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

The trip is booked for Wednesday 18th June . The buses will leave the school at 9.30am and the children will be back at school in time for normal school pick up at 3pm. 

If your child does not wish to attend the trip, 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 which has helped to keep the cost per child down.

We have set up the trip on Parentpay today with an initial NON- REFUNDABLE deposit of £8 payable by Friday 2nd May . This will leave only one more payment of £8 to be paid by Friday 30th May.

Permission forms will be sent home this week.  These must be returned no later than Friday 30th May. 

Friends of Mount Carmel will be selling raffle tickets for their Easter Raffle  at our forthcoming Pupil Progress Meetings.

This is a separate raffle from our own March Raffle which you can buy tickets for now on Parentpay.

Our March Raffle is still running on Parentpay !

Tickets are £1 for 5 . 

Head to Parentpay now to purchase your tickets and good luck!

Reminder

Please do not return the slip or any money to the school. Both to be brought on the night. Please remember to complete the back of the ticket with collection information.

Thank you

SCIAF Activities

A reminder that this tomorrow is World Book Day!

Children can come to school in their own clothes or dressed as a character from their favourite book. Each child will receive a World Book Day book token.

We are asking kindly for a £1 donation in cash to add to our SCIAF boxes.

Appointment times for the forthcoming Pupil Progress Meetings were sent home in school bags on Friday.  Please check your child’s bag for these.

If you are unsure of when your appointment is please contact the school office.

Primary 3 Share the Learning will take place on Monday 24th march at 2pm in school.

Letters were sent home last week with a tear off portion to indicate if parents/carers were able or unable to attend. 

Thank you to everyone who has replied so far. If you have still to reply please return your slip asap .

Thank you

As you may well know, Active Schools, are transferring over to the Leisure Trust as of the 1^st April. This will bring some imminent changes to our booking system for our holiday provision.

Families will need to download the East Ayrshire Leisure App (links below) in order to book spaces. Information on our sessions will be out shortly, we’re working through it the now.

EAC School app – EALT App

Please click the link below to see the most recent information on school Easter Closure.

Thank you

Easter Closure to HT 2025

Dear parent / carer

From Monday 3^rd March 2025 we are introducing a new Cashless Catering system in your child’s school.

Catering Services recognised that it was time to update their cashless payment system. They researched and engaged with companies to find a system that is straightforward and easy for you to use. They have also ensured that the system utilises the latest technology available.

The new ordering system will therefore make the process quicker for your child at lunchtime and by ordering in advance will help Catering Services reach climate change targets by reducing food waste.

All meals will be ordered by parents through ParentPay, using your existing Parentpay login.

The system will be easy to use. You will log in to ParentPay and select school meals. Then all you have to do is check the menus, select a meal for your child, then they collect it at lunchtime as normal.

ParentPay knows if your child qualifies for a free school meal so you can order with the knowledge that no payment is required. If your child pays for their school meal, you will have to make payment within 2 hours of the meal being ordered.

Meals must be ordered by 8am and can be ordered up to three weeks in advance.

You will be able to make your first meal bookings on ParentPay on the evening of Friday 28^th February.

The link below will take you to an instructional video on how to book school meals.

Video – How to book a meal – ParentPay (wistia.com)

Additional allergen and dietary information:

The new system will also have improved allergy and dietary management, so you can be confident that special dietary requirements are observed. Make sure this information is up to date by contacting your school.

If you have provided current dietary information for your child, this will be updated on the new system and will block any meal choices that contain approved allergens.

The system is also a useful information tool for parents and carers in displaying allergen information linked to each online menu item this includes all information for pupils following religious and lifestyle diets.

It was a beautiful day celebrating our P4 ‘s Confirmation at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Sunday.

We will start fundraising for SCIAF on Thursday 6^th March with an “Own Clothes Day”.  This is also World Book Day.  Children can come to school dressed in their own clothes OR if they wish they can dress as a character from a favourite. book.

World Book Day activities will also be completed in class.  We are asking for a £1 cash donation which will go directly to the SCIAF little box.  Look out for more information soon about our weekly fundraising events for SCIAF during Lent.

Ash Wednesday will take place on the first Wednesday in March- 5th.  All children  who are in school will attend Mass that morning at 10am and will receive ashes.

If you do not wish your child to receive ashes, please do  not send them into school until 11am that morning.

Thank  you

Our February Raffle is now live on Parentpay.  As always tickets are £1 per strip of 5. 

The raffle will close on Wednesday 26th February and will be drawn on Friday 28th.

Good Luck!

A reminder that when children are changing for PE, this should be a FULL change: shorts, t shirt  and shoes. 

We have a small selection of PE clothing in our uniform exchange if required.

 We have noticed an increase in children coming into school wearing Crocs. These are not classed as appropriate school footwear and would like to remind parents/carers of this.

We have a large selection of school shoes in our Uniform Exchange if required.

Thank you

Please take a few moments to complete the survey using the barcode below.  Once completed you will be entered into a prize draw. The survey will close at the end of March.

Thank you

Our January Raffle is live on Parentpay! 

Don’t forget to buy your tickets to be in with a chance of winning a fabulous prize!

Tickets as always are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle closes on Thursday  6th February and will be drawn on Friday 7th.