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. 

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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!!

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

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!!

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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

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…

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!)

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!

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…

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 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.

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!

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!!!

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!

At Mount Carmel we like to celebrate everyone’s individuality. That is why on Friday 6th May we are having a dress down day. Children can wear whatever makes them happy and confident. As always though, we ask that absolutely NO football colours are worn. This includes any teams that the children may play for.

We also kindly ask that the children bring in £1 donation to participate in this day. This will go directly towards funds for our Health week activities. The staff cannot wait to see what the children will be wearing.

Primary 4 have put together a short video to tell you what they have in mind…

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