Monday – wear a hat/sunglasses

Tuesday – Happy shoes day

Wednesday  – Wear bright clothes

Thursday – wear odd socks

Friday – Crazy hair day

Dear All,

Thank you to you all for your continued support for Diocesan Youth opportunities in the Diocese. On Saturday 18th April we had a fantastic day with youth from across the Diocese as sixty five gathered for the Easter Youth Gathering – this was very much a Diocesan event, with 10 each coming from both North and South Ayrshire, 22 from East Ayrshire, and 23 from Dumfries & Galloway. We were delighted to welcome so many along and to see the continuing growth in participation at these events as this was the largest that my team and I have run to date. At the Easter Youth Gathering, we announced our programme for the coming months, as well as ‘Galloway’s Seoul’ a 5 day event next year following the model of World Youth Day, which is open to all young people in current P5-S4 (P7-S6 in 2027/8). The feedback from young people and parents has been fantastic and we can’t wait now for our next Youth Evening, and indeed the Summer Youth Gathering in August.

We’re launching Galloway’s Seoul at the moment as we’re planning an extensive programme of fundraising activities to support young people in reducing the cost of their place (hopefully fully covering it), as well as to let families know in advance that it’s coming up when they’re planning for next summer. There’s no deposit payable for it, so if young people are thinking about it, we’d encourage them to register and get involved in the fundraising early.

I’ve also attached A4 versions of the posters for the events mentioned, our latest newsletter, a copy of the What’s On guide 202604 Issue 11 20260505 Letter to Schools shared at the Easter Youth Gathering, and the group photo from Easter which you may wish to distribute electronically. As usual, you can find PDF and image copies of all of these resources in our Schools share here:

Resources for Schools.

Thank you again for all of your support in promoting and encouraging youth events in your area, we’ve been delighted to welcome so many young people as they’ve been getting involved. If you have any questions/ suggestions please feel free to be in touch.

God bless,

Fr Kevin Rennie

Vinyl to Viral

Tickets for each performance of our School Summer Show 2026 are now on sale!!!!!

We are delighted to let you know that we made a fantastic total of £500.44 from our Book Fair held in March.

Thank you to everyone who made a purchase, as we receive 40% of our total back in rewards for the school to spend on books.  This means we have £200.18 worth of books to choose from the fair for our school!

After the success of last 2 years House Hamper Raffle, FOMC and our Parent Council have decided to organise this  fundraising event again this year to help raise some funds for our children in Mount Carmel. 

We will be holding another Dress Down Day on Friday 8th May, and are asking that each child (if they can) bring in an item relating to their house colour for the raffle.

For example,  if your child was in the red house (Fire), they could bring in a tin of ready salted Pringles.  If you could support us with this we would very much appreciate it.

The tickets for the raffle will then be sold for £1 and we will have 4 winners, a winner for each of our houses.

** No perishable items please**

Good Luck everyone!!

There is a small amount of funding to provide after school dance sessions for Primary 7 pupils who already have an interest in dance from:

3.00pm-4.30pm Fridays: 24 April, 1/8/15/22/29 May, 5 June

With a final show in The Big Top, Dean Castle on Thursday 11^th June, 7pm.

Sessions will take place in St Joseph’s Academy gym hall and we thought it might be a nice opportunity for a transition event, with children who have shared interest in dance socialising and dancing together. Children will have the opportunity to work with professional dance artists and take part in jazz and hip-hop sessions. It will mean that pupils will need to leave early from school on Friday to get to the venue for 3 and this would be a parental responsibility. All sessions are totally free.

Please use the link below to register interest.

EAST AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS’ AFTER SCHOOL- SUMMER SESSIONS /FEST 2026   – Fill out form

We have 30 spaces available, first come first served.

Level 2 Primary 7 – with Faye and another instructor

A reminder that P7 pupils who have expressed an interest in doing their Bikeability Level 2 will have their “Bike Safety Check” this Thursday so remember to bring your bike into school that day!

Bikeability lessons will thereafter take place on the following dates- 27^th April, 18^th May, 25^th May

please bring your bike and helmet on those days.

