Could all children please come to school tomorrow wearing their sports day clothing (House Colours where possible).
Thank You
Matilda Tickets-Parentpay
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
Sports Day-Thursday 6th June
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 1 9.10am-9.40am
- Primary 2 9.40am-10.10am
- Primary 3 10.10am-10.40am
- Primary 4 11.30am-12noon
- Primary 5 12noon -12.30pm
- Primary 6 1.30pm-2.10pm
- Primary 7 2.10pm-2.50pm
June Newsletter
P5 bowling
Primary 5 showing their competitive sides during their class bowling championships this morning 
Early Closure Summer 2024 Transport Update
Early Closure Summer 2024 Transport Update
The Summer School closure on Friday 28th June 2024 whereby all schools close at 1pm will no doubt have an impact on pupils who access school transport. We have many linked contracts that serve both primary pupils as well as secondary pupils across both Mainstream and ASN Schools.
To ensure sufficient transport provision on this date and to ease congestion, all contractors will arrange to collect primary children at 12.25pm.
House raffle donations
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 💙
IMPORTANT INFORMATION – MATILDA
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 😊
MATILDA Sneak Peek…
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.
Breakfast Club
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
Primary 1 Share the Learning will take place on Tuesday 11th June @ 2pm
MATILDA Stage update
We have a new stage!!!
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
Whole school summer trip
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
Holidays
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
Matilda Show tickets
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
Phone Lines
We are pleased to let you know that our phone lines are now back up and running.
Apologies for any inconvenience
Take A Bow Summer Programme
MATILDA COSTUMES
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
St Joseph’s Academy P7 Information Evening
A reminder for P7 parents/carers that the St. Joseph’s Information Evening takes place tonight@6pm at St. Joseph’s Academy.
Ayrshire Schoolwear will be attending tomorrow evening to allow parents/carers to pre order blazers and ties as well as PE t-shirts. A deposit is required on the evening which last year was £10 in cash if they want to order there and then, there is also the option to order online at a later date.
Blazers will be available to try on from 5.45pm.
Learning Journals Survey
We would be obliged if you would please take the time to complete the following Learning Journals survey:
Plea for St. Joseph’s Ties🙏🙏
We are looking to borrow approx. 20 St. Joseph’s Academy ties to use in our school show this year.
If any parents/carers have any at home that we could possibly borrow we would be extremely grateful.
Thank you in advance.
Golf Summer Camp
MATILDA
With less than 3 weeks to go until our opening night, rehearsals are well underway. We hope you have the popcorn ready… You are in for a treat!! 
P4 reflect on Our Lady
During the Month of May, our Primary 4 Missio Champions have been continuing on their journey to be friends of Jesus.
We have a beautiful May altar in our classroom and have been reflecting on the life of Our Lady as well as praying the rosary to help us deepen our appreciation of Mary and learn how she can help us to become missionaries of God’s love too.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for us.
Change of Day-Matilda Rehearsals
Please note:
This week, Matilda rehearsals will take place after school on Wednesday instead of tomorrow. We appreciate this may clash with some pupils who attend the after school Multi-sports club, however, in this instance, the show takes priority and those pupils should attend rehearsals this week rather than sports club.
Only those pupils who have already been called for rehearsals this week should attend.
Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience.
Change to Lunch Menu 21/5/24
Please note: Instead of vegetarian haggis for lunch tomorrow it will be non-vegetarian. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Dress Down Day-Friday 24th May
This Friday 24th MAY will be a dress down day!
Pupils can come to school wearing their own clothes. As always, no football colours please. For this we are asking kindly for a donation of £1 which is now live on Parentpay.
Children who take part in dress down day will automatically be entered into the draw for our May raffle🤩
May Raffle🎫
Our May Raffle is now live on Parentpay!
Usual conditions apply; £1 per strip of 5 tickets to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize!👇
The raffle will close on Thursday 30th May with the winner being drawn on Friday 31st.
You will automatically receive a free entry to the raffle if you pay £1 to take part in our Dress Down Day on Friday 24th May.
Walk to school week reminder
Starting Monday 20th May : Walk To School Week!
Here is what we would like you to join in with every day this week…
We will also have a WOW tracker challenge -100 house points for each day children walk to school and log on the tracker. Class with the most logged active journeys will get an extra play!
Walk to school week reminder
Starting Monday 20th May : Walk To School Week!
Here is what we would like you to join in with every day next week…
We will also have a WOW tracker challenge -100 house points for each day children walk to school and log on the tracker. Class with the most logged active journeys will get an extra play!
