Primary 7 and Mr Bertoncini have been very busy over the past couple of days completing their bikeability training. Well done everyone!!
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FUN DAY important information
Here is some important information regarding our FUN DAY on Friday 24th June…
The children will be taking part in several activities throughout the day. These will include…
Bouncy castles
Obstacle course
Art and craft time
Outdoor learning
Just dance
Bike and scooter time (All children must bring their bikes and scooters into school as well as a helmet.)
Visit to the ice cream van
Friday is also a dress down day. We kindly ask that you make a £1 donation that will go towards our school funds.
The children (and staff) are very excited for our Fun day!!
Please remember you can still purchase our summer raffle tickets on parent pay and the raffle will be drawn on Monday 27th June!!
Dean Park trips
A little reminder of our trips this week…
Monday – Primary 1 & 1/2
Tuesday – Primary 2/3 & 5
Wednesday – Primary 4 & 6
Thursday – Primary 7
If you are providing your child with their packed lunch, please put it in a carrier bag. That way when the children are finished eating, the bags can go in the bin (saves any nice packed lunches being lost or damaged at the park and means the children don’t have to carry it around for the remainder of the day). Also, we kindly ask that no fizzy juice be given to the children for school trips.
Clothing – Please wear school polo shirt and jumper/cardigan on top and comfortable trousers on bottom. Wear sensible shoes and please prepare for the weather (i.e. rain jacket or sun cream)
Thank you!
Summer Raffle!!
Our raffle tickets for the big summer prize giveaway are all ready and waiting. All you have to do is log onto parent pay and buy the tickets. You have to be in it to win it!!
Big Garden clean up day!
A great big thank you to all of our wonderful parents, staff, local councillors and especially pupils (and pupils to be) who came along to help us tidy up the front of the school this afternoon. It looks so much better already. Keep an eye out for our future dates. Your help would be very much appreciated!!
#teammc
Fun Day!
It’s FUN DAY time here at Mount Carmel Primary School. On Friday 24th June we have lots of amazing activities planned for all the classes. We have bouncy castles, treasure hunts, den building and a visit from the ice cream van planned. We are also asking that children bring in their bikes and scooters as they will be allocated time to play on these with their friends during the day (please ensure that all children have a helmet with them as they will be unable to ride their bikes and scooters without one).
It is a dress down day – you can wear anything you like (as long as it is not football colours).
We are kindly asking for a donation of £1 which will go straight towards our school fund. All donations will receive 1 free entry into the class summer raffle prizes and the raffle will be drawn on Monday 27th June.
Let’s end our school year with a BANG!!
Snack times
We would like to share a kind reminder with everyone that we are a health promoting school. Therefore we ask that the children bring in a healthy snack for playtime. These include fruit, a sandwich, a packet of crisps or a small sweetie. Please DO NOT send your child into school with brain lickers, sugary spray sweeties or anything else with a high sugar content. We would also like to remind you that the children are welcome to bring water into their classes. No juice or flavoured water should be sent into class for during the day. The children are allowed juice and flavoured water at lunchtime.
Thank you for your understanding and support in this matter.
#teammc
SUMMER RAFFLE!!
We are super excited to share our summer raffle news with you all.
Our excellent Friends of Mount Carmel team have donated an amazing prize for each class which is full of summer toys. The lucky winner can enjoy themselves and keep busy all summer long!!
The raffle tickets will be available to buy on parent pay as of Monday and the tickets will be £1 each.
Our wonderful P7’s will be taking the prizes around the classes to let the children see what they are trying to win.
#teammc
P7 Leaver’s Assembly
It has come to our attention that there is an error in our June’s newsletter regarding the Primary 7 Leaver’s assembly. Our assembly will be held on the 28th June at 2pm – NOT the 21st.
Please accept our apologises for the error.
We look forward to seeing all of our P7 parents in school for this very special occasion.
Thank you for your continuing support!
#teammc
P4 Sacraments
What a year of celebration it has been in Primary 4. The children have been on an exciting journey making three of their sacraments this year and we couldn’t be more proud of them. They began the year with their first Reconciliation, then their Confirmation and more recently they made their first Holy Communion. They have worked extremely hard and showed dedication to their faith and God. Well done everyone!!
Sports day update
Further to our earlier post, we would like to invite our parents in through the front gate when coming into school to see your own child race. A pupil from our wonderful P7 organisers will be there to greet you and take you around to the field at the back of the school where our races will be taking place.
A reminder that school uniform is not required tomorrow and the children can wear comfortable sports wear that is weather appropriate.
Everyone please cross your fingers and toes for a dry day!!
A little reminder of the times for each class race…
9:10 – 9:30 Primary 1
9:35 – 10:00 Primary 1/2
10:05 – 10:30 Primary 2/3
11:00 – 11:40 Nursery children
11:45 – 12:10 Primary 4
1:10 – 1:40 Primary 5
1:45 – 2:15 Primary 6
2:20 – 2:50 Primary 7
Sports day
It is our absolute intention to go ahead with sports day tomorrow (Thursday 9th June). Unfortunately, we cannot predict the weather, so we kindly ask that you send your child into school with sport clothing on (absolutely no football colours) and equipped for the ever changing weather. We will be outside for some of the day; therefore the children will need jumpers and maybe a light raincoat (hopefully not but we do live in Scotland!) or if we are lucky enough for some sunshine, a hat and sun cream.
Can you also make sure that your child has plenty of water for the day as they will be very busy with lots of different activities from races and potted sports to curling and yoga.