Read here about Bikeability Level 2

Bikeability Scotland Level 2 training is for children who can already cycle and can demonstrate Bikeability Scotland Level 1 outcomes. Level 2 focuses on using roads in accordance with the Highway Code and riding safely and responsibly in the traffic stream. It is delivered on simple roads and junctions with moderate traffic.

Welcome back to school, we hope everyone had a lovely Easter break.

Please keep an eye here on the blog and on our school app for all the upcoming activities and information on everything happening in the school.

We would like to remind everyone that the school closes at 2.30pm today .

We would like to wish our  pupils and their families a very happy Easter and look forward to seeing everyone again when the school returns on Monday 20th April.

We have a small amount of funding to provide after school dance sessions for Primary 7 pupils who already have an interest in dance from:

3.00pm-4.30pm Fridays: 24 April, 1/8/15/22/29 May, 5 June

With a final show in The Big Top, Dean Castle on Thursday 11^th June, 7pm.

Sessions will take place in St Joseph’s Academy gym hall and we thought it might be a nice opportunity for a transition event, with children who have shared interest in dance socialising and dancing together. Children will have the opportunity to work with professional dance artists and take part in jazz and hip-hop sessions. It will mean that pupils will need to leave early from school on Friday to get to the venue for 3 and this would be a parental responsibility. All sessions are totally free.

If you would be happy with this being offered to your pupils then please share the link to the application:

EAST AYRSHIRE SCHOOLS’ AFTER SCHOOL- SUMMER SESSIONS /FEST 2026   – Fill out form

We have 30 spaces available, first come first served.

Kind Regards,

Zara Smith

Cultural Coordinator, Dance & Movement

Creative Minds Team

Education Service

East Ayrshire Council

Grow Together Information and Drop In Sessions

We are excited to announce our new look P5-7 Summer show-

“Turn Up The Volume”

Save the following dates for your diary:

Tuesday 9th June @ 1.30pm (doors open 1pm)

Wednesday 10th June@1.30pm (doors open 1pm)

( This is a post for save the dates only. Further information and tickets etc will be issued closer to the event)

 In previous years Primary 4 pupils have taken part in the summer show, however, this year and going forward our Primary 4 pupils will concentrate at this time of year on preparing for their Sacrament of Holy Communion.

20260302 Letter to Parents – EARCDG 2026

Just a reminder for any young people thinking about the Advent Retreat, to secure their place at the early-bird rate (£140.00 instead of £160.00) they need to register by Easter Sunday (5^th April).

Mount Carmel Parent Council are looking for new members to help

The role of the Parent Council helps Support the school in its work with pupils and parents

Represent the views of parents

Promotes contact and communication between the school,
parents, pupils,  and the community.

Organise fundraising events to help towards social events for our children.

If you would like to become a member of our Parent Council or are able to volunteer at any of our events even for a short time please complete the Form linked below

Thanks

Team MC

Volunteer Form

A reminder to parents/carers to order school lunches for your child/children online wherever possible.  This can be done prior to 8am each day. Lunches can also be pre ordered several weeks in advance.

Please take the time to review the menus along with your child prior to ordering.

Thank you for your co operation

Tickets for the  FOMC Easter Raffle are now available on ParentPay for £1.00 per strip.

Our school Easter Raffle is now live on Parentpay!  Tickets are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle will be drawn on  in school on the last day of term – Thursday 2nd April. 

Good Luck everyone!

We will be holding a Wider Achievement Assembly on Friday24th April. If you would like us to celebrate your child/children’s recent achievements, please send any photos and information to the school inbox at

eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk

by Wednesday 22nd April.

Thank you

Please keep our Primary 3 children in your prayers as they attend their Reconciliation tonight.

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

The trip is booked for Wednesday 17th June . 

If your child does not wish to attend the trip, we will need to know straight away and 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 and also to FOMC who have very kindly given us a donation towards park tickets which has helped us to keep the cost per child down to £14 per child. 

We have set up the trip on Parentpay today with an initial NON- REFUNDABLE deposit of £7 payable by Friday 17th April . This will leave only one more payment of £7 to be paid by Friday 15th May.

If you have any concerns regarding  payments please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Permission forms will be sent home shortly.  These must be returned no later than Friday 29th May.