Homework will be resuming this Monday 5th September for Primaries 2-7
HMIE NATIONAL THEMATIC INSPECTION
Please complete the parental survey asap as the closing date is this Thursday 1st September.
HMIE NATIONAL THEMATIC INSPECTION
Please see the letter below with details of an HMIE inspection taking place for our school.
Boxing community Club
Reminder-Meet the Teacher Sessions
A reminder to complete the form below regarding your attendance at our ‘Meet the Teacher Sessions’. Please see the dates below and follow the link to complete a form providing information on who will be attending.
We ask that only one adult attends this per child. This is an opportunity for the class teacher to talk to you about different items taking place in the class. This will include information about Homework, Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing, RE and pupil expectations.
Please be aware that this is not a parent/carer appointment to discuss a child’s progress, this is an opportunity to meet the teacher and receive some school information.
The children will not be in the class during this activity. Sessions will take place from 2.00pm
Monday 5th September – Primary 3
Tuesday 6th September – Primary 1
Wednesday 7th September – Primary 2
Thursday 8th September – Primary 7
Monday 12th September – Primary 6
Tuesday 13th September – Primary 4
Wednesday 14th September – Primary 5
Meet the Teacher Session (office.com)
Please read the attached report regarding the consultation on stages of future educational provision for children at Willowbank School, Onthank Primary School, Onthank Early Childhood Centre (ECC) and Mount Carmel Primary School.
Consultations · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
Willowbank-consultation-proposals-report (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
School Improvement Plan
Please click the link below to see our most recent School Improvement Plans.
“We show pride in our school community and we set high expectation to achieve success”
HMIE National Thematic Inspection
Please see the letter below with details of an HMIE inspection taking place for our school.
Head Lice
It’s the start of a new school term, and we would kindly ask that parents/carers routinely check their child/children’s hair for any unwanted “visitors”.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Meet The Teacher
Further to our post regarding our Meet the Teacher Session please note that all sessions will begin at 2.00pm
Food Bank
Our friends at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish would like to invite you to come along to the church on a Monday night between half past 7 and quarter past 8 to access their food bank. Everyone is welcome and our friends are eager to help everyone in our community.
New House Captains
Before the holidays, Mount Carmel chose their new House Captains and Vice’s for the coming year. Congratulations to Harry, Sophie, Skye, Maia, Kinga, Alfie, Megan and Emily. After receiving their badges at Friday’s assembly they all said they are looking forward to carrying out all their responsibilities this year.
Well done and good luck.
St Josephs Primary 7 Parental Session
A reminder that St Josephs will be running the first primary 7 parent information evening on Thursday 25th August 6.30pm until 7.30pm. This information was originally shared via text to all Primary 7 parents last week.
Calling all Dancers!
Calling Young Dancers!
The Palace Theatre Search For The Fairest Babes in The Land
The Palace Theatre are holding open auditions to find Junior Ensemble for this year’s magical family pantomime Snow White on Saturday 27 August 2022.
The auditions are open to female dancers who must be at least 9 years old and in P5 of school on the first day of rehearsals and no older than 16 and in S4 on the last day of the performances*
*For more information on the auditions please visit the website
Application forms do not need to be submitted in advance although where possible please complete them beforehand and bring with you to save time on audition day.
Snow White runs from Friday 25 Nov until Friday 30 Dec 2022 book now
Snack Sharing at School
At Mount Carmel we are proud of how kind our pupils are to others and appreciate that if they see another pupil without a snack they are willing to share theirs with them. However, as a school we are always mindful of the fact that some of our pupils suffer from allergies to certain foods with varying degrees of severity . With this in mind, can we please ask parents/carers firstly, to not send their child/children to school with any snacks that contain/may contain nuts or traces of nuts, and secondly to remind them not to share their snack with other children as the health and safety of our pupils is our priority.
