We are so delighted to have all our Primary 4-7 pupils back today, making our Mount Carmel family complete again!

It was lovely to see all the children meeting up in the playground this morning and hearing them chatting and laughing

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Tomorrow after lunch, our P1-3 classes will be having “Rainbow Reward ” time. The boys and girls will be watching a movie and having a cosy afternoon as a special reward for being such superstars since coming back to school full time in February.  The children can bring a teddy to school with them to cuddle while watching the movie. 

It’s that time of year already!…..

We will soon be ordering our “Leaver’s Hoodies” for our Primary 7 pupils. These will be at a cost of £10 to parents/carers and will be available as of today to order via Parent Pay.

Primary 1-3 At the moment, there are no set days for P.E for our Infant classes. Children are welcome to wear suitable trousers/joggers so they are comfortable when doing outdoor activities etc.

We are delighted by the news from the Scottish Government that Primaries 4-7 will return to school on Monday 15th March !

We will provide details next week for our pupil return plan.

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If you have children aged under 6 and are on benefits, you can apply now for a new Social Security Scotland  benefit, the Scottish Child Payment.

This new payment will pay the equivalent of £10 per week  for every child under the age of 6 living in a low income household and receiving a qualifying benefit such as Universal Credit, Pension Credit or one of the legacy benefits.

The 4 weekly payments are easy to apply for. Simply visit the Scottish Child Payment webpage or call 0800 182 222.

Why not try this at home?

https://twitter.com/MorrisonsKilma1/status/1363932093395386372?s=20

Can we ask that when P1, P2 and P3 Parents/Carers are collecting their children at 3pm they come into the respective playground to collect them.

Please remember social distancing .

Thank you

Can we remind Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 Parents/Carers that when bringing children to school in the morning they should drop them off and leave straight away.

Please do not enter the school playground or congregate in the vicinity of the school gates or area surrounding the school.

Thank you for your continued co-operation.

Welcome back to school boys and girls of our Infant Department- we all really missed you and are so happy to have you all back!

Please follow the link below for information on numeracy strategies for Parents/Carers:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/numeracyandmathematics/category/numeracy-strategies-for-parents-carers/

FAO Parents/carers of primary pupils transitioning to secondary school in August 2021`

Please use the link below to fill out the online form for registration

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

Please note the menu is shorter as pupils are off Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week:

Thursday 18th

Fish and chips

Macaroni cheese

Friday 19th

chicken curry

stir fry noodles

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For information of Parents/Carers who have children currently attending school:

The school will close at 3pm on Friday 12th February and will reopen to children of key workers and vulnerable children currently registered with us on Thursday 18th February.

Please note there will be no provisions for the in- service days on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th.

Monday 8th

Option 1- Sausage sizzler, biscuit, milk

Option 2- Baked potato and cheese

Tuesday 9th

Option 1- Fish and chips and veg

Option 2- Macaroni cheese, garlic bread and salad

Ice cream

Wednesday 10th

Option 1- Pork meatballs and spaghetti

Option 2-Salmon fish fingers, potatoes and veg

Thursday 11th

Option 1-chicken goujons , rice and salad

Option 2-Gammon sandwich pick and mix

Friday 12th

Option 1-Cheese and tomato pizza and salad

Option 2- Chilli and rice and salad

February 2021 updated version

How to access a Microsoft Teams Meeting

How to access a Virtual Vscene Lesson

A reminder that Teams and Vscene meetings will take place this week.

P1 and P1/2 meetings will be Vscene and all others will be through Teams

If you require any help accessing Vscene or Teams please visit the  “IT Issues” area of the blog where you will find all the information you need to access the meetings.

If you have not already completed the recent Remote Learning Survey online, we would be grateful if you could do so, as the closing date for completion is tomorrow (3rd February).

Thank you for you co-operation.