The following holidays are coming up in May:

Monday 2nd May – May Day

Thursday 5th May – In -Service Day

Please read the attached letter from Head of Education, Linda McAulay-Griffiths:

Consultation Letter – 27.4.22 – parents and carers

East Ayrshire Health and Wellbeing are running the following course via Vscene on the dates listed below:

“Wellbeing: A practical approach to supporting your child’s wellbeing”:

Session 1- 11th May 6.30pm-7.30-pm

Session 2- 18th May 6.30pm-8pm

This course looks at how parents can support their own and their child’s mental wellbeing. The sessions are free, however, parents need to commit to attending both sessions to take part in the course.

Parents wishing to take take part on the course should email their contact details directly to :

eahwbteam@eastayrshire.org.uk

by Thursday 5th May 2022

” Be Yourself Day”

We are going to be celebrating our individuality by having a non- uniform day on Friday 6th May and are asking kindly for a £1 cash donation  which will go towards  school funds for our health week which begins w/c 9th May,  and allow us to provide some lovely activities for the children during  that week .

To link in with mental health week, we are encouraging the children to come dressed in something that makes them happy. It is not fancy dress; however the children should come dressed in colours that make them smile. Appropriate clothing for school please and , as always ,no football strips etc.

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter break!

The school will close today at 2.30pm. Children who receive transport by taxi will be collected at 2pm. Pupils and staff return to school on Tuesday 19th April.

Today is a non uniform day . Children can come to school in their own clothes. In return, we are asking for a £1 donation via Parentpay , which will go towards school funds.

We would again like to remind parents/carers that dogs are not permitted in the playground either before 9am or after 3pm.

Thank You.

Remember…there is still time for you to enter and

 win one of these fabulous Easter prizes…

Thursday is the last day to buy your raffle tickets!!!

Dear Parents/Carers,

In my final days before I retire on Thursday I want to say how much I have enjoyed my short time in Mount Carmel Primary. The three years I have been here have been challenging for our whole school community, but we are emerging from the restrictions of Covid 19 as a stronger, happier team.

I cannot commend all the staff enough for their hard work, dedication and love of the school and the children. They strive to make the experiences for your children the best they can be. Your children are a delight and a credit to you and I look forward to hearing about their successes in the future.

My one regret through this time is I haven’t had a chance to meet many of you personally due to restrictions but I thank you for your continuing support for the staff and the school community.

As I look forward to spending more time with my family I know I am leaving my Mount Carmel family in the safe hands of Mrs Fergusson and all the school staff.

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to be your head teacher.

Primary 1-3

You will shortly receive a link via email to access your unique log in details for “Learning Journals”. This will allow you to access your child’s learner profile.

You will find instructions to guide you through the log in process and information on how to navigate the platform by accessing the link below:

https://learningjournals.co.uk/thevideos/login-parent-using-lj-website/

On the return of pupils on Tuesday 19th April, following the Easter break, we would like to see everyone wearing full school uniform. This should be grey/black trousers, skirt/pinafore, school shirt and tie/polo shirt and blue school sweatshirt. No leggings/tracksuit bottoms unless on PE days where children can wear these with their school sweatshirt on top.

If pupils come to school without a school uniform  for any reason they will be provided with items of uniform for that day.

Thank you for your co-operation on this matter.

Thursday 31st of March will be our Head Teacher, Mrs. McConville’s last day at Mount Carmel Primary as she is retiring.

There will be an assembly in school on Thursday for Mrs McConville where the children can celebrate her retiral.

We are sure you will all  join with us in wishing her a wonderful retirement and thank her for everything she has done for the school and pupils alike during her time as Head Teacher.

Well done to the  “Fire House”!

Pupils who are in the winning house will tomorrow enjoy a movie and popcorn morning and then cooking with Stephanie in the afternoon. The movie the children are going to watch will be :

Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon”

This is certificate PG. If any parent/carer does not wish their child to watch this movie please contact the school office. 

We would like to thank everyone for their generous SCIAF donations. They are very much appreciated.

A reminder that raffle tickets for the class Easter egg and Easter hamper will be available until Thursday. All SCIAF donations to be in school for Thursday 31st March. No donations can be taken after this date.

The school will close on Friday 1st April at 2.30pm. Children who receive transport by taxi will be collected at 2pm. Pupils and staff return to school on Tuesday 19th April.

We will be marking our Head Teacher, Mrs. McConville’s retirement with a whole school mass at the church next Tuesday 29th March. Unfortunately, at this time, parents/carers are not permitted to join us .

A reminder that homework will stop on Friday 18th March and will resume on Monday 25th April.

Activity Day – Friday 18th March

Each class will be given a time slot to take part in a range of activities. These include an Easter colouring competition, beat the goalie, egg and spoon race, selfie booth and decorate a cupcake. (Please contact the school with any allergies that would stop your child from participating in this activity)

Our “Sharing The Learning” videos will soon be available to view.

These will be sent via a link which will be password protected.

These details will be sent to the pupil’s main contact and should not be shared with anyone.

Thank you

This week, all classes across the school will be involved in a selection of science activities.

Thank you to Miss Mulhern who has organised this.

We are looking forward to announcing who our winning house will be! This announcement will take place next week.

The prize for the winning house will be announced on Tuesday 29th March …….

If you enter our Easter Raffle, you could be lucky enough to win this fabulous Easter Hamper packed with all sorts of Easter goodies!

Here are some of our children enjoying their school lunch.

Thank you to our amazing Mount Carmel Catering Staff for making these!

During a meeting yesterday with the Synod coordinators from all 8 dioceses, as well as representatives from BCOS and SCES, it was agreed that providing families of school aged children every opportunity to participate in the Synod on Synodality, at the request of Pope Francis, is of paramount importance.

The Diocese of Galloway would therefore be grateful if  parents/carers would complete the  online questionnaire linked below to parents in your schools, with a deadline of Monday, 28th March.

The link is: https://form.jotform.com/213292942112954

Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can provide any further help or if you need any further information at this stage.

Kind regards,

Helena Rameckers

Diocesan Synodal Coordinator