Thank you, we appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
School Car Park
We would like to remind parents and carers that there is no parking/drop-off/waiting in the school car park. There is additional parking across in the church car park.
Thank you.
PE Days
As you will have read in our August Newsletter, our information for PE Days has changed slightly since last term:
PE
Primary 1-4 can get changed in class together. The upper school boys and girls will get changed separately.
Please send children to school with appropriate PE kit this can include a school polo shirt or blue t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/tracksuit bottoms and suitable trainers. These items should be left in school in a bag for children to access.
Please remember that no jewellery should be worn on PE days, including earrings. If your child is not taking part in PE due to
medical reasons please contact the school. It is expected that all children will take part in PE tasks, if a child has forgotten items we shall aim to provide suitable items for them to borrow.
Breakfast Club Update
Please note: As of tomorrow, 24th August, pupils attending the Breakfast Club should enter the school via the Dining Hall entrance at 8.15am. We would be obliged if pupils would arrive no earlier than 8.15am as there is no supervision in the playground until 8.45am.
Meet the Teacher Sessions
As you will have read in our August Newsletter, we are pleased to announce that ‘Meet the Teacher Sessions’ have been organised to take place this term. Please see the dates below and follow the link to complete a form providing information on who will be attending.
We ask that only one adult attends this per child. This is an opportunity for the class teacher to talk to you about different items taking place in the class. This will include information about Homework, Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing, RE and pupil expectations.
Please be aware that this is not a parent/carer appointment to discuss a child’s progress, this is an opportunity to meet the teacher and receive some school information.
The children will not be in the class during this activity. Sessions will take place from 2.00pm
Monday 5th September – Primary 3
Tuesday 6th September – Primary 1
Wednesday 7th September – Primary 2
Thursday 8th September – Primary 7
Monday 12th September – Primary 6
Tuesday 13th September – Primary 4
Wednesday 14th September – Primary 5
Mount Carmel Primary School ECC Consultation Letter
Please read the attached letter regarding the consultation on stages of future educational provision for children at Willowbank School, Onthank Primary School, Onthank Early Childhood Centre (ECC) and Mount Carmel Primary School.
Breakfast Club Is Back!
We are delighted to see the return of our Breakfast Club!
Breakfast Club starts each morning at 8.15am and those children attending should enter the school via the middle school entrance.
If your child/children had received a place to attend Breakfast Club but you now longer require that space, please contact the school asap as there is a waiting list. Thank you.
A big thank you to our excellent staff involved in running the Breakfast Club including classroom assistants Mrs Jeffers and Mrs Henderson and Stephanie, our Catering Manager:
Primary 7 transition to St Joseph’s Academy
Mr Kane (Head Teacher) and Miss Cathie (Principal Teacher of Pastoral Care) of St Joseph’s Academy would like to invite all of our Primary 7 parents to their first transition information evening on the 25th August. This information evening will begin at 6:30pm. The information given by Mr Kane and Miss Cathie will be regarding your child starting St Joseph’s next academic session.
PE Days
Apologies this information was missing from the August newsletter:
P1 – Monday and Friday
P2 – Tuesday and Thursday
P3 – Monday and Thursday
P4 – Wednesday and Friday
P5 – Tuesday and Thursday
P6 – Tuesday and Thursday
P7 – Tuesday and Thursday
August Newsletter
Please see the attached newsletter for important school information and the attached School Improvement Plan.
Primary 1
Our fabulous Primary 1 team have had a wonderful day with our brand new Primary 1 pupils. Mrs Duff, Mrs Strachan and Mrs Taylor have been busy playing, painting and getting to know all of our new little faces.
The Mount Carmel family would like to say a great big thank you to the lovely Mrs McLaughlin for the donation of our beautiful balloon arch.
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Welcome Back!
We are so excited to welcome our children back to school tomorrow. A few gentle reminders for the beginning of the school year…
All children should be in full school uniform every day. We have our uniform exchange available throughout the school year and everyone is welcome to access it whenever it is required.
