20260302 Letter to Parents – EARCDG 2026

Just a reminder for any young people thinking about the Advent Retreat, to secure their place at the early-bird rate (£140.00 instead of £160.00) they need to register by Easter Sunday (5^th April).

Mount Carmel Parent Council are looking for new members to help

The role of the Parent Council helps Support the school in its work with pupils and parents

Represent the views of parents

Promotes contact and communication between the school,
parents, pupils,  and the community.

Organise fundraising events to help towards social events for our children.

If you would like to become a member of our Parent Council or are able to volunteer at any of our events even for a short time please complete the Form linked below

Thanks

Team MC

Volunteer Form

A reminder to parents/carers to order school lunches for your child/children online wherever possible.  This can be done prior to 8am each day. Lunches can also be pre ordered several weeks in advance.

Please take the time to review the menus along with your child prior to ordering.

Thank you for your co operation

Tickets for the  FOMC Easter Raffle are now available on ParentPay for £1.00 per strip.

Our school Easter Raffle is now live on Parentpay!  Tickets are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle will be drawn on  in school on the last day of term – Thursday 2nd April. 

Good Luck everyone!

We will be holding a Wider Achievement Assembly on Friday24th April. If you would like us to celebrate your child/children’s recent achievements, please send any photos and information to the school inbox at

eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk

by Wednesday 22nd April.

Thank you

Please keep our Primary 3 children in your prayers as they attend their Reconciliation tonight.

We are excited to let you know that we have  booked our whole school summer trip  to Heads of Ayr Farm Park again.

The trip is booked for Wednesday 17th June . 

If your child does not wish to attend the trip, we will need to know straight away and they will need to stay at home on the day as there will be no provision for them in school.

We are very grateful to St. Vincent De Paul  who have made a very generous  donation towards our buses and also to FOMC who have very kindly given us a donation towards park tickets which has helped us to keep the cost per child down to £14 per child. 

We have set up the trip on Parentpay today with an initial NON- REFUNDABLE deposit of £7 payable by Friday 17th April . This will leave only one more payment of £7 to be paid by Friday 15th May.

If you have any concerns regarding  payments please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Permission forms will be sent home shortly.  These must be returned no later than Friday 29th May. 

Thank you for completing our survey from November 2025.

Please see the results of this survey below.

Parent Carer Survey November 2025

To continue our school improvement journey please complete our survey for March 2026.

Parent/Carer Questionnaire – Mount Carmel – March 2026 – Fill in form

A wonderful day was had by all on Friday for our SCIAF fun day. Thank you to everyone involved, the children had great fun!!

Here are some photographs of some of the classes during their activities.

Any children making their Sacrament of Reconciliation on Monday 23rd March at Our lady of Mount Carmel Church should attend church for 6.30pm.

Reminder that school will close for the Easter break on Thursday 2nd April at 2.30pm and will reopen on Tuesday 21st April at 9am.

Reminder that our SCIAF No Pen Fun day will take place this Friday, children can bring bikes and scooters to school on the day, however helmets MUST also be worn or children will NOT be permitted to ride bikes or scooters.

This will also be an own clothes day.

Last Thursday, we were very lucky to have Carol Kane from Vattenfall visit our school to speak to the Eco Committee and P5 about her company, the work they do and how this supports our community.

The pupils had a great time and enjoyed Carol’s presentation and were inspired to ask lots of interesting questions. Everyone loved experiencing learning in a different way through the VR equipment provided by Vattenfall which only added to the fun. We learned how advanced technology can work hand in hand with preserving nature around us and our planet.

The Eco Committee also had the chance on Friday to feedback at assembly to the whole school about their experience and what they had learned.

Articles 24 & 28 – the rights to be educated and preserve our planet and have a clean environment.

Here are some pictures of our afternoon…

‘Big Walk and Wheel’ Fortnight

16^th – 27 March 2026

Pupils will be recording their journeys in school this fortnight as part of a local and national campaign.

Each weekday for two weeks we will have a ‘special’ theme.

See the grid below for details.

Monday	Wear a hat or sunglasses
Tuesday	Happy Shoesday!
Wednesday	Crazy hair Day!!!
Thursday	Wear odd socks
Friday	Wear bright clothes or Accessories

Mount Carmel Parent Council are looking for new members to help 

The role of the Parent Council helps Support the school in its work with pupils and parents

Represent the views of parents

Promotes contact and communication between the school,
parents, pupils,  and the community.

Organise fundraising events to help towards social events for our children.

If you would like to become a member of our Parent Council or are able to volunteer at any of our events even for a short time please complete the Form linked below 

Thanks 

Team MC

Volunteer Help

Well done to all involved! Pupils have been bringing reusable containers and water bottles so far this week. We have seen some great examples of this in some lunchboxes…

Well done Mrs Canning !😊

The Eco Committee also hope that the homework plastic count at home is going well and look forward to seeing the results next week.  Also, don’t forget about that caddy! Every week more families get involved and get registered. These pupils are then added each week they put their caddy out to the monthly prize raffle which will take place during the last week of March – so get involved or ask for a sheet from a committee member to register. This month there will be 2 prizewinners!! Our monthly March raffle plus a name will be picked from all of those who have registered to name our MC caddy and this family will also receive a prize. Good luck!🍀

Our school crossing patrol lady is currently absent. There is no replacement available at the moment.

Easter Closure  2026

Please see the letter above for information on school transport for the school closure at 2.30pm on Thursday 2nd April 2026.

‘Big Walk and Wheel’ Fortnight

16^th – 27 March 2026

 Pupils will be recording their journeys in school this fortnight as part of a local and national campaign.

Each weekday for two weeks we will have a ‘special’ theme.

See the grid below for details.

Monday	Wear a hat or sunglasses
Tuesday	Happy Shoesday!
Wednesday	Crazy hair Day!!!
Thursday	Wear odd socks
Friday	Wear bright clothes or Accessories

At Mount Carmel we are currently thinking about how our curriculum should develop.  This is your chance to put forward your views on what we do next.

Please take some time to share your views below:

MCPS – Curriculum Design – Parents/carers – Fill in form

Our school Easter Raffle is now live on Parentpay!  Tickets are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle will be drawn on  in school on the last day of term – Thursday 2nd April. 

Good Luck everyone!

Primary 5 Sharing the Learning will take place on Thursday 26th March at 2pm.

Letters have been sent home today with children for parents to return and confirm attendance.

Thankyou

Primary 4 Sharing the Learning will take place on Thursday 26th March at 2pm

Letters have been sent home today with children for parents to return and confirm attendance.

Thankyou