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October Week Holiday
We hope all of our children and families have a fantastic October holiday. Our holidays begin on Friday at 3pm. School returns on Tuesday 19th October at 9am.
Friday 8th October – Own clothes day
A reminder that Friday 8th October is an own clothes day. We are asking for a £1 donation to be made for school funds. This is available on ParentPay.
Earth House-House Prize
Earth house had an amazing House Prize today. The children enjoyed their movie morning and cooking with Stephanie this afternoon. We are looking forward to some delicious cookies tomorrow.
Thank you to Stephanie and our amazing kitchen staff for organising this today.
Friday lunch – Munchie Box
A reminder that tomorrow’s school lunch will be a Munchie Box. This will contain a slice of pizza, 1/2 burger in a bun, chicken nugget and chips. Dessert is Strawberry tart or popcorn!
House Prize – The Winning house…
We are delighted to announce that winning house for this term is:
The Winning House will have a fabulous day on Thursday. Their prize includes a movie morning with snack provided and a cooking masterclass with our talented kitchen staff.
Friday 8th October – Non uniform Day
On Friday 8th October pupils and staff can choose to wear their own clothes rather than school uniform. As always no football clothing please.
Parents/carers are asked to donate £1 via ParentPay for this (available from Monday 4th October). This is to raise money for our school funds.
Congratulations – Primary 5
Congratulations to our Primary 5 children who were confirmed last night.
May God always be by your side.
Primary 5 – Confirmation
Please keep our Primary 5 children in your prayers as the prepare to be Confirmed this evening.
Change to school lunches this week Thursday and Friday only
On Thursday and Friday there will be a change to the school lunches being offered.
Thursday 9th September
Red – gammon sandwich
Blue – Tuna sandwich
Green – Cheese sandwich
Friday 10th September
Red – Fish and chips
Blue – Macaroni cheese
Green – Egg sandwich
Rugby Community Club
Primary 6 and 7 Rugby sessions
We are delighted that Kilmarnock Rugby Club are supporting our Primary 6 and 7 with Rugby this term. Due to this PE sessions will now be:
Primary 6 – Thursday and Friday
Primary 7 – Tuesday and Thursday
Children should continue to wear polo shirt and school jumper with appropriate leggings, tracksuit bottoms or shorts.
PATHS – Barnardo’s PATHS® Programme for Schools
This year we are delighted to continue our work with Barnardo’s PATHS® Programme for Schools. If this programme is new to you or you wish to find out more information please have a look at http://www.pathseducation.co.uk/what-is-paths/paths-curriculum/
Please take some time to read the privacy notice related to our work with PATHS.
Start of term information
Please read the letter included in the link below regarding our return to school.
Return to school or other education setting
Information for parents and carers to support
pupils returning to school from NHS.
As this term comes to an end we would like to say a huge,
thank you,
to:
Our fantastic staff – those who work in the kitchen, our cleaners, our janitor, EAST support staff, all of our classroom assistants, our clerical staff and our teaching staff. This has been a challenging year and each and every one of you have risen to overcome these. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts for all that you do each and every day. We hope that you enjoy a well-deserved rest over the summer.
To our Primary 7 children it is with great pride that we get to say ‘Good Luck’ to you in the future. Do not forget us, you will always be part of our Mount Carmel family.
To our new Primary 1 children we can’t wait to welcome you into our family in August.
To our amazing parents, thank you, for all of your support throughout the year. Enjoy the time with your family over this holiday period.
To Father Martin, Sister Mabel, Sister Juliet and Sister Rose, thank you, for supporting us on our faith journey.
And finally…
Thank you
…to our amazing children, you are reason that we come to work every day. We thank you for your smiles, love and laughter. Have a fantastic break and we look forward to welcoming you all back in August.
Together we are,
#TeamMC
New Primary 1 gift bags – last day for collection
A reminder that gift bags for our new Primary 1 children are available outside the main front door.
This includes a personalised story from their P6 buddy, a Primary 1 yearbook with photographs of classmates, a note with their house name as well as some lovely summer gifts.
This is the last day for collection and will be available until noon today.
Uniform Exchange
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Uniform Exchange. We now have a wide range of items in various sizes available for families.
These can be collected from outside our main school office until 12.00pm today. In the new term these items will continue to be available daily in our main foyer.
