Homework will be resuming  this Monday 5th September for Primaries 2-7

A reminder to complete the form below regarding your attendance at our ‘Meet the Teacher Sessions’. Please see the dates below and follow the link to complete a form providing information on who will be attending.

We ask that only one adult attends this per child. This is an opportunity for the class teacher to talk to you about different items taking place in the class. This will include information about Homework, Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing, RE and pupil expectations.

Please be aware that this is not a parent/carer appointment to discuss a child’s progress, this is an opportunity to meet the teacher and receive some school information.

The children will not be in the class during this activity.  Sessions will take place from 2.00pm

Monday 5th September – Primary 3
Tuesday 6th September – Primary 1
Wednesday 7th September – Primary 2
Thursday 8th September – Primary 7
Monday 12th September – Primary 6
Tuesday 13th September – Primary 4
Wednesday 14th September – Primary 5

Meet the Teacher Session (office.com)

Calling Young Dancers!

The Palace Theatre Search For The Fairest Babes in The Land

The Palace Theatre are holding open auditions to find Junior Ensemble for this year’s magical family pantomime Snow White on Saturday 27 August 2022.

The auditions are open to female dancers who must be at least 9 years old and in P5 of school on the first day of rehearsals and no older than 16 and in S4 on the last day of the performances*

 *For more information on the auditions please visit the website

Application forms do not need to be submitted in advance although where possible please complete them beforehand and bring with you to save time on audition day.

Snow White runs from Friday 25 Nov until Friday 30 Dec 2022 book now

At Mount Carmel we are proud of how kind our pupils are to others and appreciate that if they see another pupil without a snack they are willing to share theirs with them. However, as a school we are always mindful of the fact that some of our pupils suffer from allergies to certain foods with varying degrees of severity . With this in mind, can we please ask parents/carers firstly, to not send their child/children to school with any snacks that contain/may contain nuts or traces of nuts, and secondly to remind them not to share their snack with other children as the health and safety of our pupils is our priority.

Thank you, we appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

We would like to remind parents and carers that there is no parking/drop-off/waiting in the school car park. There is additional parking across in the church car park. 

Thank you.

As you will have read in our August Newsletter, our information for PE Days has changed slightly since last term:

PE

Primary 1-4 can get changed in class together. The upper school boys and girls will get changed separately.
Please send children to school with appropriate PE kit this can include a school polo shirt or blue t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/tracksuit bottoms and suitable trainers. These items should be left in school in a bag for children to access.

Please remember that no jewellery should be worn on PE days, including earrings. If your child is not taking part in PE due to
medical reasons please contact the school. It is expected that all children will take part in PE tasks, if a child has forgotten items we shall aim to provide suitable items for them to borrow.

Please note: As of tomorrow, 24th August, pupils attending the Breakfast Club should enter the school via the Dining Hall entrance at 8.15am. We would be obliged if pupils would arrive no earlier than 8.15am as there is no supervision in the playground until 8.45am.

As you will have read in our August Newsletter, we are pleased to announce that ‘Meet the Teacher Sessions’ have been organised to take place this term. Please see the dates below and follow the link to complete a form providing information on who will be attending.

We ask that only one adult attends this per child. This is an opportunity for the class teacher to talk to you about different items taking place in the class. This will include information about Homework, Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing, RE and pupil expectations.

Please be aware that this is not a parent/carer appointment to discuss a child’s progress, this is an opportunity to meet the teacher and receive some school information.

The children will not be in the class during this activity.  Sessions will take place from 2.00pm 

Monday 5th September – Primary 3
Tuesday 6th September – Primary 1
Wednesday 7th September – Primary 2
Thursday 8th September – Primary 7
Monday 12th September – Primary 6
Tuesday 13th September – Primary 4
Wednesday 14th September – Primary 5

We are delighted to see the return of our Breakfast Club!

Breakfast Club starts each morning at 8.15am and those children attending should enter the school via the middle school entrance.

If your child/children had received a place to attend Breakfast Club but you now longer require that space, please contact the school asap as there is a waiting list. Thank you.

A big thank you to our excellent staff involved in running the Breakfast Club including classroom assistants Mrs Jeffers and Mrs Henderson and Stephanie, our Catering Manager:

This amazing cake was a very kind parental donation for our Primary 7 class to enjoy as part of their leaver’s celebrations.

Our winning house was Air!. All the children who are in the Air House enjoyed watching a movie and making ice cream sundaes with Stephanie.

SUMMER Highlights

Spend your Summer with East Ayrshire Leisure.
Enjoy a summer of fun activities for families, children and young people.

