A reminder that this Friday (29th) is our final dress down day of the month. If possible we are kindly asking for any donations of home baking for our Christmas Fayre.

A reminder that we have Tempest Photography coming tomorrow for individual pupil photographs. Please note there will be NO provision for sibling photographs this year.

Today we took delivery of an enormous delivery of brand new school uniform which was kindly and very generously donated to our school by Tesco Extra, Kilmarnock.

These items will be added to our Uniform Exchange.

Our school recently entered a competition to win a real Christmas tree from Dobbies in Ayr……..we won!🎄🤩. 

Yesterday Mrs Fergusson travelled to Dobbies to collect our tree which will be displayed in the foyer of the school.

The Book Fair will be on display and available to purchase books from during both our Pupil Progress Meetings; tomorrow  and Thursday.

We do not accept cash for any purchases made from the Book Fair. Instead, there will be order forms available on both nights where you can order a book(s) and make payment online at the same time.

All order forms will then be delivered to the school office and orders made up and distributed to pupils in due course.

The SHA are hosting a come try event for all mini players, boys and girls (born 2014/2015 – roughly P5 and P6) and a female only event for two age categories – players born 2012/2013 (P7&S1) and players born 2010/2011 (S2&S3).

For young people to sign up, their parent/guardian must complete the MS forms that is linked below.

https://forms.office.com/e/MJeTwm2UwY

‘Be safe Be seen day’ on the 22^nd November. 

It’s that time of year when children will be making journeys to school and back in the dark. When the evenings are darker, visibility is greatly reduced for everyone which makes pedestrians and cyclists even more vulnerable than usual so help us promote:

‘Be safe Be seen day’ on the 22^nd November.

 We want to encourage all pupils to wear something bright on their journeys to school. Remember we are looking for as bright as they want, fluorescent and especially reflective clothing is so important when the days become darker.

We hope you have fun helping us promote this important road safety message and please let us know what great ideas you come up with and if sharing on your socials be sure to tag us #ayrshireroads.

Please find below the link to the most recent Primary Counselling Newsletter:

East Ayrshire School Counselling Newsletter – Primary Schools

Do you have any Christmas Jumpers/party clothes which are too small for your child/children? If you do, we would be very grateful if you could hand them into the school.

Thank you.  

There will be non-attendance of school crossing patrol in place on Mieklewood Road, today 12/11 and tomorrow 13/11.

Due to the reduction in cost per child for the Pantomime from £15 to £12, we are working our way through individual refunds of £3.

Once you have paid £12, please ignore any outstanding balance showing regarding this on your Parentpay account as we are having issues amending it .

Thanks

Afternoon

We are excited to announce that our Nativity performance will take place on Wednesday 11th December with both an afternoon and evening performance that day. For the afternoon performance doors will open at 1:30pm with tea and coffee being served in the small hall. Ticket holders will then be able to take their seats at 1:45pm, ready for the performance to start about 2:00pm.

Evening

On Wednesday 11th December we will also have our evening performance. We expect that all pupils in Primary 1-3 will attend this. If your child is unable to attend this performance please return the tear off slip in the Nativity letter which will be sent out 7th of November. This should be returned by Tuesday 12th November. All Primary 1-3 children should arrive at school at 5:00pm via the front entrance. Our doors will open at 5:30pm with tea and coffee being served in the small hall. Ticket holders will then be able to take their seats at 5:45pm, ready for the performance to start about 6:00pm.

Details about how to purchase tickets will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Christmas Fayre Donations

We will be holding Dress Down Days on every Friday throughout the month of November.  We are kindly asking if, on those days, the children could bring in a donation for the bottle stall / tombola for the Christmas Fayre.

We are only asking for 1 donation per family and not 1 donation for every child in the family.  Please note that all children are welcome to dress down even if they are not bringing a donation.

Below are  suggestions for items on each Friday, however we will gratefully accept any donations on any of the 4 Fridays:

• Friday 8th November- Bottle for bottle stall
• Friday 15th November- Chocolate/Sweets
• Friday 22nd November- Gift sets/Toiletries
• Friday 29th November-Home Baking

Pupils attending the cross country event tomorrow (7/11) should come to school wearing their PE kit (leggings, joggers) and school jumper. They should also bring with them full school uniform to change into when they return.

We are pleased to let you know that we have received a grant from “The Great British School Trip” which we will put towards the cost of our pantomime visit in December. This will therefore reduce the cost of the pantomime for every child from £15 to £12.

If you have already paid the pantomime in full, you will receive a £3 refund back to your Parentpay account. If you still have instalments to make,  these will be amended and reduced by £3. 

We have started visiting all the classes with our poppies and donation tin for the annual poppy appeal. The last day to make a donation will be Friday 8th November.

If your child wishes to donate to the appeal in return for a poppy, they can bring a donation into school with them.

All donations are greatly received.

Thank you   

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Following yesterday’s Council meeting,  I wished to send you the following link to provide further information around the Leisure and Culture review:

Leisure and Culture Review obtains Council approval | East Ayrshire Council News

I would like to reassure all parents, carers and young people, that there are no plans to reduce or remove Instrumental Music Services as a result of the move of services to the East Ayrshire Leisure Trust.

Kind regards,

Linda McAulay-Griffiths

Chief Education Officer and Head of Education

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Mount Carmel Primary won the Tesco Stronger Starts votes which took place between 1st July and 30th September this year. 

As winners, the school will receive a fantastic grant of £1500 to help us create an outdoor “Sensory Sanctuary”.

Thank you to everyone who voted for our school. It is very much appreciated. 

Children In Need Online Donations 2024

Please use the link to donate whatever you can to this wonderful charity.

·                Diversity and Inclusion Champion

• Climate Change Champion
• Intergenerational Champion
• Young Volunteer Champion
• Sporting and Physical Activities Champion
• Unsung Hero: Young Carers’ Champion
• Youth Voice Champion
• Champion Apprentice
• Wellbeing Champion
• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) Champion
• Inspiring Young Person of the Year
• East Ayrshire’s Young Champion (overall winner – Depute Provost’s Award)

Congratulations to Gabo P6 on winning the FOMC Killieween Raffle!

Enjoy your goodies!

We have a selection of Halloween costumes available  in school for children to borrow.  Please feel free to pop in and have a look at them. 

All we ask is that children return costumes to the school so they can be reused again next year.

Thank you.

A reminder that our Halloween Disco is this Thursday evening. The disco is organised by FOMC, therefore please do not bring any money or tickets back into school. 

Tickets cost £2.50 and have a part on the reverse to fill in with child’s name, contact number, and whether they are walking home or being picked up.

Please  bring the ticket and money to the school on the night of the disco. 

A reminder that dogs are NOT allowed anywhere in the school playground.

We appreciate your cooperation with this.

Thank you

Please view below the minutes from our most recent Parent Council Meeting held on 4/9/24:

MCPC Minutes 4.9.24