All children should bring in a P.E. kit that can be left in the school building. This should be a bag that contains indoor shoes, shorts and a t-shirt. P.E. kits will be sent home at the end of each term for washing.
Please make sure that all items of clothing (uniform and P.E. kits) have your child’s name on them. This will stop anything being lost and enables us to return any item that is misplaced to the correct child.
We are a nut free school. Please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts (for example snickers or nutella).
We are a health promoting school and therefore ensure that the children have access to water whenever they require it throughout the day. That being said, we would like to reiterate that it is only water that should be sent in as a drink for the classroom – not diluting juice. This is a whole school approach to ensure the best dental health for our children.
The staff are in school today getting ready for the children to return tomorrow and we are all extremely excited to see them and welcome them back. Here’s to a brilliant 2022-2023 school year.
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P.E kits
We are now asking that children bring a P.E. kit into school in order to change before each P.E. lesson. We ask that the P.E. kit be brought into school in a bag that can be left in school to ensure your child has their P.E. kit for each P.E lesson. Each child should have a pair of indoor shoes ( please make sure these shoes are for indoor use only), a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
Please ensure that all items of P.E. kit have your child’s name on it as this ensures that no kit is lost.
Thank you so much for your continuing support.
Primary 1
We are so excited to welcome our brand new Primary 1 children into school on Thursday 18th August. Mrs Duff will welcome the children into school for their very first day as their class teacher Monday to Thursday along with Mrs Strachan who will be their teacher every Friday in Primary 1. Both of the ladies are super excited to get to know all of your lovely children.
Uniform Exchange update
In addition to the uniform exchange being open next Wednesday, you are also welcome to come into school tomorrow and Friday (11th and 12th August) between 9 and 12. Please come and help yourself. See you all soon 😊
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Uniform Exchange
We are all really excited at Mount Carmel to welcome back all of our pupils next week. Please note our uniform exchange will be open between 12 and 3 on Wednesday 17th August (inservice day). Everyone is welcome to pick up any uniform required for our children. See you all next week 😁💙
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Primary 1 Start of school arrangements
A reminder of the arrangements for the start of school:
Primary 1 parents/carers will be allowed into the classroom to take a “first day of school” photograph of their child in their new classroom. Please ensure, however, that it is only your child(ren) that is in the photo. To ensure the children are not overwhelmed by the number of adults in the room, we would ask that there are no more than two adults entering the class with each child. The children will be split into two groups to reduce the numbers in the class at any one time. Details of the groups were emailed to all parents/carers before the holidays.
The arrangements for the first day of school on Thursday 18th August are as follows:
- All parents and children will enter the infant playground through the gate nearest Crossgates nursing home for 9:15am/9:30am (depending on child’s group)
- Group 1 parents and children will enter the classroom for settling and photographs at 9:15am.
- Group 2 parents and children will enter the classroom for settling in and photographs at 9:30am.
- As it is the first day of school, children can be picked up anytime between 2:30pm and 3:00pm from the Primary 1 classroom door (please enter playground through the same gates as before)
- If your child is having a school lunch, please remember to look at the lunch menu with your child beforehand to allow you to choose the best option together.
The arrangements for Friday 19th August are as follows:
- Children and parents will arrive in the infant playground (same gates as above) for 9am.
- Adults can stay in the playground until the children line up at their classroom door when the bell rings.
- Children are collected from their classroom door at 3pm.
The arrangements for Monday 22nd August onwards are as follows:
- Children arrive in the playground between 8:45 and 9am. We kindly ask that all adults remain outside the gate from this point to allow the children to get used to the morning routine.
- Children will line up at their classroom door when the bell rings – staff will be on hand to help.
- Children are collected from the classroom door at 3pm.
Please remember to bring your child’s homework bag on their first day back. Please note that children should not arrive in the playground before 8:45am as it will not be staffed before this point.
