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.
Christmas Show Photographs
We apologise for the delay in the publication of our Christmas show photographs. This will be published soon in the form of a password protected SWAY document. The password will be emailed to the main contact on our school records.
If you do not wish your child’s photograph to be used in this please contact the school by the end of Thursday this week.
SCIAF fun day!
On Tuesday 19th March, Primary 5 are organising a SCIAF fun day for the entire school. We are asking all our children to bring in a donation to take part in this day full of activities. The money raised will go straight into the charity boxes in each class. On this day, we have our active schools co-ordinator Mark Devlin providing a golf input for every class, we have gardening with Mr Leslie, litter picking, egg decorating and much more. We are also going to have some outdoor play and with this ask that your child brings in an outdoor toy such as a bike or a scooter for this time. They must bring a helmet due to health and safety reasons.
We are also asking that children wear old clothes on their bottom half due to the nature of these activities as we may get mucky during them. School jumpers should be worn on top.
Please give a small donation to this wonderful charity.
We can’t wait!
Thank you, Primary 5
Amazing March Raffle Prize
Your child has the opportunity to win this AMAZING March raffle prize, raffle tickets can be purchased from ParentPay for only £1.00.
Draw for this prize will take place on Thursday 28th March and remember YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT
March Newsletter
World Book Day Menu-7th March
Lent Activities
Please see below the weekly activities for our SCIAF Lenten Fundraising –
Thursday 29th February – Wear your trainers for Strider (Living Streets mascot)
Thursday 7th March – Dress down for World Book Day activities
Friday 15th March – Wear green for St.Patrick’s Day (no football colours)
Tuesday 19th March – P5 Active Schools Fun Day -timetabled for classes
Wednesday 27th March – Easter Technology Challenge – bonnets/egg decoration and parade
For each activity we will suggest a cash donation. These will be put directly in SCIAF boxes in class. These will then all be collected and given to Fr Jim for the church collection.
We will also have the individual class raffles for Easter Eggs and the whole school raffle for the bigger egg 🙂
NEC Bus Cards
Please find below links to apply for either a Kids Cards or a NEC card for your child dependent on their age. This card will enable your child to access FREE bus travel throughout Scotland.
If your child has previously had an NEC and has lost their card please do not use the links below, please contact the school office and we will send home the relevant form for you to complete.
Application Form 1
This form is for pupils aged 5 to 10 years old. Parents should use the link below to apply for this card on behalf of their child, the person completing the form on behalf of their child MUST be the main contact registred for the pupil.
NEC Card 1 5-10 Application Form – Mount Carmel
Application Form 2
This for is for pupils aged 11 to 15 years old This application is for a National Entitlement Card for pupils under the age of 16. Parents must apply for the card on behalf of their child, the person completing the application MUST be the main contact registered for the pupil. Parents will then have the option of having the Young Scot branding and/orthe PASS Hologram as well as free bus travel added too this card.
NEC Card 2 11-15 Application Form – Mount Carmel
Please note we are only able to process application forms for current pupils of Mount Carmel Primary. Any other application forms will be deleted
If you require any further information please contact the school office.
Retirement
Muriel Reynolds who has been part of the Mount Carmel Catering Team for the past 20 years will be retiring tomorrow, we would like to take this opportunity to wish her all the best in her retirement and to say thankyou for all of the love and support she has given to our Mount Carmel families over the years.
Lockerbie Updates
Our P7s arrived safe and sound at Lockerbie yesterday evening and have already been very busy taking part in a range of activities! 
Follow their daily updates on our school Twitter (X) page @eacMountCarmel
