I would just like to say thank you all so much again for giving up your own time yesterday to help at our career day. Without all of your help it wouldn’t have been such a success! The children had a fantastic day learning different information about your job roles as well as having the opportunity to try on and use the equipment that was brought and have the opportunity to see the emergency service vehicles too! Mount Carmel are super grateful for you all and we hope you enjoyed our day too!

Thank you,

Miss Grimley

All sponsor money should be brought into school tomorrow morning.

The children will enjoy a day of celebrating everything Father Martin loved from coming together as a school to singing and dancing.

The chidren are encouraged to wear clothes that represent the colours of Ecuador (yellow, blue and red), a place very loved by Father Martin. If your child down not own clothes with these colours, please do not worry. It is simply a non uniform day then.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and let’s raise some money for our dear friend ❤

The upper school enjoyed an afternoon of celebrations as a reward for all of their hard work during the rehearsals and performances of Matilda ❤️

Our staffing for next session has now been confirmed and we can  confirm   our teaching staff is as follows:

Primary 1 – Mrs Duff

Primary 2 – Mrs Travers

Primary 3 – Mrs McKinnon

Primary 4 – Mrs Crawford/Mrs McIntyre

Primary 5 – Miss Carr/Mrs Terras

Primary 6 – Mrs McCreadie

Primary 7 – Mr Bertoncini

Nurture – Mrs Dunsmore

NCCT – Mrs Terras

In certain circumstances class restructuring may have to take place during the summer break, after a school session has started or, in very exceptional circumstances, at any point during the year.

Children spent time with their new class teacher on Thursday afternoon.

We are so proud of the hard work of our wonderful pupils at Mount Carmel for all of their efforts towards making our school more eco friendly. Our Eco Committee have helped to drive forward changes within our school to gain our ‘Highly Commended Bronze Award’ through the Clean Green initiative as well as our green eco flag. This is only our first year in our eco journey so we are immensely proud of these achievements.

A special mention to Hannah and Sophia (P7), who introduced many eco strategies across the school and  monitored their impact. Also, Mrs McGahon, our Eco Champion who has led our Eco Committee and supported our children throughout the year.

Hannah and Sophia attended the Clean Green Awards to collect our award and flag. They had a fantastic day networking with other schools. They enjoyed listening to all the eco friendly changes other schools have made.

                                         9am-12pm

Next Thursday 20th June is World of Work Day for the whole school. Children can come to school dressed as they please or as a profession they want to be.

Some of our wonderful parents/carers have kindly given up their time to come in to speak to and demonstrate their professions with the children. We have people  from the Fire Service, Police, Health  Visitors  and Nurses to name a few. We will also have coaches from Kilmarnock Football Club  and there will be refreshments for the adults. 

Important Reminder!!!

       Evening Performance –

• ALL  CHILDREN TO ARRIVE AT 5.30PM
• DOORS OPEN AT 6PM
• REFRESHMENTS IN SMALL HALL BEFORE THE SHOW
• SHOW STARTS AT 6.30PM

     Afternoon Performance–

• DOORS OPEN AT 1PM
• REFRESHMENTS IN THE SMALL HALL BEFORE THE SHOW
• SHOW STARTS AT 1.30PM

Some of our Primary 4 children recently  joined Sr Rose, Sr Mabel and Sr Juliet, to celebrate their feast day.

The children had great fun learning some traditional dances and they were delighted to take part in the offertory procession during the feast day Mass at St. Matthew’s Church.

Well done for your wonderful participation and fantastic dancing!

The staff and children would like to say a great big thank you to Beth for all of her hard work during rehearsals. She gave up her own free time to come along and help us choreograph the dances for our show. Take a Bow are very lucky to have such a talented girl on their staff ❤️

We were delighted to receive copies of the most recent Missio Newsletter which features  some lovely pictures of some of our pupils and a touching tribute to Father Martin. The feature details the hard work both he and Mount Carmel Primary dedicated to Missio Scotland and to making Mount Carmel a five star Missio Scotland School.

You can view the newsletter below :

Missio Newsletter April 2024 – Father Martin

Could all P4 – P7 girls ensure that they come to school  on Monday with hair ready for the community performance of the show (high ponytail, pig tails or french braid) 

 Girls are also welcome to bring some items of make up to wear  for performances should they wish to do so.

We have a limited number of  tickets left for both the afternoon and evening performances of our school show.  If you have not purchased your tickets yet please do so  now to avoid disappointment. If you have already purchased your limit of 4 tickets per family and would like additional tickets you can now do so on Parentpay.

Additional tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

We have had reports of  unwanted “visitors”  to some children  we kindly ask that parents/carers routinely check their child/children’s hair for any of these  unwanted “visitors” and take appropriate action if required

Thank you for your co-operation.

Our June Raffle is now live on Parentpay!

Could all children please come to school tomorrow wearing their sports day clothing (House Colours where possible).

Thank You

We have had several phonecalls regarding the purchase of tickets on Parentpay . 

Just to clarify; the tickets are £4 each, however, when multiple tickets are initially added to Parentpay the cost is showing as considerably more, and parents/carers are being put off purchasing them due to this.

Please be assured that when you continue with the transaction to the final payment stage, the total will be corrected.

Thank you 

Our Sports Day  will be held on tomorrow, 6th June.

We are very excited to be holding our Sports Day tomorrow June and are keeping our fingers crossed for good weather! Parents/carers are invited to come along on the day through the main car park gates and making their way through the upper playground to the grass area at the rear of the school.

Signs will be in place to follow.

We are encouraging the children to come to school wearing their sports clothes, House colours where possible. If your child does not know what House they are in, please contact the school office.

Children should bring with them comfortable clothes as they will take part in different activities throughout the day. They should also bring sun cream, a hat, sunglasses and plenty of water.  

Can we ask that immediately after your child’s races that you exit the school grounds to make way for the next group of Parents/Carers to attend and so on. Thank you.

Here is the running list for the races for each class:

• Primary 1     9.10am-9.40am
• Primary 2      9.40am-10.10am
• Primary 3      10.10am-10.40am
• Primary 4      11.30am-12noon
• Primary 5      12noon -12.30pm
• Primary 6      1.30pm-2.10pm
• Primary 7      2.10pm-2.50pm

Please complete the application form below if you wish your child to be considered for a space at the school breakfast club in Session 2024/25

Applications will close on Friday 7th June 

Primary 1 Share the Learning will take place on Tuesday 11th June @ 2pm 

As you are all aware this years whole school trip will be to Blair Drummond Safari Park

The cost of this trip per pupil is £15.00 (includes entry and transport)

With only 3 weeks to go till the day of our trip we still have a number of pupils who havent paid for this trip.

We also have a number of pupils who have still to return there permission slip for the trip – despite duplicate forms being issued by the office.

If we do not receive payment (via Parentpay or Paypoint) or the childs permission slip returned to school NO LATER THAN 31st May we will assume that you do not wish your child to attend the trip and they will not be allowed to attend the trip on the day.

If children do not attend the trip they should not attend school that day as there will be no school staff present on this day.

If you require another permission letter, Parentpay letter or Paypoint barcoded letter please contact the school office on 01563 525897.

Mrs Fergusson

Head Teacher

Please note that our school will be closed for May bank holiday on Monday 27th May 

School will also be closed on Tuesday 28th May for inservice day

School reopens for pupils & staff on Wednesday 29th May.

We hope you have a lovley Bank Holiday weekend 

Parents/carers of our Primary 1 – Primary 3 children are now able to purchase tickets for our summer show Matilda

These can be purchased on Parentpay as a  maximum of 4 tickets per child