A reminder that this coming weekend is the September long weekend.

The school closes at the usual time-3pm- on Thursday 16th and reopens for staff and pupils on Tuesday 21st.

We are all delighted here at Mount Carmel Primary to announce that Mrs McGahon had a beautiful baby girl called Cora  on Friday !

We are sure you will join us in wishing Mrs McGahon and her family huge congratulations !

A reminder that pupils are not allowed to wear jewellery to P.E.

If you are unsure of what days  your child has P.E please click below:

P E Days | Mount Carmel Primary School (glowscotland.org.uk)

A friendly reminder that there will  be a change to the menu for school lunches for tomorrow (9th September) and Friday (10th September). Changes are as follows:

Thursday 9th September

Red – gammon sandwich

Blue – Tuna sandwich

Green – Cheese sandwich

Friday 10th September

Red – Fish and chips

Blue – Macaroni cheese

Green – Egg sandwich

A reminder that homework will start on Monday 6th September. Initially, children will have literacy and numeracy tasks to be completed on paper.

Tasks on the school blog/glow will be introduced at a later date.

You can view the minutes from the June 2021 Parent Council meeting below:

PC minutes June 2021 (1)

NB:  You can view minutes from previous Parent Council meetings by visiting the Parent Council Heading and selecting from the drop down menu, or by clicking the link below:

Minutes of Most Recent Meetings | Mount Carmel Primary School (glowscotland.org.uk)

Please click the link below to view the  latest Covid-19 information on returning to school/other education setting

Returning-to-school-info.-sheet-16.8.21 (1)

As of Monday 23rd August each class will have 1 indoor and 1 outdoor session of PE per week.  The PE days will be as follows –

P1 –  Monday and Thursday **Updated**

P1/2 – Monday and Thursday

P2/3 – Tuesday and Thursday **Updated**

P4 – Tuesday and Thursday

P5 – Monday and Friday

P6 – Wednesday and Friday

P7 –  Tuesday and Wednesday

We ask that on PE days children come to school wearing their school polo shirt and sweatshirt with plain tracksuit bottoms/leggings and trainers. They should also have a pair of gym shoes to change into for indoor sessions – these will be kept in school.

Young Scot Free Bus Travel 2022 (Advice for schools)

Young Person’s Free Bus Travel Scheme – Communications – Advice for schools (1)

Parent Council Meetings Resume!

First Parent Council meeting for the new term, all parents/carers old and new welcome

Date: 31st August 2021

Time: 7.00 pm

Location: Online

If you want to join in, we would love to see you! Our meetings are via video call, so you don’t even have to leave the house. Grab a brew and find out what’s happening in the school.

If you email ‘mcparentcouncil@gmail.com’, we will introduce ourselves and then send you the video call web link.

Would appreciate it.

Thanks, Neil .

Please view this short clip from Father Martin sharing the latest information on returning to Mass:

We are expecting pupil Flu vaccination permission forms delivered today. These will be distributed to all pupils on their arrival. 

All completed forms must be returned to the school no later than Friday 10th September, as vaccines will be given week commencing 13th September. 

Vaccines will only be administered with a completed permission form.

This week we are on Week 1 of our School Lunches. Menus can be found on our School App

If you require to speak with your child’s class teacher for any reason, please phone the office and speak with a member of staff who will pass your details on to the relevant teacher. You can also submit your request through our contact form above.

Just a friendly reminder that we prefer if children do not bring toys, including Poppits, into school.  Apart from the Covid aspect , there is also the possibility of toys being lost or damaged.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Please view the letter below regarding the Sacrament of Confirmation:

2021 Letter to Parents – Rescheduled Confirmation Sept 21 OLMC

As we enjoy our final week of term  in Mount Carmel, we are busy preparing for the start of our next school year. 

We have prepared very special gift bags to welcome your child to Mount Carmel. As well as some lovely starting school treats, these bags include the P1 2021 Yearbook and information about the House Teams.

Gift bags are labelled with each child’s name and will be available to collect outside our main school entrance on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ( until 12.00pm) of this week. When collecting gift bags, we ask that adults please wear face coverings and maintain social distancing .

Thank you.

It was agreed that Option 1 of the Proposed School Holiday Arrangements report submitted to Cabinet on 16 June 2021 be approved as the school holiday arrangements for academic session 2022/2023. ​

This information has been updated on our website which can be found via the following link:  

https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/SchoolHolidays.aspx

In addition, please note an update to the School Holidays for 2021/2022.  The local holiday on Monday 30 May 2022 is subject to change in alignment with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

We will be having a movie afternoon this Wednesday.

Each class will watch a movie in their own classes.

Here are some of our delighted raffle winners from Friday’s draw! :

Have you got your raffle tickets for our end of term class raffle?

If not, you could miss out on these fabulous prizes courtesy of FOMC…… there is still time to buy your raffle tickets via Parentpay.

Thank you to everyone who donated!

Reminder: Thursday 17th June

Vscene Booking – P7 Information Session – 17.06.21 Miss Cathie (1)