Our Christmas parties this year are as follows:

Primary 1-3 Tuesday 20th December

Primary 4 & 5 Wednesday 21st December

Primary 6 & 7 Thursday 22nd December

A reminder that all children attending tomorrow evening’s performance must be collected at 6.30pm.

Reminder that today we will be selling some of our class Christmas crafts and we will also be taking orders for our festive calendars. Craft prices will range from between 30p and £2 and calendars will be £2 each.

We will be accepting cash only today for those items. There will also be donation boxes for FOMC.

Tomorrow pupils in P4-7 can bring a Christmas jumper / tinsel etc with them to wear along with the rest of their uniform for the show in the afternoon.

For Thursday night’s performance they can come wearing their Christmas jumper /accessories etc.

On Monday 19th December all children are invited to come to school wearing their pyjamas for a special pyjama and movie day! They can also bring with them a cuddly toy if they wish.

We have 15 extra tickets available for our Nativity performances. If you would like a maximum of 2 extra tickets, please complete this form.

Tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.

This form will close at 10am tomorrow morning.

Here is a little taster of some of the class Christmas craft items that will be for sale prior to our Nativity performances next week:

Tomorrow the children are welcome to wear a Christmas Jumper to school along with the rest of their school uniform. 

If you have any spare Christmas jumpers that you no longer need, we would be grateful if you could drop them off at the school. Likewise, if your child wishes to borrow a Christmas jumper for the day, we do have a very small selection kept in school. 

We are delighted to be continuing with our annual Reverse Advent Calendar initiative this year. This is a wonderful project which helps local families who may be struggling this Christmas.

Pupils can begin bringing in to school any items similar to those listed below. We will collect items up until Wednesday 21st December when Father Martin will then uplift them and take them to the Food Bank.

Please do not hand in perishable food stuffs

Doors will be open for access to our small hall half an hour before each performance, where parents/carers will be able to purchase items from our class Christmas crafts, order school class calendars and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee.

Doors open on Wednesday 14th at 1.30pm (performance at 2pm)

Doors open on Thursday 15th at 5pm (performance at 5.30pm)

Check back here shortly for pictures of the Christmas crafts which will be on sale. 

For information, this week will be the last week of homework until after the Christmas break

We would like to say a big thank you to Friends Of Mount Carmel for organising our school Christmas Fayre last Friday. It was a huge success! Also thank you to all the staff and pupils who helped out on the night and to Ms. Donnelly and the school choir who opened the Fayre. 

Our Nativity tickets are being given out daily to pupils, so please check schoolbags for them if you have already returned your order form. 

We are not charging for the tickets this year, however, if you feel you would like to make a donation we would be extremely grateful. We are kindly asking for a donation of between £1 and £6.

This is now open on Parentpay.

Thank you

Home baking donations for the Christmas Fayre can be handed in to the school on Thursday. 

Thank you

We are looking for Primary 7 pupil helpers for our Christmas Fayre this Friday 2nd December. If your P7 child would like to help please ask them to inform Mr. Bertoncini tomorrow, or contact the school office.

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who has already completed and returned their child’s Christmas Lunch form. If you have still to do this, please return forms no later than Monday 28th November.

Thank you.

We are pleased to announce that we made a total of £77 in donations for Children In Need this year. Thank you to everyone who donated!

Just a reminder that everyone who donated via Parentpay will automatically be entered into our November Raffle.

If you have purchased or have still to purchase a book from the Book Fair using your child’s “Book Fair Wish List” please return the completed slip to the school so your book(s) can be ordered.
Please do this no later than Monday 21st November.
Please check you have completed the following on the form prior to returning:

Child name and class
Payment Reference Number
Name and value of book

Thank you.

A reminder that tonight and tomorrow night are our parent/carer appointments in school. We are delighted that St. Joseph’s staff will be attending both nights. No appointments required, please just introduce yourself and ask any questions you may have no matter which primary your child is in.

There will also be the opportunity to look at pupil work and have a cup of tea/coffee. These will both be available in the small hall. 

We are delighted to have our Book Fair back in school!

Every class will have the opportunity to visit the Book Fair today. Each child will be given a “Book Fair Wish List” slip which will be filled out in school and brought home with them with the title of one book they would really like from the Fair.

There is no obligation to purchase a book.

There is a portion at the bottom of the slip which parents/carers can complete in order to pay for the book if they wish.

The Book Fair will be available tonight and tomorrow night during our parents evening.

Please do not send cash into school.

A reminder that our multi-sports club is cancelled this coming Wenesday 16th due to Parents evening. It will be back on the following week as normal.

There will be a new weekly Killie Kickers (age 3-5) session for young people in Onthank launching on Thursday 17th November at 4pm. This will take place in the North West Area Centre, Western Road, Kilmarnock KA3 1NQ on Thursdays from 4pm-5pm. The cost is £4 per session with your 1st session free!

If young people would like to come and try, please can parents fill out their details on the form below and click Onthank Kickers, and “try a taster session”:

https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/community/championing-our-young-people/kickers-kids-sign-up/ 

CHILDREN’S QUENTIN BLAKE ILLUSTRATION EXHIBITION
SAT 12 Nov • 3pm • 7-16yrs • FREE

As part of East Ayrshire Leisure’s celebration of Quentin Blake’s 90^th birthday this year, we are inviting children and young people age 7 – 16 years to submit their own Quentin Blake inspired illustration artworks for a special exhibition in the Young People’s Gallery at the Dick Institute from 26 November 2022 – 25 February 2023.

Artwork brief

We want you to send us your Quentin Blake inspired illustrated artworks of lively and playful characters which look like they might be found on a book cover or in a poem! Click here for the full artwork brief.

Find all entry requirements here

The call closes for submissions at 3pm on Saturday 12^th November 2022.

Entries should be handed in or posted to the Main Gallery desk at the Dick Institute (Elmbank Avenue, KA1 3BU) from Sat 15^th October 2022.

Submitted artworks which fulfil the entry requirements will be showcased the exhibition

On Friday 18^th November we will celebrate Children in Need.  On this day children can come to school in their own clothes and can choose to wear something spotty if they wish.  

We are asking for a £1 donation for this via ParentPay.  

Children will also receive an additional entry for the November raffle for this £1 donation.

During November we have the opportunity to win a £25 amazon voucher.  If you would like to try for this raffle, tickets will be  available to purchase on ParentPay for £1 each. 

 Best of luck for this.

Please view our November Newsletter.docx