 McDougall’s in Toyland
Palace Theatre ∙ Sat 2 July ∙ 2pm ∙ £8.50/£32 family

The Polar Bears Go Go Go! 
Palace Theatre ∙ Sun 17 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £8 child/£10 adult

a Muckle ‘n’ Wee:Creative Wildlife Trail
Dick Institute ∙ Normal opening hours  ∙ FREE

Great & Small:Crafted Creatures
Dick Institute ∙ Normal opening hours  ∙ FREE

  Stop Motion Animation Workshops
Auchinleck Library ∙ 19 & 20 July, 26 & 27 July ∙ 11am -3pm ∙ 8ys+ ∙ FREE (booking essential)

DIGITAL Drop-In DAY
Galston Library ∙ Tue 2 Aug ∙ 11am -3pm ∙ FREE (drop-In)

Pond Dipping
Dean Castle Country Park ∙ Thu 21 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Wormery World
Dean Castle Country Park ∙ Thu 14 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Swimming
Your Local Leisure Centre ∙ Normal pool hours ∙ From £2.10 * FREE for Active Club members

Gymnastics Camp
Barrony Sports Village ∙ Tuesdays and Thursdays ∙ 3-5yrs £3/ 5yrs+ £6

Check out the full timetable in the Summer Programme here.

“The Take a Bow Opportunity Centre is hosting a fun packed summer programme from the 4th of July until the 17th of August. There are 3 sessions per day and kids can book in for one a day, all 3 sessions or for the entire week! Our programme is action packed, including bouncy castles, sports, arts and crafts, cooking, and lots lots more. Book in now to secure your place”

We are very sorry to say that the 3D printer we were using to make the P7 keyrings/spinning tops and tic tac toe has broken and we are unable to fulfill the full amount of orders that have been placed. Children who ordered  early will still receive their item. However, later orders, unfortunately, can no longer be processed.

All necessary refunds will be made via Parentpay and will be shown as “order not fulfilled”.

We can only apologise for this, we know the children will be disappointed but the circumstances are outwith our control.

Can all parents/carers applying for East Ayrshire Clothing Grants please ensure that their address is up to date with the school, as their grant will not be processed  if the address on the grant differs from that held at the school.

Apply online · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Thank you

Vibrant Communities Summer Programme is now live and can be booked via this link

https://events.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/events

Please find below information on school closure times for pupils who access school transport:

Summer Closure to HT 2022 200622

This lunch will be for the whole school on Friday 24th June which is also our Fun Day!

Our Primary 7’s have chosen their own “Leaver’s Lunch” menu:

Burger and Fries

Popcorn chicken and fries

Cheese pizza and fries

Fudge or sponge cake and custard

Our raffle tickets are  now on sale through Parentpay for the FOMC Summer Raffle. They will be available to purchase until Friday 24th June and the raffle will be drawn on Monday 27th June.

We are proud to be flying our new school flag at the front of the school!

On Tuesday I was delighted to work with the Pupil Council and speak with them about the North West Kilmarnock Consultation and hear some of their views on why this would be good for our school. These children are now working with the rest of their class to gather more ideas to share with Education Scotland on Monday 13th June.

Great job, thank you for sharing your ideas.

Mrs Fergusson

Sports Day

Our school sports day has been provisionally organised for Thursday 9th June this year. This will take the form on potted sports where classes will walk their way around a series of sporting
events, one of which will be races, parents/carers will be permitted to attend.

Our sports day has been scheduled for the 9th June this year (weather dependent). We would like to invite our parents and carers in for a short visit to see your child and their class compete in some races.
This will take the format of welcoming our adults into the school grounds to watch their child’s class run and then we politely request that you allow the next set of parents to be invited in. If you
are the parent or carer of more than one child then you are invited to come in for each of your child’s race slot.

Please find below the timetable for the day and come along to see your child participate in the fun. We are super excited to have you in school on the day to cheer for us and we hope to see you there!!

9:10 – 9:30 Primary 1
9:35 – 10:00 Primary 1/2
10:05 – 10:30 Primary 2/3
11:00 – 11:40 New Primary 1 children
11:45 – 12:10 Primary 4
1:10 – 1:40 Primary 5
1:45 – 2:15 Primary 6
2:20 – 2:50 Primary 7

A reminder that our garden tidy up will take place on 16th June between 3pm-5pm .  We would be very grateful for any time you can spare at all to help us. We would also be grateful of any donations of any of the following items:

Plants/seeds

Soil

Hanging baskets

Garden Paint

Masonry paint

Bark

Planters

If you are able to come and help on the day if you could bring your own gardening equipment with you please.