Choir children should attend school tomorrow night at 5.45pm, Christmas Jumpers, headwear etc can be worn. Mrs Terras will meet the children the children at the front door.
Monthly Archives: November 2025
Christmas Lunch
Our Christmas lunch will take place on Wednesday 3rd December. Children can wear their Christmas jumpers with the rest of their school uniform on the day.
Home baking Donations
This Friday (28th) we are very kindly asking for any home baking donations from parents/carers towards the home baking stall at our Christmas Fayre.
Thankyou
Pantomime
We will be attending ‘Sleeping Beauty’ on Tuesday 2nd December. The buses will leave just after 9am. Children can bring a small snack and juice or water for this. Please do not send fizzy juice or large bags of sweets or crisps. Children can wear Christmas jumpers (if they wish) with the rest of their school uniform. We will return to school in time for a later lunch.
P1 – P3 Nativity Tickets
Gentle reminder that the closing date for forms to be returned requesting tickets for this years Infant Nativity is Friday 28th November.
Thankyou
MCPS Christmas Fayre
P7 to S1 Transition
Dear Parent/Carer
As you are no doubt aware, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2026).
Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks
You must complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Friday 12 December 2025 to ensure your child is allocated a place within their secondary school.
Policy Consultation
At Mount Carmel we have been reviewing and updating our Health and Wellbeing policy. This contains items for Do Be Mindful and PATHS. Please read both of these draft policies and complete the linked feedback form for each one. Thank you for your support with this.
Thank you for your views on our updated Numeracy and Nurture policy. Your comments showed that you are pleased with the adaptions.
Reverse Advent Calendar 2025
The Mount Carmel in the Community group have decided to organise this year’s Reverse Advent Calendar which will run from the 1st to 17th of December.
We would be very grateful if you could bring in something to donate to our local food bank such as tinned food, biscuits or pasta. If you wish to send in additional items such as toiletries or infant formula please feel free to do so. These will be greatly appreciated by our local community.
Possible ideas:
- tinned food
- cereal
- crackers
- granola bars
- packaged snacks
- deodorant
- feminine hygiene
- hand wipes
- travel sized shampoo
- toilet paper
Please do not bring perishable foods.
Thank you,
Mount Carmel in the Community group
Primary 4 First Communion Children
A reminder that the Primary 4 children who are preparing for First Communion have their next Sunday Club session on Sunday 23rd November at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
On this date ( Sunday 23rd November) – the session will be at a different time from that stated on the letter given out by the parish.
The session will start at the earlier time of 11am and run to just before Mass begins at 1130.
Children should bring their “I Belong ” book with them.
Dress Down Day 21/11/2025
Reminder that tomorrow we are having a Dress Down Day, pupils can come to school in their own clothes and we are looking for a donation for the bottle/raffle or tombola stall which we will have at our Christmas fayre on Friday 28th November.
Thanks
P6 Day Of Dance🎶💃
All the P6 children who attended Day of Dance on Wednesday had a ball and were a credit to the school!
Primary 7 – Pope Francis Faith Award Parish Commendation
As part of their Pope Francis Faith Award P7 can put themselves forward for a Parish Commendation from their Parish Priest. I gave out the form for this yesterday. Pupils seeking the Parish Commendation should now have an opportunity to “check‐in” with
the parish priest to agree what they have done in the parish so far. When PP is satisfied that the pupil has met the criterion for the Parish Commendation, he should sign the Parish Commendation sheet.
Please return the form to me by Friday 28th November as it has to be scanned and emailed to SCES to be verified.
Thank you,
Mrs Terras
Nativity 2025
Preparations have already begun for this year Infant Nativity ‘Hey Ewe’ and children are busy learning all of the fantastic songs and lines.
This years performances will take place on Tuesday 9th December & Wednesday 10th December at 2pm (doors open at 1.30pm for tea & coffee)
A letter will be sent to Infant parents/carers over the next few days on how to purchase tickets.
We look forward to seeing ‘Ewe’ soon
We are asking pupils to wear something blue to celebrate World Children’s Day , this Thursday 20th November. After the fantastic Scotland result last night children are able to wear Scotland football tops ONLY should they wish to do so.
Layer Up/Funky Jumper Day
On the afternoon of this Friday 21st we have our “November Power down challenge” set by our Eco Committee.
We will have a ‘Layer Up/ Funky Jumper ‘ afternoon where children can support our school’s Eco pledge by saving power for the last hour of the day.
Pupils are allowed to wear a funky or favourite jumper, an oodie or their coat in class for the LAST part of the day for fun.
Thanks again for supporting our MC Eco team.
