A reminder that Primary 5 will be hosting a Meet the Teacher session at 2pm on Tuesday 5th September. 

A reminder that Primary 6 will be hosting a Meet the Teacher session at 2pm on Monday 4th September. 

Since returning to school following the summer break, we have had a number of school cardigans/jumpers without names on (mainly from our infant department)  handed into lost property. Our Lost Property is situated within our main foyer. If your child has lost any items of school uniform please double check in our Lost Property.  Items will be kept there on a weekly basis and if not claimed on a Friday will be automatically added to our Uniform Exchange.

Can we please ask that Parents/carers make sure that their Parentpay accounts have a balance on them at all times to prevent your account falling into minus.

Thank you

Our class P E days for this year will be as follows:

• P1-Monday and Thursday
• P2-Tuesday and Wednesday
• P3-Tuesday and Thursday
• P4-Thursday and Friday
• P5-Monday and Wednesday
• P6-Wednesday and Friday
• P7 Tuesday and Wednesday

Please note: There will be a temporary change to the P5 and P7 P E days between 5th and 26th September where P5 days will be a Tuesday and Wednesday and P7 days will be a Monday and Wednesday.

We are having another Ragbag collection.  If you have any clothing for the collection please hand in to the school this week Thursday 14th/Friday 15th  September for collection on Monday 18th. 

Thank you

The next meeting of the Parent Council will be on 19th September 2023 @ 7pm in the school.

Pupil Immunisation forms were sent out last week . Please complete these forms and return to school no later than Friday 1st September as they are uplifted from the school w/c Monday 4th September.

Please find attached a copy of our Family Friendly School Improvement Plan for this year.

Family Friendly School Improvement Plan

We have attached a copy of this years school lunch menus for Primary Schools.

Remember if your child(ren) are P1-5 they are entitled to a free school meal each day, and if your child is P6-7 and would like a school lunch daily then the cost of this is only £1.08.

If you would like to apply for FSM entitlement for your child(ren) then this must be done every year.

We have enclosed the link below should you wish to apply for free school meal entitlement.

Apply online · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Primary Menu 2022 to 2023 (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Please see enclosed a copy of our August 2023 newsletter.  It is filled with lots of information regarding our new school year.

August Newsletter

We are having lots of fun already in Primary 5. We have been looking at transient art (moveable art) and how it can be made anywhere with anything. Take a look at some of our excellent art  work…

Please follow the link and complete the  online Parentpay Consent Form for your child/children for 23/24:

The closing date for completion of this form is Tuesday 29th August.

Please follow the link below and complete the online Acceptable Use of Computer Facilities Form for your child/children for 23/24:

The closing date for completion of this form  is Tuesday 29th August,

Please follow the link below and complete the online Photographic consent form  for your child/children for 23/24

The closing date for completion of the above form is Tuesday 29th August.

We were delighted to see everyone back at school yesterday after the summer break. We hope you all had a wonderful summer and that all our pupils are excited to be starting in their new classes. 

It was lovely watching all our new Primary 1’s coming in to school on their first day yesterday. We look forward to getting to know them all over the coming weeks. 

Everyone at Mount Carmel also wish our P7’s who left us in June the best of luck as they begin their new journey at secondary school.

All of the staff at Mount Carmel and looking forward to seeing the children return on Monday. We have missed them over the holidays and cannot wait to see how much they have grown.

Children in Primary 2 should line up outside the open area, Primary 3 line up as the Primary 3’s did last year.  Primary 6 and 7 will line up at the middle playground and Primary 4 and 5 will line up at the front playground.

A reminder regarding snacks that we are a nut free school.  Children must not bring snacks or lunch items that contain nuts.

The Council is introducing a lunchtime School Meal Crunch Deal within our schools for just £1.08.

The deal will run from August 2023 to June 2024 and will be available to young people who pay for their school meals.

Our Primary Schools

Within our primary schools, the menu options remain unchanged but we have reduced the price of a school meal for P6’s and P7’s, who pay for their school meal, to £1.08.

Our school meals will still be nutritious, with locally sourced quality ingredients prepared daily.

Our Secondary Schools

Within our secondary schools, the Crunch Deal includes any main meal or any ‘grab and go’ option with water, a piece of fruit and the choice of a yogurt, homemade soup or a biscuit.

Young people can still purchase individual items from our menus at interval and lunchtime at full price.

Young people who receive a Free School Meal can continue to choose the same hot meal and ‘grab and go’ options for free using their full daily allowance.

You can view our menus and find out more about school meals online. 

The Council is introducing a lunchtime School Meal Crunch Deal within our schools for just £1.08.

The deal will run from August 2023 to June 2024 and will be available to young people who pay for their school meals.

Our Primary Schools

Within our primary schools, the menu options remain unchanged but we have reduced the price of a school meal for P6’s and P7’s, who pay for their school meal, to £1.08.

Our school meals will still be nutritious, with locally sourced quality ingredients prepared daily.

Our Secondary Schools

Within our secondary schools, the Crunch Deal includes any main meal or any ‘grab and go’ option with water, a piece of fruit and the choice of a yogurt, homemade soup or a biscuit.

Young people can still purchase individual items from our menus at interval and lunchtime at full price.

Young people who receive a Free School Meal can continue to choose the same hot meal and ‘grab and go’ options for free using their full daily allowance.

You can view our menus and find out more about school meals online. 

Our Uniform Exchange will be open again on Thursday 17th August and Friday 18th August. Please come along and take anything that you require. We still have a wide selection of good quality school uniform, jackets, and shoes. We also have some new items as well as good condition school bags and packed lunch boxes.

A reminder that lunch tomorrow will be served at 11.30am. Children can have lentil soup with either a ham, cheese or tuna sandwich.

Thank you.

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School closes on Friday 30th June 2023 for summer holidays at 1pm and will reopen to pupils on Monday 21st august 2023 at 9am.

We hope you all have an amazing summer and look forward to welcoming everyone back in August.

Love From All at Mount Carmel

#TeamMC

******** REMINDER********

School closes on Friday 30th June 2023 for summer holidays  at 1pm and will reopen to pupils on Monday 21st august 2023 at 9am.

If you have received a letter offering your child a space at Breakfast Club for Session 23/24 please return to the school office no later than Friday 30/6.

We currently have a waiting list for spaces at breakfast club therefore if we don’t receive your letter by this date accepting the place allocated to your child we will assume that the place is no longer required and allocate the space to one of our waiting list children.

Thankyou

If your child has medicine stored in the school office, please arrange to have this collected before end of term (30/6) @ 1pm

Any medicine not collected by then will be disposed of.

Thankyou

Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up!

Its our New Summer Bonanza big prize give away!!!

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase on ParentPay from Wednesday 21st June until Wednesday 28th June  for only £1 each

But remember you have to be in it to WIN IT!!!!

Good Luck everyone

A reminder that tomorrow is our whole school fun day!!

This is a non uniform day .Children can come to school wearing  comfortable, casual clothes as there will be bouncy castles etc. If the weather is not on our side, we will erect the bouncy castles/inflatables inside the school. 

There will also be an ice cream van for the children in the afternoon, no money is required for this.

The whole school will be attending an End of Term Mass at 11am on Thursday 29th. 

Our wonderful school choir will be singing and this will be a very poignant Mass for us as this will be our final one with Father Martin, so lets make it extra special!

Everyone welcome.

Stay safe this summer – A4 info sheet