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!

We are delighted to announce that the winning House for this term is Water.

The children who are in the winning house will enjoy a trip to Jungle Madness on Wednesday 8th October whilst there they will be given  crisps, cookies & juice if you do not wish your child to have these for allergy purposes please contact the school office.

Well done Water House we hope you have a great time at Jungle Madness 

There will be a Dress Down Day on Friday 10th October. We are asking kindly for a £1 donation via ParentPay . Pupils who pay give a donation will automatically get a free entry into our October Raffle. This item is now live on Parentpay and will be open for payments until Wednesday 22nd October.

Homework will finish for the October holiday on Friday 3rd October and recommence on Monday 27th October 2025.

Reminder that if you have not already done so the final payment towards your childs pantomime ticket is due to be paid before the 30th October 2025.

Tempest Photography will be in school on Friday 24th October.

All children will have an individual photograph.

Unfortunately we will be unable to accommodate family photographs.

Please see link for October Newsletter

October Newsletter 2025

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We are still awaiting a number of Annual Data & Medical Information forms to be returned.

These forms ensure that we have the most up to date information for your children and any medical conditions they may have. 

Ensuring that we have the most up to date information allows us to keep in contact with parents/carers and provide you with the most up to date information quickly & efficiently 

If you have still to return these forms please do so as a matter of urgency, if you require new forms please contact  the school office to organise these.

Thanks 

We are still outstanding a significant number of permission forms that were sent home with pupils on the 16/9/25.

The letter includes a tear of slip granting permission for children to be involved in Learning Journals and for photographs of individual children to be shared on Learning Journals.

If we do not receive the completed tear off slip we are unable to share what your child has been doing in class on their Learning Journal.

Could we please ask those who have still to return the form to do so as soon as possible, If you require another form to complete please contact the school office to request this 

Thanks

Pupil Progress meeting request letters have been sent home in school bags today.

Thanks

Could we please ask all parents to check there childs school bag for the above jacket that has been misplaced by one of our children and we ask you to please return to school office if you find it. This is a Navy Tog 24 jacket aged 9-10 years 

Thankyou 

Pupils will be receiving their flu immunisations on Monday 29th September 2025. Please return your child’s permission form if you have not already done so. Thank you.

There will be no School Crossing Patrol this afternoon (17/9) or tomorrow (am) or (pm) 

We have had a number of near miss instances involving children & staff with parents/carers vehicles accessing our staff car park over the past 2 weeks.

For child safety NO PARENT should be accessing the car park this includes DROP OFF & PICK UP times.

Also children SHOULD NOT be lifted over the boundary fence at the infant gates at any time.

All parental access to school grounds should be via the gates in the Upper or Lower school.

Thankyou for your cooperation in ensuring our children’s on going safety.

Gentle reminder that school will close on Thursday 18th September at 3pm and reopen on Tuesday 23rd September at 9am. we hope you have a lovely break.

Our September Raffle is now live on Parentpay.  As always tickets are £1 per strip of 5.  The raffle will close on Tuesday 23rd September  and will be drawn on Friday 26th. Good Luck!

East Ayrshire Council launched a successful online ordering facility for free sanitary products in August 2020, which continues to grow.

This facility is open to anyone who needs products and is used by our communities and schools.  A variety of products are available from single use products to reusable products.

Products are available for collection by anyone who needs them, or by anyone collecting on behalf of another person. Products will normally be available within toilet facilities of a building. Those who wish to access products can do so without having to ask a member of staff in a way that respects their dignity.

We provide free products in all our schools. Products are available in a way which respects the dignity of the pupils and can be accessed without having to ask a teacher. A reasonable choice will be available to pupils to ensure their needs can be adequately met whilst attending school. This will be monitored and reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Products are available during term time in at least one building of the school which is normally used by pupils. For most schools, products will be located within in the toilet facilities. Other schools may have products available in multiple locations.

Information on stocked venues can be accessed via the PickupMyPeriod App.

PickupMyPeriod allows users to enter a postcode or location to see where free period products are available in their area. Users can filter what products are available, check building opening hours and also access a wide range of advice and support on various topics including health and wellbeing, financial support, domestic abuse and addiction support.

The app can be downloaded via these links:

• PickupMyPeriod App for Android
• PickupMyPeriod App for Apple

All  of our young people are settling well into school life

To help parents/carers plan for some of the different activities that will be happening throughout our school year we would like to provide you with dates for some of these events:

All dates are subject to change 

Team MC