Take A Bow Summer Programme
Primary 3 deliver First Communion Cards
As part of our IDL topic, Primary 3 have been thinking about the meaning of the word ” community.” We have been reflecting on our wider community, and our school community.
With this in mind, Primary 3 put their creative talents to good use and made beautiful cards for the First Communion children in Primary 4. We enjoyed delivering the cards to our Primary 4 friends – who were delighted to receive them.
We will be thinking and praying for you all as you take this wonderful step in your faith journey.
Fun Day 2025
Our Annual Funday will take place on Wednesday 25th June children are asked to bring their bike or scooter with helmet to school that day.
Sharing the Learning – Primary 6
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sharing the Learning afternoon. It was nice to welcome families into our classroom and give you a taster of how P6 learn about fractions.
P6 enjoyed showing their families the different types of fractions they’ve been exploring. It was great to see the adults using the strategies and concrete resources to ‘relearn’ about fractions.
We hoped you enjoyed seeing the different ways we learn, through discussion, games, problem solving, and hands on activities.
Teacher & Class structure 2025/26
We have now had our staffing confirmed for next year. Children will have the opportunity to meet their new class teacher and spend some time in their new classroom at our bump up session on Tuesday afternoon.
Thank you to Miss Dorby and Miss Campbell for all your hard work and commitment this year. We wish you the very best for the future. We also say goodbye to Mrs McLaughlin our Home Link Worker. Thank you for all the support you have provided to our families over the past year.
I can confirm our class structure for next year is as follows:
Primary 1 Mrs Travers (Monday – Thursday)
Mrs Strachan (Friday & NCCT cover)
Primary 2 Miss Livingston (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday)
Mrs Strachan (Thursday)
Primary 3 Mrs Dunsmore (Monday – Wednesday)
Mrs Hope (Wednesday – Friday)
Primary 4 Mrs MacKinnon
Primary 5 Mrs McIntyre (Monday – Thursday)
Mrs McCreadie (Friday)
Primary 6 Mr Bertoncini
Primary 7 Mrs Canning (Monday)
Mrs Terras (Tuesday – Friday)
Mrs McCreadie will continue as Acting Depute Head Teacher and provide NCCT cover for most classes.
Kind Regards
Mrs A Fergusson
Head Teacher
Class Structure 2025/26
A letter has been sent home with children today detailing our class structure & teacher allocation for next year.
Thanks
Sports Day Tomorrow!
A reminder that Sports Day is tomorrow!
Where possible, if children can wear their House colours. If you are unsure of which House your child is in, please contact the school office.
The weather forecast for tomorrow is sunny!🌞.
Please apply sun cream to your child/children prior to coming to school. Also, if a small bottle could be popped into their schoolbag just in case, along with a hat/sunglasses.
All children should bring a water bottle with them.
Please note though that the children will have to apply their own sun cream themselves.
Heads Of Ayr Farm Park
What a wonderful day we have had on our whole school trip. The children (and staff) have had great fun.
Heads of Ayr Trip Information
Tomorrow is our whole school trip to Heads of Ayr Farm Park.
Just a few little bits of housekeeping to take note of prior to the trip:
- All children attending the trip should be in school by 9am sharp to allow the teachers to take the register, organise lunches, medication/first aid and groupings.
- Any children NOT attending the trip should NOT come into school as there is no staff provision for them.
- Children should wear school polo shirt and sweatshirt and should have on leggings or joggers (not shorts) as they will be using the slides at the soft play. Socks must also be worn .
- Packed lunches from home should be brought in a carrier bag so it can be disposed of afterwards.
- Buses will leave the school at 9.30am sharp.
At the end of the day children will be dismissed from their classes at the usual time.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for good weather and hope everyone has a fun day!
P4 First Communion Information
P4 First Communion Information
Sunday 22nd June – Celebration of First Communion – (Please note children to arrive at the Sacristy by 11:15am.) Mass begins at 11:30am.
Please ensure to arrive in plenty of time, allowing for parking and seating.
Wider Achievement Assembly
Due to Sports day being rescheduled for Friday 20th June, our wider achievement assembly has also been rearranged for Monday 23rd June.
Please send in your child’s achievements to the school’s email address below. Let’s have lots of achievement winners for the last one of the year!
Thanks everyone,
Mrs McCreadie
eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk
Curiosity Cube at Mount Carmel
Recently at Mount Carmel, we were lucky enough to experience the curiosity cube and it’s team. This cube explores A.I. in our world and how it affects our day to day lives. The children took part in quizzes, puzzles and even had a go at coding. A great day was had and we would like to thank the team at MERCK , especially Caitlin, for this amazing opportunity. Here are some of our wonderful children (and staff) enjoying the cube!
