Primary 1 and 2 Homework bags are now ready to be collected from the school. They contain everything your child/children require for their active learning. Please collect your child’s bag from the school via the main entrance. Thank you.

A reminder that our homework stationery packs are at the front door of the school every day this week between 9am and 3pm . Please pick one up for your child/children if they need one.

There will be a limited number of Homework stationery packs available for pupils as of tomorrow morning.  These will be situated immediately outside the front door of the school between 9am and 3pm tomorrow and again next week. 

There is no requirement to speak to a member of staff when taking a pack .

Congratulations to Skye P5 who, on Friday,  was the very lucky winner of a PS Vita which Secret Santa had delivered to Mount Carmel!

We hope you have lots of fun Skye!

Wishing all of our pupils and their families a wonderful Christmas and peaceful New Year. Have a magical time and stay safe everyone !

Love and best wishes from all the staff at Mount Carmel Primary

The school closes at 2.30pm tomorrow for the Christmas break

The school re-opens for staff and pupils on 6th January

Our Christmas extravaganza is available to view !!!!…….

The  children had a lovely time visiting  Crossgates Care Home over the last few days, to bring some festive cheer to the residents. It was so nice to see them joining in, waving and enjoying some of the makaton  songs and dances.

We wish all of the staff and residents a lovely Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

We would like to say a big “ Thank You “ to our amazing dinner ladies for a wonderful Christmas lunch yesterday. It was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone!

We are a very lucky school to have them👌🍗🍰🧁

We would like to thank Morrisons, Kilmarnock for their very kind donations of biscuits for the staff,  and also breakfast bars, juice and fruit snacks for some of the children. They are very much appreciated by everyone.

As we reach December we would like to say that our staff love nothing more than a BIG THANK YOU

We know that some parents/ pupils like to bring gifts, but a thank you is the best gift ever! Instead this year we would be delighted if you could add a donation to Father Martin’s :

“Advent Cycle Fundraiser”

You can sponsor him through his “Just Giving” page here:

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/martin-chambers32

This years annual Toy Appeal at the Masonic Hall, 45 London Road, Kilmarnock will be held over 2 days:

• Wednesday 16th December – 11am till 4pm
• Thursday 17th December – 11am till 4pm

This event is for families struggling at Christmas who need a little help.

Parents/carers can attend (no questions asked) and choose toys for their children this Christmas.

  Attendance is for adults only this year and masks MUST be worn. Social distancing will be in place, hand sanitising on entry and a one way system will be in operation.

As it is the beginning of December, it is time again for our

Reverse Advent Calendar appeal

Please bring items similar to those listed above into school by Friday 11th December. All items should be in a bag clearly marked for Reverse Advent calendar. 

***no perishable food stuffs please***

We are planning a P1-P3 Virtual Infant Nativity this year called:

“Bells Ring Out”

More information will be given out to parents/carers of P1-3 in due course by letter.

This year, each class will have their own post box where they can post Christmas cards to their friends. Children should bring their Christmas cards into school for posting on a Thursday and they will be delivered by the class teacher on the following Monday.

As today is the 1st of December, we are planning a PATHS home challenge through use of the PATHS Kindness Advent Calendar!

Try the kindness activities in the calendar above throughout the month of December with your child/children at home . Even if they only manage 1 it is a step of kindness in the right direction!

We would love to see any pictures you take of the children carrying out the kindness activities. Please send them to me at:

gillian.templeton@eastayrshire.org.uk   

and we will try and post as many as we can on our blog !

Our 2020 school Christmas calendars will be on sale shortly! They will be reasonably priced at £2 per calendar (£4 for 2, £6 for 3 etc).

This year we have used some of the fantastic colourful photographs we took of each class in front of our “Rainbow Wall ”  in the assembly hall. We are really pleased with how the photographs have turned out and hope they will brighten up the calendar in what has been an otherwise dreary year!

The calendars will be available to buy through ParentPay shortly.

Now that we have moved to Level 4 restrictions, we are no longer able to hold our class masses at the church unfortunately. However, Father Martin has kindly offered to visit each class in the school on the dates below to hold mass with each class individually.
P6/7 – 25/11/20 @ 11am
P6 – 27/11/20 @ 11am
P5 – 30/11/20 @ 11am
P4 – 02/12/20 @ 11am
P3 – 07/12/20 @ 11am
P1/2 – 09/12/20 @ 11am
P1 – 14/12/20 @ 11am

There will be a change to the original lunch menu this Friday(27th).

As part of our Rainbow Reward day on Friday we will be enjoying a Scottish themed lunch:

• Mince, tatties and turnip
• Haggis, neeps and tatties
• Macaroni cheese and garlic bread

followed by

• Scotty dog shortbread or
• Jelly

This Friday (27th) is our Rainbow Reward Day ! 

We are asking all the children to wear bright/rainbow colours please.  During the day each class will have their photograph taken in front of our wonderful rainbow in the assembly hall.

These class photographs will be used in this year’s school calendar!

We raised £98 in donations for Children In Need this year. Thanks to everyone who donated.

The children had lots of fun and looked great in their spotty outfits!

We raised £67 in donations for the Poppy appeal this year. 

Thank you to everyone who donated.

Now that we have moved to Level 4 restrictions, we are no longer able to hold our class masses at the church unfortunately. However, Father Martin has kindly offered to visit each class in the school on the dates below to hold mass with each class individually.

• P6/7 –  25/11/20 @ 11am
• P6      –  27/11/20 @ 11am
• P5      –  30/11/20 @ 11am
• P4      –  02/12/20 @ 11am
• P3      –  07/12/20 @ 11am
• P1/2 –  09/12/20 @ 11am
• P1      –  14/12/20 @ 11am

As we are unable to attend our annual pantomime visit to the Palace Theatre this year, we have arranged for M&M Theatre Company to come to the school for a production of The Wizard of Oz! This will take place on Wednesday 16th December 2020 with performances at 9.15am,10.45am and 1.30pm to allow us to follow safety procedures.

Friends of Mount Carmel are very generously subsidising the shows, enabling us to keep the cost down to £2 per pupil which will be available for payment through your child’s Parentpay account.

Please ensure the total cost is paid in full by Friday 11th December 2020.

(If you require a barcoded letter for payment please contact the school office)

We are in desperate need of the following items for our “Spare Clothing” collection-

Tights, socks (boys and girls) and leggings in any child sizes please!

If you have any of these items which no longer fit your child/children please  hand them in to a member of staff at the main door or give to your child to bring in with them, thanks.

Please note: We do not need any other form of children’s underwear, clothing or school uniform as we have a plentiful supply just now thank you.

Please click the link below to see the full information about

East Ayrshire Young Carers

and the different ways on how and where you can donate.

Tomorrow is Children In Need day!

Just a reminder that children are encouraged to come to school wearing something spotty. There is still time to make a donation of £1 via ParentPay. Please keep your donations coming in. Thank You.