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.

On Friday 9th October 2020 we will be holding our annual “Go Purple” day in aid of the wonderful Ayrshire Hospice. A Parent Pay fundraising page will be set up and we would be delighted to welcome any donations of £1 for this fantastic cause.
This will be a dress down day for the children who are encouraged to wear something purple to school on the day.

This is a super resource for parents/carers :

https://parentinfo.org/

Can we please ask again that Parents/Carers do not park in the school car park before school, during the school day or after school.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Don’t miss our Primary 1 photograph  in this week’s Kilmarnock Standard !

Below is a list of individual class P.E days; On the days that children have P.E, they may come to school wearing comfortable trousers/joggers along with school polo shirt and school jumber/cardigan. 

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

Due to the long weekend, there will be a change to the dates for our Rag Bags; They will now be sent out to us week beg. 21st Sept and will distributed to the children during that week. The collection date is now Friday 9th October.

Please use the link below to access all the information you will need regarding the Government’s Best Start Grants:

https://www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant-best-start-foods/

Can we please have all completed Flu Immunisation consent forms in by the end of this week. These will be uplifted from the school next week.  Thank you.