the class.
Optional homework – decorate a potato as a book character of your choice and bring to class on Thursday.
Our P.E. days will be on Tuesday and Friday this week.
Thank you,
Mrs Strachan
On Thursday 5th March we will be celebrating World Book Day .
Children are invited to dress up as a character from their favourite book and can bring that book to school with them. This is the first of our SCIAF activities – £1 donation can be paid through Parent Pay.
There will be lots going on throughout the day including:
****Primary 1 and 2 will now NOT attend Mass on Tuesday 3rd March but will instead attend with P3 on 10th March at 10am ****
World Book Day
On Thursday 5th March we will be celebrating World Book Day. Along with planned whole school activities, Primary 7 have their own World Book Day home challenges to complete. There will be no spelling homework this week to allow the learners more time to complete the home challenges.
On Thursday the learners can come dressed as their favourite character from a book.
To celebrate World Book Day, and promote reading for enjoyment, there are FREE audio books available here – https://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/
Numeracy Homework
For Numeracy homework the March Rigour Calendars are available below for 1st, 2nd and 3rd level (challenge). Learners can start completing their calendars this week. Completed calendars can be handed in at the end of March to receive house tokens.
Happy Reading!
Miss Mudge
Book Week Homework – P7 – click here for the Home Challenges
Reading-stars-leaflet-4 – click here for Reading stars challenge
March Calendars – click here for Numeracy Calendars
Below is a list of dates for each class upcoming Lenten Mass in the church:
Primary 1&2 – Tuesday 3rd March @ 10am
Primary 3 – Tuesday 10th March @ 10am
Primary 4&5 – Tuesday 17th March @10am
Primary 6&7 – Tuesday 24th March @10am
We are very sad to announce that our much loved and respected lollipop man, Bill Robinson has decided to retire!
As a school we feel we cannot let him go without acknowledging his service and how much we have appreciated him helping the children of the local community over the years. Which is why we will have a special presentation for Bill during our whole school assembly this Friday.
We wish you a long, healthy and happy retirement Bill from all the pupils and staff at Mount Carmel Primary!
