We have been informed that we will have an Authority Learning Visit. This will take place on Tuesday 2nd December, Wednesday 3rd December and Thursday 4th December.
Part of this includes a discussion with our parents/carers. If you would like to be part of this discussion please complete the form below.
This will take place in the school on Wednesday 3rd December at 2:30pm.
Mount Carmel Learning Visit Parent/Carer group – Fill in form
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Fergusson
The Primary 4 children who are preparing for First Communion have their next Sunday Club session on Sunday 23rd November at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
On this date ( Sunday 23rd November) – the session will be at a different time from that stated on the letter given out by the parish.
The session will start at the earlier time of 11am and run to just before Mass begins at 1130.
Children should bring their “I Belong ” book with them.
We had asked our parents to complete a survey on our school. This is a way for us to hear your views on what we are doing well and what we could do to improve our school.
Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to fill this in during our pupil progress meetings. We really appreciate it.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to complete this survey, please find the link below.
Parent questionnaire for Mount Carmel – Fill in form
Thank you everyone!
Remember to check your child’s Learning Journal for a snapshot of some of the fabulous learning taking place in our classrooms.
If you are unable to log in, please contact the school office.
Reminder that tomorrow is Dress Down day we are asking for the children to kindly donate a prize for the tombola/raffle stall which will be at the school Christmas fayre
Bishop Fank is requesting the views of parent/carers regarding Confirmation and the age (stage) that children are able to engage fully in this aspect of their faith development.
Please take time to complete the survey below so that as a school we can show our views on this. This survey will close on Friday 21st November,
At Mount Carmel we have been reviewing and updating our Numeracy Policy. Please take some time to read over this and complete the short form for any feedback you may wish to give. This survey closes on Friday 21st November.
Parent/Carer Consultation Numeracy Policy
Below is a live dedicated link to make a direct donation to Children In Need 2025.
If you can, please make a donation to this wonderful charity.
Thank you
Our P6 pupils took part last week in the Cross Country Event held at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena. Everyone gave 100% effort and had a great time!
We will be holding a Wider Achievement Assembly on Friday 21st November. If you would like us to celebrate your child/children’s recent achievements, please send any photos and information to the school inbox eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk by Wednesday 19th.
Thank you
On Tuesday 18th November children in Primary 1 will receive their Bookbug Family Bag and children in Primary 2 and Primary 3 will receive their Read Write Count bags.
We will have a special afternoon of activities on the day. Children in P1-3 can bring pajama’s to change into after lunch, they are also welcome to bring a cuddly toy, small blanket or pillow. The teachers have planned a lovely afternoon for the boys and girls we hope they have a lovely time.
Gentle reminder that today is the last day to order your child’s photographs and receive free delivery back to school.
Gentle reminder that tomorrow (7/11) is Dress Down day we are asking children to donate a prize for the bottle stall at the Christmas Fayre
Thankyou
We are looking for donations of any preloved Christmas Jumpers that are no longer required.
Please hand into school office if you have any
Thankyou
We would like to say a big thankyou to Fr Jim for all of the love and support he had given to our Mount Carmel family whilst he has been Parish Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
His love, guidance & good humour will be sorely missed around the school by pupils and staff alike
We would like to wish him Good Luck on his new post at St Winins Church, Kilwinning.
Primary 2 – Primary 7 will be delighted to share Father Jim’s final mass on Friday 7th November 2025 @ 10am.
Could all pupils taking part in the Cross Country Event on Thursday 6th November please come to school dressed with the clothes they are wearing to run at the event. Children should also bring with them a small snack to eat, water, school uniform to change into on return to school, clean dry socks & shoes and a towel.
Children will be leaving school at 9am prompt so please ensure that children are at school on time.
The Eco Committee set a design challenge for P2 &P3 to draw ‘Windy’ our Power Down champion. We also asked P4 -P7 to create a new Eco mascot just for our school.
Well done to the overall winner Thea in P5, for her design of Tilly, the MC Eco Turtle.
#EACDigi_LfS
Well done to all of our shortlisted prizewinners from each stage.
P2 – Maks and Ifeanyi
P3 – Aaron and Emma
P4 -Tobalase
P5 -Sean
P6- Katie
P7 – Eddie
Our November raffle is now LIVE on Parentpay. Usual conditions apply; £1 per strip of 5 tickets for your chance to win a fabulous prize!
Good Luck!🤞
We are looking for P7 pupil volunteers to help out at our Pupil Progress Meetings on either Wednesday 12th or Thursday 13th November or both. If your child wishes to help out please complete and return the form they have been given.
Thanks
We are planning on running a Book Stall at our Christmas Fayre this year, where new and pre loved books will be on sale.
We are looking for any donations of books to add to our stall. These can be handed in to the school as of today. So, if you are thinking of having a clear out before Christmas, please hand any books you no longer need into us.
