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.
School Improvement Plan 23/24
Please find attached a copy of our Family Friendly School Improvement Plan for this year.
School Lunch Menus 2023/24
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)
Newsletter August 2023
Please see enclosed a copy of our August 2023 newsletter. It is filled with lots of information regarding our new school year.
Primary 5 Transient Art
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…
ParentPay Consent Form 23/24
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.
Acceptable Use Of Computer Facilities Form 23/24
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,
Photographic Consent Form 23/24
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.
Welcome Back!
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.
Return to 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.
Breakfast Club Session 2023/24
Reminder that if you child(ren) have been allocated a place at this sessions breakfast club then this will begin on Monday 21st August @ 8.15am
Thankyou
School Lunch Menu Week Beginning 21/8
The school will be starting our session for 2023/24 with the Week 1 menu for school lunches, please see a copy of the menu below, this will also be available on the school app.
Thankyou
School Meal Crunch Deal
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.
Medication Administration 2023/24
Should your require the school to administer any medication to your child during the school day you must complete a medical form which can be obtained from the school office. This form should be completed at the beginning of every school year.
Thankyou
School Meal Crunch Deal
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.
Uniform Exchange
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.
Fun Day
Well we definitely know how to have fun at MC. Here are a few pictures from our fantastic day on Wednesday (even if the good old Scottish weather meant we couldn’t go outside). We would like to give a great big shout out and thank you to our wonderful Friends of Mount Carmel who organised our fun day. We had a blast. We would also like to say a great big thank you to Deborah Boyd who has been an amazing friend of Mount Carmel for many years. She has been a parent at our school for the last 13 years and has helped organised many fun days! We will miss you and thank you Deborah 💙
#teammc
Last Day Lunches
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.
Farewell Fr Martin
Today we celebrated our final Mass with Fr Martin. We raised the roof with some of our favourite hymns and of course a special rendition of Super Crab! We can’t thank Fr Martin enough for all of the love and support he has shown in developing the faith of our school community. He will be greatly missed, however he will always hold a very special place in our Mount Carmel family.
#teammc #thisisourfaith #betterforknowingyou
The Wizard of Oz
More photographs from our wonderful senior school show ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Click on the link below
School Summer Closure
******** 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.
We hope you all have an amazing summer and look forward to welcoming everyone back in August.
Love From All at Mount Carmel
#TeamMC
Early Summer School Closure
******** 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.
Breakfast Club
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
In School Medicine
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
The Wizard of Oz
Although the costumes have been packed away, the make up and face paint has finally washed off and the set has been dismantled, the memories of our Senior Show live on.
We are delighted to share some of the photos of the wonderful cast and crew of ‘The Wizard of Oz’.
Summer Raffle- Closing tomorrow!!!
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
Fun Day Tomorrow!
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.
Whole School Mass-Thursday 29th
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.
Good Luck !
Thanks and Good Luck!
Over the past few years the children have been supported by Jason; (you may have heard your children mention him.) Jason is part of a team that provide sports activities and games for our children. He has coordinated multi sports clubs and helped facilitate health inputs and transition games. The children are so fond of him and he has an excellent way of motivating and engaging them throughout! Jason is leaving us this year to pursue his dreams of becoming a teacher! We wish him luck and believe he will be outstanding in this role when the time comes!
Thank you from all your Mount Carmel Family.