This year Christmas Parties will take place on the following dates:

Primary 4 & Primary 5               Monday 15th December @ 1.30pm 

Primary 6 & Primary 7               Tuesday 16th December @  1.30pm

Primary 1, Primary 2 & Primary 3       Wednesday 17th December @ 1.30pm 

Children should come to school wearing their party clothes on the day.            

Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday night to support our Christmas Fayre.

We are delighted to say that we raised £2196 in total which is an amazing amount for the school !

Please view our December Newsletter below:

December Newsletter 2025 

Please see the information below received today from Bishop Dougan.

Bishop Dougan has announced that the normal practice for the celebration of Confirmation will no longer be before the reception of First Holy Communion (P4). It will be celebrated at a later age. He has yet to decide what that age will be and will enter a process of consultation and discernment over the coming months. He will also publish a fuller explanation of his decision in the coming weeks.

Kind regards

Mrs Fergusson

This year the annual Save the children Christmas Jumper Day will take place on the 11th December, pupils can wear their Christmas Jumper to school that day on top of their normal school uniform should they wish to do so.

Thanks 

 Our school class Christmas calendars were on sale at our Christmas Fayre on Friday night. If  you were unable to attend the Fayre and would like to order a calendar, you can do this as of today through Parentpay only until this Friday, 5th December, at a cost of £2 per calendar. 

If you wish to see a sample of your child’s class calendar photo prior to purchasing, please pop into the school as we have them on display for each class.

Choir children should attend school tomorrow night at 5.45pm, Christmas Jumpers, headwear etc can be worn.  Mrs Terras will meet the children the children at the front door.

Our Christmas lunch will take place on Wednesday 3rd December. Children can wear their Christmas jumpers with the rest of their school uniform on the day.

 We will be attending ‘Sleeping Beauty’ on Tuesday 2nd December. The buses will leave just after 9am. Children can bring a small snack and juice or water for this. Please do not send fizzy juice or large bags of sweets or crisps. Children can wear Christmas jumpers (if they wish) with the rest of their school uniform. We will return to school in time for a later lunch.

Gentle reminder that the closing date for forms to be returned requesting tickets for this years Infant Nativity is Friday 28th November. 

Thankyou 

Dear Parent/Carer

As you are no doubt aware, your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education at the beginning of the new school session (August 2026).

Secondary school hand books are available at: https://eastayrshi.re/SchoolHandbooks

You must complete the online P7 transfer application at http://eastayrshi.re/p7transfer no later than Friday 12 December 2025 to ensure your child is allocated a place within their secondary school.

Reminder that tomorrow we are having a Dress Down Day, pupils can come to school in their own clothes and we are looking for a donation for the bottle/raffle or tombola stall which we will have at our Christmas fayre on Friday 28th November.

Thanks

All the P6 children who attended Day of Dance on Wednesday had a ball and were a credit to the school!

Preparations have already begun for this year Infant Nativity ‘Hey Ewe’ and children are busy learning all of the fantastic songs and lines. 

This years performances will take place on Tuesday 9th December & Wednesday 10th December at 2pm (doors open at 1.30pm for tea & coffee) 

A letter will be sent to Infant parents/carers over the next few days on how to purchase tickets.

We look forward to seeing ‘Ewe’ soon 

We are asking pupils to wear something blue to celebrate World Children’s Day , this Thursday 20th November.  After the fantastic Scotland result last night children are able to wear Scotland football tops ONLY should they wish to do so.

The Christmas choir have been working incredibly hard during rehearsals and can’t wait for their first performance at the Christmas Fayre next Friday.

To help the children practice at home I have put the links to the backing tracks on YouTube below. These are the same versions of the ones we use at rehearsals. We want to sing without needing song sheets for our performances so this should help build confidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAqhh5KVc8o&list=RDzAqhh5KVc8o&start_radio=1 – It feels like Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VJp7-ptpiQ&list=RD0VJp7-ptpiQ&start_radio=1 – It will soon be Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pWYYGQw64&list=RD28pWYYGQw64&start_radio=1 – Jingle Bell Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh02eg1s_P8&list=RDeh02eg1s_P8&start_radio=1 – Rock Around the Shops

Thank you,

Mrs Terras

We are asking pupils to wear something blue to celebrate World Children’s Day , this Thursday 20th November.

We have altered our ask for this weeks’ dress down day to anything for either the Raffle, Tombola or Bottle Stall to add to our donations for the Christmas Fayre on Friday 28th. 

Every donation is greatly appreciated.

There is now a payment item on Parentpay  where you can purchase raffle tickets for the Christmas Fayre raffle. Tickets are £1 per strip of 5 and the last day for purchasing tickets this way will be Wednesday 26th November. The raffle will be drawn on the night of the Fayre.

*Please note this is a separate raffle from our school November raffle.

A reminder that our outing to the Pantomime is on Tuesday 2nd December.

The buses will be at the school for 9am and all children who are attending the Pantomime MUST be in school for this time as the buses will be unable to wait for any latecomers.  Children can bring a small snack, a bottle of water (not fizzy juice) and they can wear their Christmas jumper with their school uniform. They will be back in time for lunch.

Children who are not attending the Pantomime should not come into school that day as there will be no provision for them.

We have been informed that we will have an Authority Learning Visit.  This will take place on Tuesday 2nd December, Wednesday 3rd December and Thursday 4th December.

Part of this includes a discussion with our parents/carers.  If you would like to be part of this discussion please complete the form below.

This will take place in the school on Wednesday 3rd December at 2:30pm.

Mount Carmel Learning Visit Parent/Carer group – Fill in form

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Fergusson

We had asked our parents to complete a survey on our school. This is a way for us to hear your views on what we are doing well and what we could do to improve our school.

Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to fill this in during our pupil progress meetings. We really appreciate it.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to complete this survey,  please find the link below.

Parent questionnaire for Mount Carmel – Fill in form

Thank you everyone!

Reminder that tomorrow is Dress Down day we are asking for the children to kindly donate a prize for the tombola/raffle stall which will be at the school Christmas fayre