The children are very excited for tomorrow (and so are the teachers!). We cannot wait to have our new p1’s in as well as our parents to see us racing. Please see below the timetable for the races (this has been shared previously)
9:10 – 9:30 Primary 1
9:35 – 10:00 Primary 1/2
10:05 – 10:30 Primary 2/3
11:00 – 11:40 Nursery children
11:45 – 12:10 Primary 4
1:10 – 1:40 Primary 5
1:45 – 2:15 Primary 6
2:20 – 2:50 Primary 7
Again, we kindly ask that when your child is finished racing, could you please leave the playground as to allow the next class parents in. to watch their children.
See you all tomorrow!!
The Exchange Counselling Services
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P4 Communion
A great big well done to all the children in Primary 4 who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday. You were all absolutely beautiful and very smart. We are extremely proud of you at school. The rest of our children making their sacraments will be celebrating this Sunday coming. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
SPORTS DAY – 9th June 2022
Our sports day has been scheduled for the 9th June this year (weather dependent). We would like to invite our parents and carers in for a short visit to see your child and their class compete in some races. This will take the format of welcoming our adults into the school grounds to watch their child’s class run and then kindly asking them to leave promptly to allow for the next race and set of parents to be invited in. If you are the parent or carer of more than one child then you are invited to come in for each of your child’s race slot. Please find below the timetable for the day and come along to see your child participate in the fun. We are super excited to have you in school on the day to cheer for us and we hope to see you there!!
9:10 – 9:30 Primary 1
9:35 – 10:00 Primary 1/2
10:05 – 10:30 Primary 2/3
11:00 – 11:40 Nursery children
11:45 – 12:10 Primary 4
1:10 – 1:40 Primary 5
1:45 – 2:15 Primary 6
2:20 – 2:50 Primary 7
Crazy Hair Day!
We certainly have a lot of crazy hair today at Mount Carmel for our walk to school week. We decided to have some crazy faces to go with our hair. Have a look at some of our pictures…
Choir with Ms Donnellly
We are delighted to welcome back our choir who will have rehearsal time with the fabulous Ms Donnelly. It was lovely to hear the children sing again and we can’t wait for their first performance.
Primary 4 – change of P.E days
Hi everyone. We are lucky enough to have our Active schools Coordinator joining us in Primary 4 for a few weeks. This means that we have to change out Tuesday P.E. slot to a Wednesday. Our Friday slot will remain the same. Please ensure that your child has indoor shoes on both Wednesdays and Fridays. Many Thanks, Mrs McCreadie
Sharing Kindness
As part of our health week at Mount Carmel, we wanted to look at loneliness and how our mental health is just as important as our physical health. We used our money from our fundraising to gift an afternoon tea package to the local care home, Crossgates. We wanted to show the residents that we care about them and that we are their friends at Mount Carmel. Our lovely Primary 6 children delivered the treat to our friends. 
Special Visitors at Mount Carmel
We were super excited when we were told that a special visitor was coming to see us at Mount Carmel. Our friend and author Shirley came to read us a story all about Captain Conkers. The story was amazing!! She talked to us about what it was like being an author . She then told us that the illustrator was a man names Maurice who went to Mount Carmel when he was a little boy. This was exciting enough…and then Captain Conkers appeared to give us a lovely surprise. Mrs Fergusson was so excited, even she stole a picture.
Health week – Northwest Boxing Club
Primary 5, 6 and 7 were invited to join Kieran at Northwest Boxing club for a session in what it means to be a boxer. All of the children took part and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Kieran was excellent and took time to show the children how to be safe whilst having fun.
Health week – Kilmarnock Football Club
We were so excited when Kilmarnock Football Club came to visit us at Mount Carmel. Not only did they talk to us about nutrition and the importance of keeping ourselves healthy, but they brought the Hexagol to teach us some football skills. The children had the best time (and so did some of the teachers too!)
Heath week – Rugby
Kilmarnock Rugby club came to visit and showed some of our children how to run, pass and throw a rugby ball…it is a lot more difficult than it looks!
Health week – food health
As part of our health week, we also had a look at food health and what makes food healthy and unhealthy. The children helped to prepare food, discussed what a balanced diet is and even had some fun exploring different kinds of food using some of their senses whilst blindfolded…
Health week – Scouts
We were delighted to see some dry weather on Thursday as we had a special visit from Andrew. He is a scouts leader in our area. He showed the children different skills when outside and they were able to explore and use these skills in a safe environment.
On Thursdays…we DANCE!!
On Thursday, we had two very special visitors from ACDA dance academy. Eilidh and Ruth showed all the classes some dances and the children were able to come up with their own routines. If any of the children are interested in joining the dance academy, please contact the school office for more information.
Health Week – Basketball
On Wednesday, the children of Mount Carmel were lucky enough to have a visit from our active schools coordinator Mark. He taught us some basketball skills as well as hockey. It was excellent!
Health week – Harriers
What a week it has been at Mount Carmel Primary School. We would like to share some of the amazing experiences we have had with you!!
Firstly, Billy from the Harriers came for a visit on Tuesday to work on our throwing, jumping and running skills.
Health week – Monday
We are all really excited in school for our health week next week. The upper school start the week with an input from Northwest boxing on Monday. The children from Primary 4-7 will be going for a visit to the boxing club and having a taster session with Kieran. We cannot wait!!! 
Primary 4 Communion retreat
On Saturday the 7th May, the children that are preparing to celebrate their Holy Communion are encouraged to attend a retreat alongside Father Martin at St Josephs parish. This retreat will begin with a mass at 10am which parents are invited to attend along with their child. After mass, the children will stay with Father Martin and the team to continue their preparation for Communion. The children should then be collected at 2pm at which time there will be a short parents information meeting about the upcoming sacrament. We hope that you are all able attend. It will be a day filled with prayer and lots of fun!