Uniform Exchange
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Uniform Exchange. We now have a wide range of items in various sizes available for families. These can be collected from outside our main school office until 12.00pm on Friday.
Primary 1/2 Summer Gift
A special end of year gift from Mrs Dunsmore is available for collection from outside the main school office. Many of the gifts have already been passed on to siblings within the school. If you have still to receive your gift please collect it by 12.00pm on Friday.
New Primary 1 gift bags
A reminder that gift bags for our new Primary 1 children are available outside the main front door.
This includes a personalised story from their P6 buddy, a Primary 1 yearbook with photographs of classmates, a note with their house name as well as some lovely summer gifts.
Primary 7 – Final day
On Friday Primary 7 can bring in a shirt to be signed by their classmates.
Friday 25th June – 1pm finish
A reminder that Friday 25th June school finishes at 1pm.
We wish all of our children a fantastic holiday and look forward to seeing them all again on Thursday 19th August.
Important Message from Public Health
All parents/carers must read the letter below from Public Health.
Parents/carers from Primary 1/2 please check your email for a different notification.
End of year report and new class letter
Please check your child’s bag for the end of year reports and a letter detailing class teachers for next year.
School Uniform
A reminder regarding school uniform. Our school Uniform Swap will be placed outside from Wednesday 23rd June to Friday 25th June.
Due to Covid restrictions up until this point children have been allowed to wear clothing suitable for outdoor activities. From August, we will return to full school uniform each day.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
Tesco Uniform Embroidery Service has changed to “My Clothing“. For more information or to order school uniform please visit:
Uniform is also available from :
Walker & Templeton, The Strand , Kilmarnock and the National Schoolwear Shop , Queen Street, Kilmarnock.
Ideally our school uniform should consist of:
Grey/black trousers for boys, grey skirts for girls, blue/white shirt with Mount Carmel school tie or, alternatively, Mount Carmel polo shirt and royal blue Mount Carmel sweatshirt, jumper or cardigan.
No black jeans or leggings please!
Gym kit should consist of:
Royal blue shorts, pale blue plain round neck t-shirt and and black gym shoes. These should be brought to school in a drawstring back clearly marked with your child’s name.
****PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON EVERYTHING!****
If you are applying for a clothing grant for your child/children please follow the link below:
End of term Mass – Face Masks
A reminder that all children will attend Mass next week and will require face masks to be brought to school for this.
Monday – Primary 1-3 and Primary 4-5
Tuesday – Primary 6 and Primary 6/7
Fun Day
A reminder that Friday is our Magic Mount Carmel Fun Day. Children can come to school wearing their own clothes for this. As always please no football clothes.
School Improvement Priorities
As we get to this time of the year we reflect back on what has happened this session and plan for next session.
In 2020-2021 our Improvement Plan focused on:
· Raising attainment in reading, spelling and phonics using Active Literacy approaches
· Improving outcomes in numeracy focusing on counting, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
· Implementing year 2 of the PATHS programme to help improve outcomes in health and wellbeing.
As we know periods of lockdown and Covid restrictions severely impacted on our school and it has been a challenge to take some initiatives forward. We will fully evaluate the impact of these priorities when we compile our Standards and Quality report and Improvement Plan for 2021-2022 early in the new term.
In 2021-2022 our intention is to focus on the following priorities:
· Raising attainment in writing using a whole school approach to teaching specific types of text.
· Introducing Learning Journal in P1-3, which is safe on-line sharing platform.
· Raising attainment in numeracy, particularly in mental calculations.
· Improve outcomes in health and wellbeing, developing nurturing approaches across the school, building community through a refresh of our vision, values and aim reflecting Rights Respecting Schools and further develop our Respect for All Policy. Continuing with our PATHS approaches.
If you have any comments or suggestions please contact us at: carole.mcconville@eastayrshire.org.uk
Dean Park – lunch reminder
A reminder that all children are going to Dean Park next week for their class summer trip. If your child requires a packed lunch and you have not completed the letter for this please contact the school today.
Dean Park visits:
Monday 14th June – Primary 1 and Primary 5
Tuesday 15th June – Primay 1/2, Primary 6 and Primary 7
Wednesday 16th June – Primary 3 and Primary 4
Children should wear school polo shirt/jumper, a suitable jacket, suitable trousers and shoes/trainers.
