As we are now in Tier 3, face coverings must now be worn when dropping off and collecting children.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Reminder

*** Flu Immunisations for pupils are tomorrow in school***

Today we received our certificate from the Ayrshire Hospice! We raised a grand total of £75- which is tremendous. Thanks to everyone who donated.

Please remember that tomorrow is our –

Halloween Theme Day !

Children can come to school dressed up for the day and they will take part in fun activities in their classes.  All classes will also visit the Onthank Pumpkin Trail tomorrow, so please send your child to school with a waterproof jacket and suitable footwear as , even if the weather is dry , the Trail will still be very muddy!!

On Saturday 31st October, the following Mount Carmel Pupils will make their first Holy Communion:

Zak, Harry ,Damon and Megan K 

Please keep them in your prayers

Please use the link below to view information for P7 Parents/Carers whose children are due to transition to St. Joseph’s Academy  in August 2021.

P7 Parents Information Presentation

This year , because of the current situation with Coronavirus, our fundraising for The Earl Haig Fund Scotland will be slightly different.

Instead of having the usual collection tins in school which are passed round the classes for donations, we have set up a Parent Pay item where we are suggesting donations of £1 where possible.  We will thereafter distribute poppies to the children on Wednesday 4th November.

All donations made will be passed directly to

The Earl Haig Fund Scotland.

Pumpkin Trail Visit

Please remember to supply your child/children with suitable outdoor/waterproof clothing  for tomorrow’s visit, as it will no doubt be ……….

This Thursday, every class will have the opportunity to visit the

Onthank Pumpkin Trail

to see all the wonderful Halloween decorations. 

Can parents/carers please ensure that children have suitable outdoor/waterproof clothing for the visit.

Rainbow Reward Request

We have asked the children from Primary 1 and 1/2 what toys they would like to play with during our new Reward Play time,and they have given us quite a wish list ! FOMC have kindly offered to help us out. However, in the meantime, if anyone has any of the following toys that are looking for a new home, please could you hand them into the main office. All items handed in will be sanitised and qaurantined before use:

Sand/Sandpit, Toy Story Dolls, Lego, Unicorn toys,  Cars (big), Toy Superheroes, Farm, Avenger toys, Action figures, Ninja Turtles, Barbies/Barbie House, Power Rangers, Robots

Congratulations to : 

Chloe, Emily W, Kinga and Indigo

who all made their First Holy Communion      over the weekend.

***Primary 1 P.E days are now changing to a Monday and Thursday***

During our Halloween Theme Day the pupils  from Mount Carmel will be making decorations to be displayed on the Pumpkin Trail.

Please support our local community and attend the free- 

Onthank PumpkinTrail

The trail will be on from Wednesday 28th October until Sunday 1st November and between 4pm and 7pm it  will be lit up. 

Congratulations to :

Annalise, Marcie, Ethan and Maia 

who made their First Holy Communion over the weekend .

We have a selection of surplus brand new school uniform which we have decided to offer to parents/carers at a minimal price. This will be on a first come first served basis.

All proceeds will go directly to MCPS school funds. Please contact the school with your order and instructions on how to pay. Any orders made will be sent home with your child. 

Please click the link to view the price list.

New Uniform price list

School closes at the normal time tomorrow.

We hope everyone has a lovely October break and we look forward to seeing you all when you return on  Tuesday 20th.

Some of our pupils will be making their First Holy Communion during our October break. They are:

Saturday 17th October – Annalise, Marcie  and Ethan and Sunday 18th October – Damon

Please keep them in your prayers

The next meeting of the Parent Council , which will also be their AGM, will be on Tuesday 20th October.  Please note this will be an online meeting. Anyone interested in attending please email the Parent Council on: mcparentcouncil@gmail.com to obtain a link to the meeting.

The Parent Council are looking for more people to join. If you are interested please complete the following questionnaire:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUaDCWX1NIT5_6k5ofDhxoRhIoK2gbdozHdbWc1nCktuTsyQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1PAU1TucBCU2Z2u5sI-B0JbRaAaIOdPJvBk8nNpKV54yEDHPp9xtzsm_8

Thank You.

Please click on the link below to view all the information regarding Mount Carmel’s Whole School Interim Reward Policy.

Please also check school bags for the letter which has been sent out today to all children.

Whole school interim rewards

On PE days, children should wear suitable trousers for PE outdoors with a polo shirt and school jumper. No full tracksuits and/or other jumpers should be worn to school.

Thank you

Just a reminder that the October break is almost upon us.

The school will close at the usual time this Friday (9th October) and will re-open for pupils on Tuesday 20th October.

Reminder that this Friday (9th October) is “GO PURPLE” day in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice. If you are able to donate £1 via parent pay we would be extremely grateful. All the donations will go to straight to the Hospice.

*** Pupils can wear something purple to school ***

Due to the current situation, we are unable to access our gym halls and use these for PE activities. Children will go outside to complete PE and should wear appropriate clothing on their PE day.

Here is a reminder of  PE days for each class:

• P1 – Monday and Wednesday
• P1/2- Tuesday and Friday
• P3- Tuesday ad Thursday
• P4- Monday and Wednesday
• P5- Wednesday and Thursday
• P6- Tuesday and Wednesday
• P6/7- Tuesday and Thursday

Please remember to bring in your Homework Folders to school tomorrow !

Please check your child’s bag for their Rag Bag, as they were given out to all the children this morning. Filled bags must be returned to the school by Friday 9th October. Thank you.