Please find below the link to the most recent Primary Counselling Newsletter:

East Ayrshire School Counselling Newsletter – Primary Schools

Do you have any Christmas Jumpers/party clothes which are too small for your child/children? If you do, we would be very grateful if you could hand them into the school.

Thank you.  

There will be non-attendance of school crossing patrol in place on Mieklewood Road, today 12/11 and tomorrow 13/11.

Due to the reduction in cost per child for the Pantomime from £15 to £12, we are working our way through individual refunds of £3.

Once you have paid £12, please ignore any outstanding balance showing regarding this on your Parentpay account as we are having issues amending it .

Thanks

Afternoon

We are excited to announce that our Nativity performance will take place on Wednesday 11th December with both an afternoon and evening performance that day. For the afternoon performance doors will open at 1:30pm with tea and coffee being served in the small hall. Ticket holders will then be able to take their seats at 1:45pm, ready for the performance to start about 2:00pm.

Evening

On Wednesday 11th December we will also have our evening performance. We expect that all pupils in Primary 1-3 will attend this. If your child is unable to attend this performance please return the tear off slip in the Nativity letter which will be sent out 7th of November. This should be returned by Tuesday 12th November. All Primary 1-3 children should arrive at school at 5:00pm via the front entrance. Our doors will open at 5:30pm with tea and coffee being served in the small hall. Ticket holders will then be able to take their seats at 5:45pm, ready for the performance to start about 6:00pm.

Details about how to purchase tickets will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Christmas Fayre Donations

We will be holding Dress Down Days on every Friday throughout the month of November.  We are kindly asking if, on those days, the children could bring in a donation for the bottle stall / tombola for the Christmas Fayre.

We are only asking for 1 donation per family and not 1 donation for every child in the family.  Please note that all children are welcome to dress down even if they are not bringing a donation.

Below are  suggestions for items on each Friday, however we will gratefully accept any donations on any of the 4 Fridays:

• Friday 8th November- Bottle for bottle stall
• Friday 15th November- Chocolate/Sweets
• Friday 22nd November- Gift sets/Toiletries
• Friday 29th November-Home Baking

Pupils attending the cross country event tomorrow (7/11) should come to school wearing their PE kit (leggings, joggers) and school jumper. They should also bring with them full school uniform to change into when they return.

We are pleased to let you know that we have received a grant from “The Great British School Trip” which we will put towards the cost of our pantomime visit in December. This will therefore reduce the cost of the pantomime for every child from £15 to £12.

If you have already paid the pantomime in full, you will receive a £3 refund back to your Parentpay account. If you still have instalments to make,  these will be amended and reduced by £3. 

We have started visiting all the classes with our poppies and donation tin for the annual poppy appeal. The last day to make a donation will be Friday 8th November.

If your child wishes to donate to the appeal in return for a poppy, they can bring a donation into school with them.

All donations are greatly received.

Thank you   

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Following yesterday’s Council meeting,  I wished to send you the following link to provide further information around the Leisure and Culture review:

Leisure and Culture Review obtains Council approval | East Ayrshire Council News

I would like to reassure all parents, carers and young people, that there are no plans to reduce or remove Instrumental Music Services as a result of the move of services to the East Ayrshire Leisure Trust.

Kind regards,

Linda McAulay-Griffiths

Chief Education Officer and Head of Education

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Mount Carmel Primary won the Tesco Stronger Starts votes which took place between 1st July and 30th September this year. 

As winners, the school will receive a fantastic grant of £1500 to help us create an outdoor “Sensory Sanctuary”.

Thank you to everyone who voted for our school. It is very much appreciated. 

This month instead of 1 raffle , we will have 2!,  where the children will have the chance to win a fabulous advent calendar; either a Hot Wheels one or a Barbie one. You can enter either raffle or both via Parentpay.

Both raffles will close on  Wednesday 27th November and be drawn on Friday 29th.

Good Luck🤞🤩

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Congratulations to Gabo P6 on winning the FOMC Killieween Raffle!

Enjoy your goodies!

We have a selection of Halloween costumes available  in school for children to borrow.  Please feel free to pop in and have a look at them. 

All we ask is that children return costumes to the school so they can be reused again next year.

Thank you.

A reminder that our Halloween Disco is this Thursday evening. The disco is organised by FOMC, therefore please do not bring any money or tickets back into school. 

Tickets cost £2.50 and have a part on the reverse to fill in with child’s name, contact number, and whether they are walking home or being picked up.

Please  bring the ticket and money to the school on the night of the disco. 

A reminder that dogs are NOT allowed anywhere in the school playground.

We appreciate your cooperation with this.

Thank you

Please view below the minutes from our most recent Parent Council Meeting held on 4/9/24:

MCPC Minutes 4.9.24

We have a selection of Halloween costumes available  in school for children to borrow. 

All we ask is that children return costumes to the school so they can be reused again next year.

Thank you.

Please view our October Newsletter below:

October Newsletter 2024

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Halloween Disco Tickets will be given out to pupils this week. Please check bags.

The disco is organised by FOMC, therefore please do not bring any money or tickets back into school. 

Tickets cost £2.50 and have a part on the reverse to fill in with child’s name, contact number, and whether they are walking home or being picked up.

Please complete this and bring the ticket and the money to the school on the night of the disco. 

We will be holding our own monthly school raffle again this month (this is separate from the Killiween Raffle ).

Tickets can be purchased via Parentpay and are £1 per strip of 5. 

This raffle closes on Tuesday 29th October and will be drawn on Friday 1st November .

Good Luck!

This month FOMC will be holding a “Killieween” Raffle.

To be in with a chance of winning, you need to purchase your tickets via Parentpay. Tickets are £1 for a strip of 5 and are available now.

The last day to purchase tickets will be Tuesday 22nd October and the raffle will be drawn on in school on Killieween- Friday 25th October.

Good Luck!

A reminder that this year the whole school will be going to the Kilmarnock pantomime – Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.

The cost per child is £15.

This is on Parentpay and is payable in 3  instalments of £5 and we are asking kindly if full payment can be made no later than Friday 29th November.

Thanks