Christmas Choir
The Christmas choir have been working incredibly hard during rehearsals and can’t wait for their first performance at the Christmas Fayre next Friday.
To help the children practice at home I have put the links to the backing tracks on YouTube below. These are the same versions of the ones we use at rehearsals. We want to sing without needing song sheets for our performances so this should help build confidence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAqhh5KVc8o&list=RDzAqhh5KVc8o&start_radio=1 – It feels like Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VJp7-ptpiQ&list=RD0VJp7-ptpiQ&start_radio=1 – It will soon be Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pWYYGQw64&list=RD28pWYYGQw64&start_radio=1 – Jingle Bell Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh02eg1s_P8&list=RDeh02eg1s_P8&start_radio=1 – Rock Around the Shops
Thank you,
Mrs Terras
World Children’s Day-20/11
We are asking pupils to wear something blue to celebrate World Children’s Day , this Thursday 20th November.
Dress Down Day- 21/11
We have altered our ask for this weeks’ dress down day to anything for either the Raffle, Tombola or Bottle Stall to add to our donations for the Christmas Fayre on Friday 28th.
Every donation is greatly appreciated.
There is now a payment item on Parentpay where you can purchase raffle tickets for the Christmas Fayre raffle. Tickets are £1 per strip of 5 and the last day for purchasing tickets this way will be Wednesday 26th November. The raffle will be drawn on the night of the Fayre.
*Please note this is a separate raffle from our school November raffle.
Book Gifting Day
A reminder that tomorrow, (Tuesday 18th November) children in Primary 1 will receive their Bookbug Family Bag and children in Primary 2 and Primary 3 will receive their Read Write Count bags.
We will have a special afternoon of activities on the day. Children in P1-3 can bring pyjama’s to change into after lunch, they are also welcome to bring a cuddly toy, small blanket or pillow. The teachers have planned a lovely afternoon for the boys and girls we hope they have a lovely time.
Please do not send children into school in their pyjamas, they should come to school in their uniform and have their pyjamas with them to change into.
Thanks
Pantomime Reminder
A reminder that our outing to the Pantomime is on Tuesday 2nd December.
The buses will be at the school for 9am and all children who are attending the Pantomime MUST be in school for this time as the buses will be unable to wait for any latecomers. Children can bring a small snack, a bottle of water (not fizzy juice) and they can wear their Christmas jumper with their school uniform. They will be back in time for lunch.
Children who are not attending the Pantomime should not come into school that day as there will be no provision for them.
Children In Need 2025
Neurodevelopmental Events
Catholic Education
From the Feast of St Margaret of Scotland (16th November) to the Feast of St Andrew (30th November) we bring a renewed focus to the importance of Catholic Education.
The theme for this year is ‘Pilgrims of Hope‘.
During this time our Catholic schools and communities are further encouraged to embark on a journey of hope, faith, and transformation through support for one another and spreading kindness.
We ask you all to continue to keep our Catholic Schools and staff in your prayers.
Authority Learning Visit
We have been informed that we will have an Authority Learning Visit. This will take place on Tuesday 2nd December, Wednesday 3rd December and Thursday 4th December.
Part of this includes a discussion with our parents/carers. If you would like to be part of this discussion please complete the form below.
This will take place in the school on Wednesday 3rd December at 2:30pm.
Mount Carmel Learning Visit Parent/Carer group – Fill in form
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Fergusson
Primary 4 First Communion Children – ‘Sunday Club’
The Primary 4 children who are preparing for First Communion have their next Sunday Club session on Sunday 23rd November at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
On this date ( Sunday 23rd November) – the session will be at a different time from that stated on the letter given out by the parish.
The session will start at the earlier time of 11am and run to just before Mass begins at 1130.
Children should bring their “I Belong ” book with them.
Parent survey
We had asked our parents to complete a survey on our school. This is a way for us to hear your views on what we are doing well and what we could do to improve our school.
Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to fill this in during our pupil progress meetings. We really appreciate it.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to complete this survey, please find the link below.
Parent questionnaire for Mount Carmel – Fill in form
Thank you everyone!
Learning Journals
Remember to check your child’s Learning Journal for a snapshot of some of the fabulous learning taking place in our classrooms.
If you are unable to log in, please contact the school office.
Dress down day 14/11
Reminder that tomorrow is Dress Down day we are asking for the children to kindly donate a prize for the tombola/raffle stall which will be at the school Christmas fayre
P1 Kilmarnock Standard Photograph
We are pleased to let you know that Mount Carmel will feature in this week’s edition of the Kilmarnock Standard – in shops from today. (Wednesday, November 12).
The Kilmarnock Standard office are no longer able distribute previous issues of the paper to readers – so this is the only chance to pick up a paper!