Thanks
Hello again everyone. Here we are in term 2 with Halloween just gone and Christmas already on the horizon, where does the time go?! Here is a brief update of our learning focus this term.
Literacy
This term, we will continue to read and develop ALP strategies through Bug Club guided reading texts. There will be a particular focus on using evidence when answering a variety of question types. For writing, we are concentrating on persuasive pieces building on work done in term 1, then looking at recount writing drawing on experience during science investigations.
Numeracy
This term our numeracy focus is on using the 4 operations, completing addition and subtraction units before moving onto multiplication and division. We will continue to use Number Talk strategies to develop mental strategies related to multiplication and division.
Health and Wellbeing
The PATHS focus this term is using the PATHS Problem Solving Rationale, identifying the necessary steps when faced with a difficult situation. We are also looking at substance misuse with a focus on smoking and vaping as a focus.
In school, our PE days will remain a Monday and Thursday where we will be focussing on gymnastics and football. In gymnastics, we will develop our knowledge and execution of shapes, jumps, turns, balances and rolls and even try some mini parkour. In football, we aim to develop coordination and adopt different team roles. We will also spend a short time looking at traditional Scottish dances in preparation for Day of Dance in mid-November.
IDL
For our IDL this term will continue to investigate Titanic, where we will research factors that lead to the fate of the ship. We will also be conducting science experiments related to floating and sinking. Our focus will then change to look at Global Warming.
RE
In the month of November P6’s will focus on the theme of Remembrance and look at Saints and those who have gone before us. We will discuss the belief within the Catholic Church of eternal life in Heaven. We will then look to the theme of Advent in December and identify symbols of the Old Testament via a Jesse Tree, depicting the coming of a saviour.
French
This term’s focus for French is to be able to talk about animals and pets they have.
Technologies
This term P6 will begin to look at coding and create basic commands to programme devices to perform simple tasks and actions.
UNCRC
This term pupil will be looking at Article 38 for Remembrance Day and the right to protect children from war as well as articles 4 and 41 and 45 in celebration of World Children’s Day and Human Rights Day.
I look forward to seeing you all at Pupil Progress meetings.
Mr Bertoncini
Please view our November Newsletter below:
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the FOMC Halloween Raffle was Ross P4 and the winner of the school October Raffle was Theo also in P4!
Enjoy your goodies boys!
This term is the run up to Christmas with lots of exciting things taking place. Last term pupils worked very hard with lots of revision and new learning.
Literacy
In literacy this term we are looking at understanding our reading books better through comprehension tasks. We will continue to practice reading aloud. Primary 2 will also focus on the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts. In our writing we are learning how to write an imaginative piece of text. Each week we will continue to look at a different phonics sounds and common words. This will help us to make longer, trickier sentences!
Numeracy
This term for numeracy we will be focusing on addition and subtraction. P2 have worked hard last term on our place value and our numbers 1-100, this will help us as we now start to add and subtract numbers within 20. With Mrs Strachan we will look at measuring length and area. This will help us build upon our shape work from last term.
Health and Wellbeing
Primary 2 will continue to look at our identifying our emotions and feelings through our PATHS. We will also begin to look at the world of work and different jobs we can be when we are older. In Health and Wellbeing, we will also consider what to do when we are not feeling well.
For PE we will be starting a block of Gymnastics and Netball/Basketball. We will be looking at how we can evaluate our performance; what we did well and what we can improve on. In December will start practising Ceilidh dances so we are ready for our Christmas Party! Just a reminder that our PE days are a Tuesday and a Thursday. Please ensure a full PE kit is brought into school and pupil names are on items. This can be left on their peg during the week.
UNCRC
This term we will continue to think about the promises we made in our class charter and what rights and responsibilities we have. This term pupils will also be focusing Article 38 for Remembrance Day and the right to protect children from war as well as articles 4 and 41 and 45 in celebration of World Children’s Day and Human Rights Day
Religious Education
This term Primary 2 will be looking at a variety of themes, Creation, Mary, Saints and Advent. Along with our monthly school masses, we will take part in a range of activities such as nature walks, circle time, hymn practice, art and drama activities.
Topic
Our class topic is “The Toy Shop”. We will be looking at making our own toys, such as puppets and kites. Primary 2 will also look at different roles within a shop, investigating businesses, advertising and interviewing. Together we are going to turn the home corner into our very own Toy Shop!
As part of our class topic we will also be looking at doing some junk modelling, if you have any cardboard boxes, newspapers etc please ask your child to bring them in.
We are excited for this term in the run up to Christmas. Pupils will also be involved in preparing for our Nativity on the 9th and 10th of December! It is a busy term with lots of new learning taking place!
Miss Livingston and Mrs Strachan
