A reminder that the pupils MUST be in school no later than 8.15am on the morning of the trip as the buses will be leaving at 8.30am sharp and are unable to wait for any latecomers.

Buses are scheduled to return to the school at 3.30pm. All children will then be dismissed at 3.30pm from their classes.

Children to wear school jumpers, comfortable clothes and comfortable shoes. Snacks should be eg fruit, crisps etc – no large bags of sweets or crisps and as always no fizzy juice.

Please send your child with a plastic bag with their lunch/snack in it.

No schoolbags on the day.

Do not send money with your child as we will  not be visiting the gift shop.

Reminder that if your child has any payments outstanding on their ParentPay account then these must be paid by Friday 23rd June.

Reminder letters were sent in your childs bag on Friday 9th June.

Thankyou

Reminder to all parents/carers that if you have any outstanding payments for breakfast club for the year 22/23 these must all be paid before we can offer your child a place on the breakfast club for academic session 23/24.

Reminder letters were placed in children’s bags on the 9th June.

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Now that the closing date has passed for applications to be completed for the 23/24 session of breakfast club.

We will notify all parents/carers w/b 19/6 as to whether or not there child(ren) have been successful in being offered a place for session 23/24

Please note that all outstanding payments for session 22/23 must be paid before a place for session 23/24 will be offered.

Thankyou

As the children will be walking to and from Jungle Madness tomorrow can you please ensure that your child is dressed with appropriate cool/comfortable clothing  and that they have adequate drinking water with them as well

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Father Martin would like to invite you to a mass to celebrate 60 years of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 7pm on Friday 12th May.

Come along and join the celebration, tea & coffee will be served in the Norbert Room afterwards.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Extra payments to help with Cost of Living

Including those in work, on a low income and entitled to certain benefits or tax credits

You may be entitled to up to 3 Cost of Living Payments of £301, £300 and £299, if you get any of the following benefits or tax credits on certain dates:

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Income Support
• Pension Credit
• Universal Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit

The £301 paid-

Between 25 April 2023 and 17 May 2023 for most people on DWP benefits

Between 2 and 9 May 2023 for most people on tax credits and no other low income benefits

Then following that-

£300 paid during autumn 2023 for most people

£299 paid during spring 2024 for most people

For further information visit:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment#low-income-benefits-and-tax-credits-cost-of-living-payment

Clothing Grant applications for the current academic year 2022/23 need to be made by Friday 28^th April 2023.

The applications for the next academic year 2023/24 will open on Monday 1^st May 2023; the processing of these applications will not start until June.

Free School Meals

If your child qualifies for free school meals then they would be entitled to receive a two course meal worth £2.15 per day.

For the current year 2022/23 you can make an application up until the end of this term.

The applications for the next academic year 2023/24 will open on Monday1^st May 2023. You need to apply each year, as the award is not continuous.

Check if you qualify and to apply online–

Clothing grants and free school meals · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Reminder that the school will close at 2.30pm today and reopen for Staff and children at 9am on Monday 17th April.

Taxi children will be collected today at 2pm.

Dear Parents/Carers

Today I pass on the sad news that Mrs Taylor our Early Years Practitioner, (funded by the Scottish Attainment Challenge) will sadly be leaving us to take up a new post at James Hamilton ECC.

Mrs Taylor has become a highly valued member of our school team, her knowledge and expertise has brought a true wealth to our Mount Carmel family. Her love and devotion to the children and staff has shone throughout her time with us.

We wish her every success in her new role and she will be truly missed.

Kind regards,

Mrs Fergusson

Head Teacher

Please check your childs bag today for information regarding Pupil Progress Meeting appointments.

If you child has an elder sibling at Mount Carmel then the appointment slip will be given to them.

Thankyou

Freshly made pancakes will be available at lunchtime on Shrove Tuesday as an additional item.

Toppings available will include:

Banana with natural yoghurt

Strawberries with ice cream

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 2023).

Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks

Please complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer

It’s the time of year when our kids have lots of small slips and trips and enjoy sliding in the mud, and they often need a change of clothing to keep them comfortable for the rest of the day.

We are looking for some donations of childrens underwear (tights/socks etc) used or new to be handed in to the school, if you have any of these items spare, we would be very grateful if you could kindly hand these into the school office.

Thankyou

Aswell as the normal school lunch menu choices on the 25th of January, children will also have the opportunity to choose the traditional Scottish favourite of Haggis, Neeps & Tatties for lunch that day.

Shortbread will be available as the choice of pudding that day and the soup choice will be Potato & Leek.

There will be a reduced lunch menu on Friday 23rd December the choices will be as follows:

Soup – Lentil

Sandwiches – Gammon, Cheese or Egg Mayonnaise.

Thankyou

Please note the following changes will take p0lace to our lunch menu on Wednesday 7th December:

Fresh Tomato Soupl
Chicken Meatballs in tomato sauce with Pasta
Lentil & sweet potato Korma with brown rice
Gammon Sandwich
Cracker & Cheese or fruit selection
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The SHOUT discount card is for children from birth to 11 years old living, or attending primary school, in East Ayrshire

The aim of the SHOUT is to provide children and families across East Ayrshire the opportunity to access an array of leisure services, visitor attractions and commercial services, ensuring that cost is not a barrier.

The cards are free and the benefits include:

Save money with lots of discounts to local visitor attractions and local stores*

• Discounted entry for various play, sport and leisure activities across East Ayrshire*
• Free SHOUT swimming during seasonal periods at Galleon Leisure Centre, Kilmarnock and Visions Leisure Centre, as well as East Ayrshire Leisure Trust pools at Auchinleck, Doon Valley and Loudoun (*where applicable)
• One off SHOUTcher special offers and deals

Should you wish to apply for a SHOUT card for your child please use this link:

https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CommunityLifeAndLeisure/LeisurePasses/SHOUT.aspx

Could any Mount Carmel children who are attend mass on Sunday 20/11 please wait behind after mass for 10 minutes to allow Father Martin & Mrs Brown to share some news with you.

Thanks

East Ayrshire Council are in the process of taking part in a national discussion that will hopefully ‘reform’ education and it is important that the views of our parents are heard along with others.

An event which will be jointly hosted by Connect and NPFS will be held on Wednesday 9th November between 19.30 – 21.00 please sign up for this event and have your views heard.  Details of the event are below:

www.eventbrite.com/e/national-discussion-online-event-for-parentscarers-with-prof-alma-harris-tickets-457090358567

We would like to take this opportunity to say a great big thankyou from all of the staff and children at Mount Carmel to our friends at FOMC, for arranging the fantastic Halloween disco we all had the pleasure of enjoying this year.  We all had the best time enjoying all of the fun and games and eating the delicious treats you had for us.  We are so very grateful for all of your help and support.

Thankyou

Netball Class Primary – Oct – Decmeber.pdf

Please see below the link to the October Newsletter.

EAC School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter (office.com)

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As part of our Halloween celebrations we have 3 beautiful Hampers to give away.  In order to win 1 of our beautiful hampers, you can purchase raffle tickets using your ParentPay Account.  All monies raised will go towards school funds

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