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. 

Our school crossing patrol lady is currently absent. There is no replacement available at the moment.

Easter Closure  2026

Please see the letter above for information on school transport for the school closure at 2.30pm on Thursday 2nd April 2026.

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!

Please note: There will be NO after school Gymnastics or Netball club on Tuesday 24th March and No after school Football club on Wednesday 25th March due to our Pupil Progress Meetings taking place.

If you wish to know about our Current After School Clubs or ones which are starting soon,  please visit the menu section of the Blog under the heading After school Clubs where you will find all the up- to- date information.

We are sad to inform you that today will be our lollipop man, Mr Sturgeon’s last day at Mount Carmel Primary.  He has a new job and I’m sure you will all join with us in wishing him the best of luck in his new post.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Sturgeon for keeping our children and their families safe on their journeys to and from school.

P6 Judo School Information Pack

Some of our P6 and 7 pupils recently took part in an Athletics Festival at the Athletics Arena in Kilmarnock. Everyone had a great time and gave 100%….well done!

We are delighted to have been awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Bronze Award!

Letter to Parents Carers – Advent Youth Retreat 2026

We will be participating in the Rag Bag scheme again next month.

If you have any items of clothing, shoes, bags etc. that you no longer need or are having a clear out, please send items into school in a bin bag no later than 3pm on Friday 13th February as they will be collected the following Monday.

Thank you

P1 Registration

For children who turn age of 5 years between 1 March 2026 and 28 February 2027and whose parents and carers wish them to attend school should be registered for education during the week Monday 12 January 2026 until Friday 16 January 2026.  To register you should complete an online application and submit no later than Friday 16 January 2026.

Register at: – https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

To register your child you will require to upload a copy of your child’s birth certificate and two proofs of your residence in the catchment area in the form of a Council Tax Notice or Utility Bill.  Should you require a copy of your child’s birth certificate for Registration, this can be obtained at www.certificates.scot

If you are unable to register online then please phone your local school who will assist you to register your child.

Placing Requests

Parents and carers who wish to make a placing request must first enrol their child/children at their catchment school. Placing requests for the session beginning August 2026, should be received by 31 January 2026.

Requests must be completed and submitted online at: https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schoolplacingrequest

We will be holding a Wider Achievement Assembly on Friday 16th January. 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 14th January.

Thank you

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our pupils and their families a very happy and peaceful Christmas break and look forward to seeing everyone again when the school reopens at 9am on Monday 5th January 2026.