Please read the attached report regarding the consultation on stages of future educational provision for children at Willowbank School, Onthank Primary School, Onthank Early Childhood Centre (ECC) and Mount Carmel Primary School.
Consultations · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
Willowbank-consultation-proposals-report (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
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It’s the start of a new school term, and we would kindly ask that parents/carers routinely check their child/children’s hair for any unwanted “visitors”.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Further to our post regarding our Meet the Teacher Session please note that all sessions will begin at 2.00pm
Our friends at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish would like to invite you to come along to the church on a Monday night between half past 7 and quarter past 8 to access their food bank. Everyone is welcome and our friends are eager to help everyone in our community.
Mr Kane (Head Teacher) and Miss Cathie (Principal Teacher of Pastoral Care) of St Joseph’s Academy would like to invite all of our Primary 7 parents to their first transition information evening on the 25th August. This information evening will begin at 6:30pm. The information given by Mr Kane and Miss Cathie will be regarding your child starting St Joseph’s next academic session.
Our fabulous Primary 1 team have had a wonderful day with our brand new Primary 1 pupils. Mrs Duff, Mrs Strachan and Mrs Taylor have been busy playing, painting and getting to know all of our new little faces.
The Mount Carmel family would like to say a great big thank you to the lovely Mrs McLaughlin for the donation of our beautiful balloon arch.
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We are so excited to welcome our children back to school tomorrow. A few gentle reminders for the beginning of the school year…
All children should be in full school uniform every day. We have our uniform exchange available throughout the school year and everyone is welcome to access it whenever it is required.
All children should bring in a P.E. kit that can be left in the school building. This should be a bag that contains indoor shoes, shorts and a t-shirt. P.E. kits will be sent home at the end of each term for washing.
Please make sure that all items of clothing (uniform and P.E. kits) have your child’s name on them. This will stop anything being lost and enables us to return any item that is misplaced to the correct child.
We are a nut free school. Please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts (for example snickers or nutella).
We are a health promoting school and therefore ensure that the children have access to water whenever they require it throughout the day. That being said, we would like to reiterate that it is only water that should be sent in as a drink for the classroom – not diluting juice. This is a whole school approach to ensure the best dental health for our children.
The staff are in school today getting ready for the children to return tomorrow and we are all extremely excited to see them and welcome them back. Here’s to a brilliant 2022-2023 school year.
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We are now asking that children bring a P.E. kit into school in order to change before each P.E. lesson. We ask that the P.E. kit be brought into school in a bag that can be left in school to ensure your child has their P.E. kit for each P.E lesson. Each child should have a pair of indoor shoes ( please make sure these shoes are for indoor use only), a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
Please ensure that all items of P.E. kit have your child’s name on it as this ensures that no kit is lost.
Thank you so much for your continuing support.
We are so excited to welcome our brand new Primary 1 children into school on Thursday 18th August. Mrs Duff will welcome the children into school for their very first day as their class teacher Monday to Thursday along with Mrs Strachan who will be their teacher every Friday in Primary 1. Both of the ladies are super excited to get to know all of your lovely children.
In addition to the uniform exchange being open next Wednesday, you are also welcome to come into school tomorrow and Friday (11th and 12th August) between 9 and 12. Please come and help yourself. See you all soon 😊
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We are all really excited at Mount Carmel to welcome back all of our pupils next week. Please note our uniform exchange will be open between 12 and 3 on Wednesday 17th August (inservice day). Everyone is welcome to pick up any uniform required for our children. See you all next week 😁💙
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What a beautiful assembly for our wonderful Primary 7’s. We would like to thank each and every one of our Primary 7 parents and carers who were able to come along today, but also for their support for the past 7 years and the lovely gifts that were given to staff. They are very much appreciated.
For the safety of our children, we kindly ask that you do not share on social media, any videos or photos that you may have taken at today’s assembly.
Thank you again and have a wonderful summer!
Mrs Fergusson
28/06/2022
Dear Parents/Carers,
As we reach the final school days in June I wanted to get in touch to thank you all for your kindness and support this school year. It has been a challenging year and we are forever grateful for your patience and understanding as we have continued to navigate the changing times.
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to some members of our staff team. Miss McKenna and Miss Mulhern have been fantastic additions to our school this year and I am sure you will join me in wishing them well with their future careers.
It is with a great sense of pride that we bid farewell to our Primary 7 children as they continue on their educational journey. We wish them well as they take this next step and will continue to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. I look forward to hearing great things about them as they flourish in the future.
School returns at 9am on Thursday 18th August. A reminder that after the holidays we are continuing to encourage the children to have full school uniform each day. Black/Grey trousers or skirt with blue/white shirts and ties or a polo shirt as well as a blue school jumper. On PE days children will get changed in school. A PE kit can be left in school on their peg or brought in on each of their PE days.
We are pleased that our Breakfast Club is now able to return after the holidays. All parent/carers that requested a place were emailed last week detailing if a place was/was not available. We had a high response for this, unfortunately our numbers are limited so a waiting list is now in place. Breakfast Club returns on Monday 22nd August.
We wish you all a happy and enjoyable holiday time and hope that you will enjoy spending some family time together. We look forward to seeing you all again in August.
With love and thanks,
Mrs Fergusson
What a morning it has been here at MC!! The children are having a brilliant time so far!!
The Saint Vincent de Paul group at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church are keen to help our families. If you feel that a food parcel would benefit you and your family over the summer, and after, please get in contact with them. They are very welcoming to all in our community and are keen to support our families. Everything is confidential and will be handled discreetly. A friendly face awaits…
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 can 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!!
Well our trip to the Dean park was a complete success. I think you can tell by the children’s faces that they had a great time…
We are requesting that our current Primary 1 parents/carers take the time to provide us with some information regarding your experiences of Learning Journals. This will shape how we use this across the whole school.
Primary 1 Parent/Carers please complete the survey below by Thursday 23rd June. Thank you for your feedback.
We are delighted to introduce to you the newest member of our Mount Carmel family. Mr and Mrs Dunsmore welcomed their beautiful baby girl Zara to the world on the 13th June. She is perfect in every way!! I’m sure you will all agree, she is absolutely gorgeous!!
Primary 7 and Mr Bertoncini have been very busy over the past couple of days completing their bikeability training. Well done everyone!!
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!!
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!
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!!
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!!
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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!!
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.
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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!
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At this time of year we consider what our school priorities should be as we prepare for 2022/2023.
Please take the time to complete the survey below presenting your views on our future school improvements.
Parent/Carer School Improvement Plan Consultation
This survey will close on Thursday 26th May.
Thank you.
At this time of year we consider what our school priorities should be as we prepare for 2022/2023.
Please take the time to complete the survey below presenting your views on our future school improvements.
Parent/Carer School Improvement Plan Consultation
This survey will close on Thursday 26th May.
Thank you.
