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| I hope you have all had a lovely restful Spring holiday and enjoyed celebrating Easter with those that you care about. It has been lovely to see our children return. | |
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Our much loved Fr Martin
It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of our much loved Fr Martin.
He was and will forever be a special part of our family.
Mrs Fergusson
P3-5 After School Multi Sports Club
A letter was given out to P3-5 pupils regarding the above club. The club will run from 3-4pm from Wednesday 8th May until Wednesday 5th June(dates inclusive).
If your child wishes to attend then please return your permission slip asap as there are now only 7 place remaining.
Step into Spring Safely
Church Easter Trail
P5-7 Safer Schools App Access
Our Primary 5-7 pupils will be issued with a leaflet today with details to access their own age appropriate section of the Safer Schools Scotland App. Please check bags for this.
Please assist your child to log in using the dedicated QR and entry code on the leaflet, ensuring they download the correct version to their phone.
Thank you
Easter Bonnet Parade
A reminder that on Thursday we will be holding an Easter Bonnet parade.
Please note, if your child wishes to make an Easter Bonnet for the parade this should be done at home and brought into school with them on Thursday.
Wow Tracker Success
We are delighted to be sitting 3rd on the East Ayrshire WOW Tracker Leader board.
Keep up the good work Mount Carmel!
Changes to Lunch Menu
Please note the following changes to the lunch menu for the last two days of term:
Wednesday 27th March- There will be a special of cheese toasties.
Thursday 28th March- There will be beans on toast instead of Baked potato and beans.
ASN Support Ayrshire
Spring Disco
A reminder that this Wednesday night is our Spring Disco!
Please remember to bring money and ticket (completed with collection details on the reverse) with you on the night as access will not be permitted without this.
Thank you.
Early Closure for Easter Break
The school will close for the Easter Break at 2.30pm this Thursday. Children who access taxis will be collected at 2pm.
The school reopens for pupils and staff at 9am on Monday 15th April.
Primary 4 and 5 parents
To all parents and carers of p4&5 children,
Myself and Mrs MacKinnon have been keeping an eye on the forecast for our trip to the Dean Park tomorrow and in true Scottish fashion, it has to be rainy and windy. We have made the decision to postpone this trip until the last term. We have made this decision based on a few reasons. First and foremost, this trip was a treat for the children and we don’t want them being cold, wet and miserable. Secondly, if it is raining heavily, we will be unable to access the park (the slide in particular) as it will not be safe for the children to access. And lastly, we had already heard from the rangers at the Dean Park to say that they were unable to accommodate our inputs of mammals and den building tomorrow due to unforseen circumstances (although they are more than willing to change the date for these). We were happy to go ahead with our trip regardless of this, however we feel that with the added restrictions due to bad weather, we would be better to go at a later date. We are very sorry to have had to make this decision, but as always, the children’s safety is paramount. I hope everyone understands and we will definitely get looking at another date for the trip in the next term.
As always, we thank you for your support,
Mrs McCreadie
SCIAF fun day
What a day we had to raise money for SCIAF on Tuesday. Thank you to all of our parents and carers. We raised an amazing amount of money for SCIAF and the children (and staff) had a day full of fun activities too. 
Learning Journals
Keep an eye on your child’s Learning Journal page for updates on the exciting activities that each class have been enjoying over the last few weeks.
Homework
This week is the last week of homework before the Easter Break.
Monty Bear’s Travels🐻
Monty Bear has been travelling round our local nurseries and meeting all the boys and girls who are going to be joining our Mount Carmel family in August!
Pupil Progress Meetings- Community Marketplace
East Ayrshire Spring Activities
Please use the link below to find out what’s on during the Spring break:
Childsmile-26/3
On Tuesday 26th March, Childsmile will be visiting the school to carry out flouride varnishing with the Primaries 1-4.
Fun Day-Tuesday 19th March
A reminder that tomorrow, as part of our Lent activities, we are having a Fun Day!
Please wear sports clothes with school jumper.
Thank you
St. Patrick’s Day 2024
We had a superb turn out of pupils wearing green for St. Patrick’s Day last week ☘
Mount Carmel Primary Easter Bonnet Parade
Children have the opportunity to design a beautiful Easter Bonnet (should they wish to) and take part in our Easter Bonnet parade on Thursday 28th March (prizes to be won)
£1.00 suggested donation to be brought to school on the day
Good Luck
Mount Carmel Presents…A Magical Journey
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The password for this has been sent to the main contact for all children.
Strider Visit😊🦶
We recently had a visit from “Strider” the WOW mascot. This was linked in with our first SCIAF Fundraising Activity of wearing trainers to walk to school.
The children had a lot of fun playing with Strider and even doing the congo with him in the playground.
Lent Activities This Week
Coming up this week ……………
Friday 15th March – Wear green for St. Patrick’s Day (no football colours)
Whole School Summer Trip
We have already started planning our whole school summer trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park!
🐵🦁🦓🦍🦧🦏🐘
Our proposed date for the trip is Wednesday 19th June, however, this has still to be confirmed with the Safari Park.
The cost per child will be £15. This covers entry to the park and our transport there and back. This is now live on Parentpay and can be paid for in 3 instalments of £5 between now and 31st May.
More information will follow closer to the date.
Spring Disco!- Wednesday 27th March
Tickets are being issued today for our Spring Disco!
Please do not send the tickets or money into school, they should both be brought ON THE NIGHT.
Thanks
P4 World Book Day
P4 enjoyed some book related activities to celebrate World Book Day.
We had fun sharing our favourite stories and characters with our friends. We also put our artistic talents to good use, and whilst enjoying some March sunshine, we drew our favourite characters. There are definitely some budding illustrators in P4!
School Car Park
A reminder that the school car park is for staff only and should not be used by the public at any point. Parents/carers are requested to not drop children in this area or use the car park to then lift children over school fencing.
Thank you for your support in this.
