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Welcome Back August 2026

We hope you all had enjoyable family time during the holidays. It has been lovely to see all of our children returning to school looking so smart in their uniforms, we have missed them all…

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As you will no doubt have noticed, the crossings on Meiklewood road have been upgraded to Zebra crossings. Due to this there will be no patroller at our school crossing.

If you require medication to be Administered to your young person during the school day you MUST completed a new Administration of Medication Form and hand in the required medication to the school office.

Thankyou 

We are looking forward to welcoming all of our young people back to school tomorrow (Wednesday 19th August)

Gentle reminder that the school days starts at 9am prompt until 3pm

New Primary 1 Pupils should attend at the times given to parents/carers before the summer holidays. New primary 1 children should access the infant playground after 9am.

Primary 6 & Primary 7 should line up in the front playground

Primary 4 & Primary 5 should line up in the middle playground

School Lunches will begin on Week 3

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Please see below link for School Lunch menus for Session 2026/27

Pupils will return to school following the menu for Week 3

Primary Menu 2026 to 2027

A reminder about our school uniform – shirt, tie or a polo shirt, blue crew or v neck jumper (not hoodies even those that are sold in the school wear shop as they are not part of our school uniform.)  Leavers hoodies will be available to P7 during the school year.

A gentle reminder that all woodwind tuition letters should be completed and returned by the 30th June.

Thank you

A reminder  that the school closes at 1pm next Friday (26th June) for our Summer break.

Children who travel by taxi will be collected at 12.25pm

We are delighted to announce that we made  a fabulous

£3,196.79

from sponsor money collected for recent Colour Run!

This is an amazing total and we would like to thank all of our organisers and everyone who made a donation.

A reminder that our Mass this Thursday has changed to 9.30am.

We would like to thank and say a huge “Well Done” to everyone who was involved in 

“Vinyl to Viral“

our spectacular Summer show this year, staff and children alike! It was absolutely amazing and loved by everyone who came to see it

We  were delighted to receive a mention in Linda McAulay-Griffiths Staff Update where she wrote:

Mount Carmel School Show

“A huge shout out to Team Mt Carmel for an amazing school show this week.  The audience were treated to a musical journey through the decades, aligned to the greatest hits of the time. The young people were just amazing, a big shout out to “Freddie Mercury” who had the audience in Radio Gaga mode ! Thanks so much to all involved in such an amazing production.”

Please do not send in any more clothing donations to the school

We are extremely grateful for all the clothing donations we receive throughout the year from parents/carers, however, at this time we have an enormous stock of both new and used school uniform etc. and have no more space at the moment for any more donations.

Thank you 

For our Fun Day tomorrow children can bring their bikes and scooters to school. Please make sure they have a helmet with them too! They can also come to school in their own clothes, however, please make sure they are comfortable and suitable for bouncy castles etc.

The weather is looking good for our Fun Day this Wednesday!. With that in mind, please ensure that you send your child to school with a hat and sun cream please.  Children should also bring a bottle of water with them.

We are delighted to announce that the winning House for this term is Earth.

The children who are in the winning house will enjoy a trip to Jungle Madness on Wednesday 8th October whilst there they will be given  crisps, cookies & juice if you do not wish your child to have these for allergy purposes please contact the school office.

Well done Earth House we hope you have a great time at Jungle Madness 

Thank you for sharing your views recently on items we should include in our school improvement.

The items we are considering for next year are:

Please complete the linked form to share your views on this.

Mount Carmel School Improvement Plan Consultation 2026 2027 – Fill in form

Thank you for sharing your views across the year on how we should shape the curriculum going forward.

Our staff and pupils have also been working on this too and together we have created our Curriculum Rationale.

Curriculum Rationale – Mount Carmel Primary School

Please complete the linked form sharing your views on this.

Mount Carmel Curriculum Rationale – Fill in form

Sports Day has been cancelled due to the predicted weather, however, children can still wear sports clothing to school on Thursday.

Unfortunatley due to the predicted weather forecast for tomorrow we have taken the difficult and sad decision to cancel our Sports day tomorrow.  As previoulsy stated due to the volume of other events happening within the school over the next 2 weeks we are unable to reschedule Sports Day.

As the school year comes to an end, we are hosting our very last wider achievement assembly of 2025-2026. This Friday sees the last of our wonderful children proudly show off all of their achievements outside of school before we stop for our summer holidays.

If your child has something that they are proud of, please send me a picture and a short blurb on what they have done to:

eaMountCarmel.PS@eastayrshire.org.uk

We can’t wait to see what they have all been up to!

Thank you all for your continuing support,

Mrs McCreadie

Period Products and Mental Health Advice for young people and parents (002)

A reminder that photographs and videos by parents/carers/family members etc, are not permitted at any school events

Thank you for your co operation 

A reminder that our whole school summer trip to Heads of Ayr Farm Park is this Wednesday, 17th June. 

All children attending MUST be in school for 9am sharp as the buses will be leaving very shortly thereafter and are unable to wait for latecomers.

If your child is not  attending the trip, they will have to stay at home as all our staff are going.

Children can wear shorts, joggers, leggings etc, but should have school uniform on top. They should also have a waterproof jacket and a snack with them. There will be the opportunity to have their snack on arrival at the park.

Packed lunches should be brought in a disposable carrier bag. If your child has requested a packed lunch from the school kitchen, they will collect this in the morning.

The buses will be back in time for our usual 3pm finish, however, in their return children will go back to their classrooms where they will be dismissed from there.

East Ayrshire are consulting on school holiday arrangements for session 2027-2028.  Please see the 4 holiday options and complete the linked form by Friday 12th June. Proposed School Term Dates 27-28 School Holiday Consultation 2027 2028

A reminder that if you still haven’t purchased your raffle tickets for our House Hamper Raffle, you have until Monday 22nd June to do so via Parentpay. 

Bump Up Day will now take place in the morning of Monday 22nd June, and not in the afternoon as previously intended.