A huge thank you to everyone from Mount Carmel, past and present, who sent in messages, drawing , poems and lovely memories for Mr McMillan’s Memory Book. 

We have been overwhelmed by the response and are truly grateful for you all taking the time to send them in, he will be absolutely delighted I’m sure!

Unfortunately, there has to be cut off point….so please do not send anymore as sadly we won’t be able to add them in now. However, you could still make something for him and keep it at home till our schools go back and bring it in then and we will pass them on to Mr McMillan.

Welcome to the P1 Transition Group page for children starting Mount Carmel Primary School in August this year.
We really loved seeing all the boys and girls when you visited the school before the holidays and we hope that you are all very excited about coming to join us in August.

However, we are sad that we are now not going to see you all for a while. We would love to keep in touch as you are all now part of our Mount Carmel family.
Any family who would like to be part of this could they please contact Mrs. McGahon at:
Joanna.mcgahon@eastayrshire.org.uk

We are sad to announce that Mr. McMillan, our long serving school janitor will be retiring on May 5th this year. Mr McMillan will be turning 70 this year and has decided to hang up his keys for good!He has been part of the Mount Carmel family for 20 years and we obviously want to mark this in a special way. It is such a shame under the circumstances that the school will be closed on his last day and that we will be unable to celebrate with him in person! BUT…..we have a plan. 

We would love if as many children as possible can send in either a drawing, a memory or a short poem about Mr McMillan. We will collate them all and have them made into a special Photobook as a keepsake for him. Please remember to add your name to the front of your work!  If you need any tips for ideas here are a few:

He will be 70 in July, he has been at Mount Carmel for 20 years, he loves music, he used to play football, his favourite football team is Auchinleck Talbot .

Please send entries in to me (Mrs Templeton) :   

gillian.templeton@eastayrshire.org.uk

We have a very short time span on this and really need your entries in asap and at the very latest by 9am next Tuesday( 28th).

Hello everyone!

Just a friendly reminder about submitting your “Reach for the Stars” videos.  Thank you to the children who have already submitted theirs; we are enjoying watching them. We are looking forward to seeing  more coming in.  

If you have still to submit your video, please can you do so to Mrs Dunsmore at: Alana.Baird@eastayrshire.org.uk by 12noon on Wednesday 22nd April.

Welcome back everyone!

We hope you all had a lovely Easter break (even if  it was a bit different this year), and that the Easter Bunny delivered lots of chocolate eggs to you all!! The weather has been fantastic which has made the holidays during lockdown a bit more bearable.

Could everyone please check their GLOW mail for a special message from Mrs. McGahon …..

The message is about a special Mount Carmel music video we are planning on doing involving our pupils and staff to help cheer us up !. We are looking for everyone to take a short video of themselves singing and/or dancing  to the song “Reach for the Stars” by S Club 7….about 30 seconds or so will be perfect.

You can do this alone or have your family or pets join in too! If possible try to wear bright colours and if you have made a rainbow, try to use it in some way in your video.

In the message, you will find all the information and links about how and where to send your video to.

So come on Mount Carmel, have a go at reaching for the ……

Well done to Evie McIntosh from Primary 6 who correctly guessed the bear’s birthday as 16th July (Feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel).

As a result of this fundraising activity we raised £93.10!

A fantastic amount.

Please be advised that our upcoming parent’s afternoon and evening are cancelled . They will be rescheduled in due course.

Thanks you for your understanding in this matter.

On Friday 28th February the boys and girls of Mount Carmel Primary all came together to receive a great presentation from Primary 6 all about the weather cycle.

Congratulations to P5 on their superb recent class assembly all about the continents.

Hand washing.

In response to concerns about Coronavirus, staff are making sure children are washing their hands throughout the  school day. We have spoken at assembly about correct hand washing and watched video clips showing the correct procedure. East Ayrshire Council has given us extra resources to ensure we have sufficient supplies of soap and paper products.

We have taken the decision today to cancel ALL after school activities/clubs with immediate effect, until further notice.

Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

On Thursday 5th March we celebrated World Book Day. Children and staff were encouraged to dress up as a character from their favourite book. Everyone had a great day and some of the costumes were AMAZING!!. Here are some pictures of the children:

Please find a link below for the very latest “Stay at home guidance” for people with confirmed or possible Coronavirus:

Coronavirus- Stay at home guidance

Today we took part in the SCIAF-Day of Prayer. We came together as a whole school to offer our prayers to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was special to know that thousands of pupils and staff were all praying on the same day.

“Coronavirus – What is it? What’s happening? Will I catch it? Children ask lots of questions, but BBC Newsround has produced a series of helpful video clips to help children and young people understand more about what’s going on.  …..

We have added some up to date links on the Information page of our blog page to assist you when explaining and discussing Coronavirus with your child.

We are keen to support parents to ensure all young people are Cyber Safe, especially with the growing use of a wide range of Apps and online forms of communication :(WhatsApp/TikTok/Instagram/Snapchat etc.)

As part of our continued commitment , we are delighted to promote our new “Safer Schools” App. This App is a reliable source of advice on all things Cyber. It gives empowering, current and informative information on all current digital platforms/tools/apps in an accessible manner. We have a range of tailored user accesses (pupil, staff and parent/carers). To access your parent platform please:

• Go to your app store or Google Play and search for “Safer School”
• In school field type ” East Ayrshire Council
• The code for primary parents is: 7440

We would recommend that you discuss with your child about which apps and social media platforms they currently use/access. This will help ensure they know how to stay safe online-using the app to start these types of conversations is great.

You can now access our twitter feed via our blog main screen by clicking the twitter icon !.

Our twitter page is:

@eacMountCarmel

Don’t forget the raffle tickets for  Grand Easter Raffle are available to buy during all the fundraising weeks at a cost of 20p per ticket.

Congratulations to Zak Boyd from P4 who was 2nd in the recent East Ayrshire Sumdog competition! Well done Zak! Keep up the good work

Our whole school trip to the Science Centre in Glasgow is tomorrow!!

Please remember the buses are leaving the school at 8.30am prompt.

Children should bring a snack and a packed lunch (unless you have requested one from the dinner hall)

Buses returning to the school for 3pm

On Friday 28th February, we all said a sad farewell to our very much loved Lollipop man, Bill Robinson.

Here are some photos of Bill receiving his presentation from the children:

Don’t forget that our Lenten fundraising activity this week is ……Guess The Bear’s Birthday!

Available all week. It is 50p per guess and the money should be brought into school for this .

The winner will be announced on Friday…Good Luck!

If anyone has any World Book Day costumes that they can no longer use, please hand them  into the school as we can recycle them for next year.

Thank you.

……that the Primary 4 class assembly will take place on Friday 27th March at 2.15pm in the school.  We welcome all parents/carers who are able to come and join in .

Please remember that toys should not be brought to school daily. There are lots of wonderful activities for the children to complete outdoors. They should not bring their own toys from home to play with at break and lunch time. If the class teacher requests toys to come in for a special occasion then they will be kept safe in the classroom and again should not be taken out to the playground.

Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

Very soon you will see a big change taking place in the school foyer as we would like to create a uniform exchange area in the school. If you have any donations of school jumpers, cardigans,  skirts, trousers etc. that no longer fit your children but would still be great for others.

We will let you know more about this once we have properly created our area for the exchange.

At Mount Carmel we are excited to learn lots about other countries in the world. Over this term we are lucky to receive some additional support from Mrs Preston who is delivering some extra modern languages activities for both Spanish and French. This week she is teaching us all about Spanish Greetings.

Gracias Senora Preston !