Early Closure Summer 2024 Transport Update

The Summer School closure on Friday 28th June 2024 whereby all schools close at 1pm will no doubt have an impact on pupils who access school transport. We have many linked contracts that serve both primary pupils as well as secondary pupils across both Mainstream and ASN Schools.

To ensure sufficient transport provision on this date and to ease congestion, all contractors will arrange to collect primary children at 12.25pm. 

                                         9am-12pm

Next Thursday 20th June is World of Work Day for the whole school. Children can come to school dressed as they please or as a profession they want to be.

Some of our wonderful parents/carers have kindly given up their time to come in to speak to and demonstrate their professions with the children. We have people  from the Fire Service, Police, Health  Visitors  and Nurses to name a few. We will also have coaches from Kilmarnock Football Club  and there will be refreshments for the adults. 

Important Reminder!!!

       Evening Performance –

• ALL  CHILDREN TO ARRIVE AT 5.30PM
• DOORS OPEN AT 6PM
• REFRESHMENTS IN SMALL HALL BEFORE THE SHOW
• SHOW STARTS AT 6.30PM

     Afternoon Performance–

• DOORS OPEN AT 1PM
• REFRESHMENTS IN THE SMALL HALL BEFORE THE SHOW
• SHOW STARTS AT 1.30PM

We were delighted to receive copies of the most recent Missio Newsletter which features  some lovely pictures of some of our pupils and a touching tribute to Father Martin. The feature details the hard work both he and Mount Carmel Primary dedicated to Missio Scotland and to making Mount Carmel a five star Missio Scotland School.

You can view the newsletter below :

Missio Newsletter April 2024 – Father Martin

We have a limited number of  tickets left for both the afternoon and evening performances of our school show.  If you have not purchased your tickets yet please do so  now to avoid disappointment. If you have already purchased your limit of 4 tickets per family and would like additional tickets you can now do so on Parentpay.

Additional tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Our June Raffle is now live on Parentpay!

Could all children please come to school tomorrow wearing their sports day clothing (House Colours where possible).

Thank You

We have had several phonecalls regarding the purchase of tickets on Parentpay . 

Just to clarify; the tickets are £4 each, however, when multiple tickets are initially added to Parentpay the cost is showing as considerably more, and parents/carers are being put off purchasing them due to this.

Please be assured that when you continue with the transaction to the final payment stage, the total will be corrected.

Thank you 

Our Sports Day  will be held on tomorrow, 6th June.

We are very excited to be holding our Sports Day tomorrow June and are keeping our fingers crossed for good weather! Parents/carers are invited to come along on the day through the main car park gates and making their way through the upper playground to the grass area at the rear of the school.

Signs will be in place to follow.

We are encouraging the children to come to school wearing their sports clothes, House colours where possible. If your child does not know what House they are in, please contact the school office.

Children should bring with them comfortable clothes as they will take part in different activities throughout the day. They should also bring sun cream, a hat, sunglasses and plenty of water.  

Can we ask that immediately after your child’s races that you exit the school grounds to make way for the next group of Parents/Carers to attend and so on. Thank you.

Here is the running list for the races for each class:

• Primary 1     9.10am-9.40am
• Primary 2      9.40am-10.10am
• Primary 3      10.10am-10.40am
• Primary 4      11.30am-12noon
• Primary 5      12noon -12.30pm
• Primary 6      1.30pm-2.10pm
• Primary 7      2.10pm-2.50pm

We are pleased to let you know that our phone lines are now back up and running.

Apologies for any inconvenience

A reminder for P7 parents/carers that the St. Joseph’s  Information Evening  takes place tonight@6pm at St. Joseph’s Academy.

We would be obliged if you would please take the time to complete the following Learning Journals survey:

Learning Journals Survey

We are looking to borrow approx. 20 St. Joseph’s Academy ties to use in our school show this year.

If any parents/carers have any at home that we could possibly borrow we would be extremely grateful.

Thank you in advance.

Please note:

This week, Matilda rehearsals will take place after school on Wednesday instead of tomorrow. We appreciate this may clash with some pupils who attend the after school Multi-sports club, however, in this instance, the show takes priority and those pupils should attend rehearsals this week rather than sports club.

Only those pupils who have already been called for rehearsals this week  should attend. 

Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience.

Please note: Instead of vegetarian haggis for lunch tomorrow it will be non-vegetarian. Apologies for any inconvenience.

This Friday  24th MAY will be a dress down day!

Pupils can come to school wearing their own clothes.  As always, no football colours please.  For this we are asking kindly for a donation of £1 which is now live on Parentpay.

Children who take part in dress down day will automatically be entered into the draw for our May raffle🤩

Our May Raffle is now live on Parentpay!

Usual conditions apply; £1 per strip of 5 tickets to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize!👇

The raffle will close on Thursday  30th May with the winner being drawn on Friday 31st. 

You will automatically receive a free entry to the raffle if you pay £1 to take part in our Dress Down Day on Friday 24th May. 

Poster designed by Emily P4

P4-7 proudly present their summer show 2024

Matilda Jr. The Musical

Tuesday 11th June-Evening performance @6.30pm

Wednesday 12th June -Afternoon performance@1.30pm

All tickets £4 via Parentpay and at present are limited to 4 per family. Tickets are on sale now and will no doubt sell fast!

Ordering your tickets is a 2-step process:

You MUST pay for your tickets via Parentpay first and then complete the form below 👇 to order the tickets you have paid for:

Matilda Order Form

School Uniform

A reminder that our school uniform does not include tracksuit bottoms or leggings. School skirts and trousers should be worn each day. We have many items available in our school uniform exchange which is accessible daily in the main foyer. Please take any items that you require, items do not require to be exchanged.

Hopefully we will see some more sunny weather, please consider putting a sunhat in your child’s bag for especially sunny days.

Next week is: Walk To School Week!

Here is what we would like you to join in with every day next week…

We will also have a WOW tracker challenge -100 house points for each day children walk to school and log on the tracker. Class with the most logged active journeys will get an extra play!