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.

School will close for the  Christmas Holidays on Friday 19th December @ 2.30pm.  Taxi children will be collected at 2pm.

We have finally been notified that Primary 7 will attend St Josephs Academy on Thursday 11th December as part of their transition to secondary school.

Pupils will leave Mount Carmel primary at 9am prompt and walk to St Josephs, pupils should wear full school uniform and appropriate clothing for walking.

Pupils will return to school in time for lunch.

This year Christmas Parties will take place on the following dates:

Primary 4 & Primary 5               Monday 15th December @ 1.30pm 

Primary 6 & Primary 7               Tuesday 16th December @  1.30pm

Primary 1, Primary 2 & Primary 3       Wednesday 17th December @ 1.30pm 

Children should come to school wearing their party clothes on the day.            

This year the annual Save the children Christmas Jumper Day will take place on the 11th December, pupils can wear their Christmas Jumper to school that day on top of their normal school uniform should they wish to do so.

Thanks 

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.

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.

 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.

Gentle reminder that the closing date for forms to be returned requesting tickets for this years Infant Nativity is Friday 28th November. 

Thankyou 

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.

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

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.

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 

Gentle reminder that today is the last day to order your child’s photographs and receive free delivery back to school.

Gentle reminder that tomorrow (7/11) is Dress Down day we are asking children to donate a prize for the bottle stall at the Christmas Fayre 

Thankyou 

We are looking for donations of any preloved Christmas Jumpers that are no longer required.

Please hand into school office if you have any 

Thankyou 

We would like to say a big thankyou to Fr Jim for all of the love and support he had given to our Mount Carmel family whilst he has been Parish Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

His love, guidance & good humour will be sorely missed around the school by pupils and staff alike

We would like to wish him Good Luck on his new post at St Winins   Church, Kilwinning.

Primary 2 – Primary 7 will be delighted to share Father Jim’s final mass on Friday 7th November 2025 @ 10am.

Could all pupils taking part in the Cross Country Event on Thursday 6th November please come to school dressed with the clothes they are wearing to run at the event.  Children should also bring with them a small  snack to eat, water, school uniform to change into on return to school, clean dry socks & shoes and a towel.

Children will be leaving school at 9am prompt so please ensure that children are at school on time.

On 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 pajama’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 lovley time.

There will be no school crossing patrol on the 31/10 morning or afternoon 

Thanks 

Tempest Photographs have been handed out today and will be in your child’s bag.  To take advantage of free delivery back to the school please order online by scanning the QR code on your chosen photo or by using the unique reference number at www.tempest-orders.co.uk before Friday 7th November.  Any orders placed after this time will include postage charges.

Thanks 

We will be having a series of Dress Down days throughout November, we are kindly asking pupils to donate various items on these days to help towards our school Christmas fayre on Friday 28th November items and days are listed below:

Friday 7th November – Bottle Stall Donation 

Friday 14th November – Tombola/Raffle Stall Donation – Wear something spotty for Children in Need

Friday 21st November – Sweets/chocolate  Donation

Friday 28th November – Homebaking/ Cake Stall Donation

Thank you 

Our October Halloween Raffle is live on Parentpay.  As always tickets are £1 per strip of 5.  The raffle will close on Tuesday 28th October  and will be drawn on Friday 30th. Good Luck!

If you want to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous Halloween hamper from FOMC, please head to Parentpay, where you can pay £1 for a  ticket towards the FOMC Halloween Raffle.

This is a separate raffle to the school’s October raffle!

We have had reports of  unwanted “visitors”  to some children within the school,  we kindly ask that parents/carers routinely check their child/children’s hair for any of these  unwanted “visitors” and take appropriate action if required Thank you for your co-operation.  

Gentle reminder that school will close on Friday 10/10/2025 @ 3pm and reopen on Tuesday 21/10/2025 @ 9am.

We hope you have a lovely October break 

Our October Raffle is now live on Parentpay.  As always tickets are £1 per strip of 5.  The raffle will close on Tuesday 28th October  and will be drawn on Friday 30th. Good Luck!