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.
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 ❤️
What an opening performance!! Amazing show by our amazing pupils.
If you haven’t got your tickets already then be quick, our evening performance is nearly sold out for tomorrow.
Here is a little clip of our wonderful children in their last song…
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 :
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.
We are planning to go ahead with our sports day plan tomorrow and are looking forward to inviting our parents and carers in to see their children race. A few gentle reminders…
Please ensure that all children come to school dressed for sports day – they should not come dressed in school uniform and should wear sports clothing (as always – no football colours)
Please ensure that the clothes the children are wearing are weather appropriate – sensible shoes and a jacket if needed.
Please also ensure that the children have enough water for the day, they will be busy all day and have a timetable full of events.
Parents of classes are invited in as follows…
Primary 1 – 9:10
Primary 2 – 9:40
Primary 3 – 10:10
Nursery children – 11:00
Primary 4 – 11:30
Primary 5 – 12:00
Primary 6 – 1:30
Primary 7 – 2:10
We ask that when the classes have finished their races that the parents please leave swiftly to allow the next class set of parents to come in.
As always, we thank you for your support. Here’s hoping we get some sunshine!
#teammc
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 5 showing their competitive sides during their class bowling championships this morning 
Parents and friends of Mount Carmel would like to thank you for all of your wonderful donations for our house hamper.
We still welcome any more donations this week and next and hope to raise a lot of money through our raffle tickets.
Raffle tickets can be bought through parentpay for £1 each as well as on sports day. Raffle winners to be drawn during our fun day on the 26th June.
As always, we thank you for your support
Parents and Friends of Mount Carmel 💙
We kindly ask that all children bring in their costumes ASAP as we are hoping to fit in a couple of dress rehearsals next week before our big performances. The chorus for our show are wearing white shirts, grey trousers or a skirt, white socks and black shoes.
We do really appreciate your support with this and without it we would be unable to put on such a spectacular show.
With thanks, always,
MC staff 😊
With our rehearsals well under way we wanted to share a little sneak peek with you all. I think you would agree the children are all excellent. We cannot wait to welcome you in to see our performance. Remember, get your tickets on Parentpay as we have limited numbers available.
We would like to give a great big thank you to Beth from Take A Bow who is giving up her own time to choreograph our dancers.
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
Our amazing Parents and Friends of Mount Carmel used some of their funds to buy the school a new stage, just in time for our MATILDA musical next month. The stage is built and looks amazing. We have a few very big thank yous to make. First of all, our Parents and friends of Mount Carmel. Thank you for providing the funds to buy the stage. Next we would like to give a big shout out to Stuart and Graham who travelled quite a distance to collect the stage. And finally, a big thank you to our very own Mr Leslie who spent this afternoon building the stage. It is now ready for the children to rehearse on tomorrow.
We cannot wait for you all to see our show!
#teammc
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
We are pleased to let you know that our phone lines are now back up and running.
Apologies for any inconvenience
Primary 4 – 7 children have been busy rehearsing and getting every thing ready for the big show. The children have been given a letter home today with information regarding costumes. We are asking for your help with providing your son/daughter with what they need; however, if for any reason this is causing issues or you require support for this then please do not hesitate to get in contact with the school office and we will do everything we can to ensure that the children have everything they need to perform.
As always, the staff at Mount carmel would like to thank our parents for their ongoing support. Without it, we would be unable to put on these awesome shows.
Thank you!
#teammc