Sharing the Learning – P6
I am delighted to invite you to our upcoming Sharing the Learning session on Thursday 19th June at 2:00pm.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to share their progress and for you to gain an insight into how we teach and learn in the classroom.
Pupils have a sign up slip home with them today.
We hope you can join us for an afternoon of hands-on maths and pupil-led learning.
Mrs Terras
Parent/Carer Show Survey
Today we performed our last Joseph show. Our summer show was a fantastic celebration of talent and teamwork. The children were fantastic throughout the full rehearsal period and performances.
Another huge thank you to all the staff who helped behind the scenes, and of course the families and friends who can to support and cheer on the children. Your encouragement means the world to our young performers.
To help us make future shows even better, please take a few minutes to complete a short survey. This short survey is designed to gather parent/carer views on both our P1-3 Nativity and Summer Show. Your responses will help us celebrate what we do well and make improvements for future shows.
Click this link for survey – Parent/Carer Show Survey
Thank you again for all your support!
Mrs Terras
The Christmas Recipe P1-3
Please view the Sway above to watch our P1-3 Christmas Show. We apologise for the delay in making this available but we had some technical issues with uploading this particular item. This has now been resolved🤞.
This Sway requires a password to view, this will be emailed to P1-3 parents/carers separately.
World Environment Day – 5th June
Last week, we celebrated World Environment Day and took part in a nationwide call along with other Eco Schools to discuss action on tackling our plastic waste problem.
Thank you to our lovely Miss Dorby in P5 for organising a link to this for P4-7. Each class had the opportunity to learn about the current issues our environment faces and discuss/ share ideas with each other on how to solve this collectively. We got a couple of ‘shout outs’ online as a school which was fabulous. Well done to all involved. Our Mount Carmel Eco Committee have now got some great ideas for next year. Here are some photos of our contributions…
#WorldEnvironmentDay2025
Dress Rehearsal
Our dress rehearsal went really well today! A big thank you to Primary 1 for being such a fantastic first audience!
We’re all set and excited for two big performances tomorrow – the community performance in the morning and evening performance.
We can’t wait to share our show with you!
🎭 It’s Show Week! 🎉
The stage is set, the lights are ready, and our amazing cast can’t wait to perform! After all their hard work, it’s finally time to share Joseph with you.
If you haven’t got your tickets yet, there’s still time! We can’t wait for you to see it!
#ShowWeek #GetYourTickets #Don’tMissIt
Dress Down day
We will be holding a second Dress Down Day on Friday 13th June and are asking again for donations for our House Hampers. So any non-perishable items in the colours red, green, yellow or blue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your support
Head Lice
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.
Second Dress Down Day
We will be holding a second Dress Down Day on Friday 13th June and are asking again for donations for our House Hampers. So any non-perishable items in the colours red, green, yellow or blue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your support
June Counselling Newsletter
Last Minute Show Tickets
There is less than a week to go until our fabulous school show :
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat”
We still have some tickets left over for both performances . if you wish more tickets please go to Parentpay where you can purchase them.
Sports Day- Cancelled!
We have taken the decision to cancel Sports Day tomorrow .
Unfortunately, the weather forecast for tomorrow is not good , which is disappointing after the long spell of great weather we have had recently. We are potentially looking at rescheduling to 20th June, but this has yet to be confirmed.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Sr. Juliet visits Primary 3
Primary 3 had a lovely afternoon on Thursday when Sr. Juliet came to visit us.
We have been learning about our local community and the groups within our community. We really enjoyed hearing Sr. Juliet tell us all about the many fantastic groups in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish. Primary 3 had very thoughtful questions and we enjoyed sharing some of our knowledge with Sr. Juliet.
The boys and girls even treated Sr. Juliet to a beautiful rendition of one of our favourite hymns, ‘As I Kneel Before you.’
Thank you for your visit, Sr. Juliet!
School Improvement Plan Survey 2025
Each year we create a focussed School Improvement Plan. We would like your support to review our progress this year and also consider what we want to do in the future.
Please complete the survey below. It should take less that 5 minutes and is essential to help our school keep on improving.
Thank you
Congratulations
Congratulations to Mrs McCreadie who was the successful candidate at interview for the post of Acting Depute Head Teacher until June 2026.
May Raffle Winner!
A huge congratulations to Livia in Primary 3 who is the winner of our May raffle prize.
And a big thank you to our parents for your ongoing support with our raffles, whether this is buying tickets or donating prizes for the house hamper.
Thank you!
Dress Down Day 30/05/2025
Gentle reminder that we are having a Dress Down Day on Friday children are encouraged to bring into school an item (no perishable items) for the House Hamper Raffle these items should be in your child’s house colours please:
Fire – Red
Earth – Green
Air – Yellow
Water – Blue
Raffle tickets are now available for purchase on ParentPay.
