We hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter break!

We hope all of our children and their families have had an enjoyable time celebrating Easter this weekend and their spring holiday.

We are looking forward to seeing all children return to school tomorrow at 9am. A reminder that full school uniform should be worn, or suitable trousers/shorts if a PE day.

During Lent we have managed to raise an amazing £612.33.

Thank you to all of our staff, parents, carers and pupils for supporting this. An extra special thank you to Primary 4 and Mrs McCreadie for organising all of our fundraising events.

This week we welcomed Mrs Clark as a new temporary classroom assistant.  Welcome to Mount Carmel.

After the Spring holidays both Mrs McCreadie and Mrs Crawford will temporarily assume the Acting Depute Head role within Mount Carmel Primary School.

A huge congratulations to our class Easter Egg raffle winners who each walked away with an Easter Egg.  Some extra lucky children won the Easter hampers!

Children also enjoyed a visit from the ice cream van.  We would like to say a huge thank you to Mrs McConville who provided this special treat.

Please have a look at East Ayrshire’s Counselling service newsletter for March.

East Ayrshire School Counselling Newsletter

Hi all and welcome to the March edition of the East Ayrshire School Counselling Newsletter. Our service is continuing to develop and grow and we want to take this opportunity to thank you …

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The school will close today at 2.30pm. Children who receive transport by taxi will be collected at 2pm. Pupils and staff return to school on Tuesday 19th April.

Dear staff, parents/carers and pupils,

It is with a great sense of pride that I assume the role of Head Teacher of Mount Carmel Primary School.  I am dedicated to making this school the very best it can be for the whole school community.

I am aware that I follow in the footsteps of so many inspiring Head Teachers and I will endeavour to continue the positive changes that have taken place. I look forward to working in partnership with all of you.

I am honoured to be part of the Mount Carmel Family.

#TeamMC

Mrs Andrea Fergusson

Head Teacher

Mount Carmel Primary School

Today is a non uniform day . Children can come to school in their own clothes. In return, we are asking for a £1 donation via Parentpay , which will go towards school funds.

Today we celebrated with Mrs McConville as she retired. This afternoon we had a special assembly and Primary 7 shared beautiful messages from the whole school. We also sang ‘You are my sunshine’ and a fantastic reworked rendition on ‘Working 9-3’.

If was a lovely day, enjoyed by us all.

A reminder that tomorrow  is a non uniform day . Children can come to school in their own clothes. In return, we are asking for a £1 donation via Parentpay, which will go towards school funds.

We would again like to remind parents/carers that dogs are not permitted in the playground either before 9am or after 3pm.

Thank You.

Remember…there is still time for you to enter and

 win one of these fabulous Easter prizes…

Thursday is the last day to buy your raffle tickets!!!

Fire House had an amazing House Prize today!

The children enjoyed their movie morning with snacks and created some delicious smoothies with Stephanie in the afternoon.

Everyone had a great day! Thank you to our wonderful kitchen staff for their help with the fabulous smoothies.

Dear Parents/Carers,

In my final days before I retire on Thursday I want to say how much I have enjoyed my short time in Mount Carmel Primary. The three years I have been here have been challenging for our whole school community, but we are emerging from the restrictions of Covid 19 as a stronger, happier team.

I cannot commend all the staff enough for their hard work, dedication and love of the school and the children. They strive to make the experiences for your children the best they can be. Your children are a delight and a credit to you and I look forward to hearing about their successes in the future.

My one regret through this time is I haven’t had a chance to meet many of you personally due to restrictions but I thank you for your continuing support for the staff and the school community.

As I look forward to spending more time with my family I know I am leaving my Mount Carmel family in the safe hands of Mrs Fergusson and all the school staff.

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to be your head teacher.

All Primary 1 parents should have received a letter on Friday detailing our pilot of Learning Journals.

As discussed in the letter please follow this link:

https://learningjournals.co.uk/the_videos/login-parent-using-lj-website/

Primary 1-3

You will shortly receive a link via email to access your unique log in details for “Learning Journals”. This will allow you to access your child’s learner profile.

You will find instructions to guide you through the log in process and information on how to navigate the platform by accessing the link below:

https://learningjournals.co.uk/thevideos/login-parent-using-lj-website/

On the return of pupils on Tuesday 19th April, following the Easter break, we would like to see everyone wearing full school uniform. This should be grey/black trousers, skirt/pinafore, school shirt and tie/polo shirt and blue school sweatshirt. No leggings/tracksuit bottoms unless on PE days where children can wear these with their school sweatshirt on top.

If pupils come to school without a school uniform  for any reason they will be provided with items of uniform for that day.

Thank you for your co-operation on this matter.

Thursday 31st of March will be our Head Teacher, Mrs. McConville’s last day at Mount Carmel Primary as she is retiring.

There will be an assembly in school on Thursday for Mrs McConville where the children can celebrate her retiral.

We are sure you will all  join with us in wishing her a wonderful retirement and thank her for everything she has done for the school and pupils alike during her time as Head Teacher.

Well done to the  “Fire House”!

Pupils who are in the winning house will tomorrow enjoy a movie and popcorn morning and then cooking with Stephanie in the afternoon. The movie the children are going to watch will be :

Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon”

This is certificate PG. If any parent/carer does not wish their child to watch this movie please contact the school office. 

We would like to thank everyone for their generous SCIAF donations. They are very much appreciated.

A reminder that raffle tickets for the class Easter egg and Easter hamper will be available until Thursday. All SCIAF donations to be in school for Thursday 31st March. No donations can be taken after this date.

To celebrate the beginning of our Spring holidays children can come to school in their own clothes. We are asking for a donation of £1 via ParentPay. This will go towards school funds.

A reminder that tomorrow Friday 25th March is our pyjama and movie day. Children can wear their pyjamas to school, bring a cuddly toy and a small snack.  We are requesting a cash donation for SCIAF.

Children continue to have raffle tickets available in class at 20p each for our Easter egg raffle and Easter hampers.  Thank you for generous donations so far.

The school will close on Friday 1st April at 2.30pm. Children who receive transport by taxi will be collected at 2pm. Pupils and staff return to school on Tuesday 19th April.

We will be marking our Head Teacher, Mrs. McConville’s retirement with a whole school mass at the church next Tuesday 29th March. Unfortunately, at this time, parents/carers are not permitted to join us .