A huge thank you to all of the families who donated to our reverse advent calendar over the last few weeks. As a school community we were able to give Fr Jim an amazing number of parcels to take to the food bank. These will be distributed to those who need them most in time for Christmas.
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In our role as ‘Missio Champions’, P4 have been spreading some Christmas joy in our school and parish community.
We designed and created beautiful Christmas cards and letters for Fr Jim and the parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. We hope that they enjoy reading them, we have had lots of fun making them.
We wish you all a prayerful and restful holiday time as well as a Happy New Year.
We look forward to welcoming our children back to school on Monday 8th January at 9am.
Breakfast club will return on this day at 8.15am for those that access this.
Our boys and girls in Fire House had a fun filled morning on Tuesday at Jungle Madness! The children enjoyed lots of play, delicious party food and a visit from a special guest! A huge thank you to Darren and his team for once again giving us a fantastic celebration. 
Our wonderful P4-7 choir have been out and about spreading Christmas cheer in our local community. Last Friday they entertained residents and staff at Crossgate Care Home, and on Monday of this week they performed at Tesco. Well done everyone!
Reminder that tomorrow is Pyjama day in school, children are allowed to bring a soft toy and blanket to school to have whilst watching a film
Just a few changes to the menu.
Thursday – Baked potato and cheese instead of the stir-fry.
Friday – Lentil soup and sandwiches with a choice of tuna mayo, cheese or turkey fillings.
A reminder that the school closes at 2.30pm on Friday 22nd December for the Christmas break. Children who travel by taxi will be picked up at 2pm. We re-open for staff and pupils at 9am on Monday 8th January.
Buy your tickets NOW on Parentpay for our final raffle of the year…our December Raffle!
As always, tickets are £1 for 5 and a winner will be drawn before we close for the Christmas break.
Good Luck 🤞
A reminder that the Winning House- FIRE, will be visiting Jungle Madness tomorrow (19/12/23) as their House prize!
All permission forms must be back by tomorrow morning please.
All pupils going should wear leggings/jogger bottoms with school polo shirt/sweatshirt where possible.
Thank you
Reminder that tomorrow (15/12) is Christmas Jumper and Christmas Lunch Day
Children will have already pre selected their lunch choice and are welcome to wear their Christmas Jumpers or anything festive i.e headband or tinsel
Thankyou
Our school choir will be singing at Tesco, Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock on Monday 18th December from10am until 11.30am. We would be delighted if as many parents/carers are able to pop in between those times and show their support .
There will also be an opportunity to give a donation.
If you or any families you know are struggling for presents this Christmas please head along to the amazing annual Toy Appeal at The Masonic Hall, London Road, Kilmarnock between 10.30am-4pm tomorrow and Thursday.
A reminder that our P1-3 Christmas show takes place tomorrow at 2pm, with doors opening at 1.30pm for refreshments. We are asking for as many P1-3 pupils to be in school tomorrow to help make our show the best it can be as it is almost a sell out!
Our evening performance, which is sold out, takes place on Thursday night at 6pm, with doors opening at 5.30pm for refreshments.
We are asking for all pupils involved in the show to be in school no later than 5.30pm on Thursday evening.
Thank you
We are delighted to let you know we will be serving tea and coffee prior to both of our show performances.
Doors open 30 mins before each performance….so 1.30pm tomorrow and 5.30pm on Thursday.
Please bring some change with you as there will also be juice and sweetie bags on sale, as well as some of our class Christmas crafts.
Enjoy the show!
A reminder that our Reverse Advent Calendar initiative is already up and running for this year.
We are asking kindly for any donations you can possibly manage, no matter how small, for this wonderful cause. All items collected will be added to the St. Matthew’s Food Bank to help local families this Christmas.
Items can be brought into school between now and the last week in December.
**Please do not hand in perishable foods, thank you**
Here is a list of the types of items you can hand in:
This Friday is our Christmas lunch 🍗 and Christmas Jumper Day!
if you don’t have a Christmas jumper, please let us know as we have a small supply for borrowing in school 🎅🎄
P4 have distributed boxes to each class for collecting donations for the Reverse Advent Calendar. 🎁🎄
We are kindly asking for any donations you can manage, for this wonderful cause. All items collected will be added to St. Matthew’s foodbank to help local families this Christmas.
Items can be brought into school between now and the last week in December. ( Please do not hand in perishable foods)
Thank you.
Primary 4 have been really enjoying their visits to Crossgates.
Today, we presented the residents and staff with an Advent wreath. During a previous visit the children, residents and staff designed handprints, we used these to create a joint Advent Wreath to remind everyone of the lovely friendships that we have built with our new Crossgates friends. We have one in our classroom and there is now one displayed in Crossgates. 🎄
Today we enjoyed making Christmas themed play-doh creations. We shared stories and had lots of fun and laughter with our new friends.
A reminder that tickets are available through Parentpay for this year’s Nativity, “The Magical Christmas Journey” which will be performed by our wonderful P1,2,and 3 pupils.
Although there is no cost attached to the tickets, we would delighted if you could made a dontation via Parentpay. Our suggested donation is £2.
We are limiting our tickets to 4 per family for the moment.
Thank you
A reminder that our Reverse Advent Calendar initiative is already up and running for this year.
We are asking kindly for any donations you can possibly manage, no matter how small, for this wonderful cause. All items collected will be added to the St. Matthew’s Food Bank to help local families this Christmas.
Items can be brought into school between now and the last week in December.
**Please do not hand in perishable foods, thank you**
Here is a list of the types of items you can hand in:
We would like to say a big “Thank You” to everyone who helped make our Christmas Fayre on Friday night a wonderful success….FOMC, all our parent, staff and pupil helpers, our amazing choir who opened the Fayre and to everyone who braved the weather to come and support us!
We were overwhelmed by your kind donations of tombola, bottle stall items and home baking.
We do not have an exact total amount raised at the moment, however it looks as if it may be in region of £2000!
