Yesterday classes from Mount Carmel visited Crossgates Nursing Home to bring the residents some festive cheer! They had made lots of beautiful posters for the visit.

• Primary 1 – Carter 
• Primary 1/2 – Lochlin 
• Primary 2/3 – Emily
• Primary 4 – Lucas
• Primary 5 – Aria
• Primary 6 – Chloe
• Primary 7 – Lucy

And our overall winner of our Star Prizes is: Rachel in P7 

Just a friendly reminder that our Primary 7 hoodies are still available to buy through Parentpay at a cost of £10 each. 

Did you spot who was hiding behind our Christmas tree?

It’s our Star Prize – Santa and his friend Harley the Huskey!

We raised an amazing £253 for the FOMC Christmas Raffle this year !  Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and helped us to reach this fantastic amount!

The draw takes place today at 2pm!

Please find attached the most recent letter to parents from the Head of Education, Linda McAulay-Griffiths.

Letter to parents final 20.12.21

We are delighted to announce that Mount Carmel Primary has been awarded a Bronze- Rights Committed award 

Just a reminder that the school will close at:

2.30pm on Wednesday 22nd December  (Taxis at 2pm)

Pupils and staff return on:

Thursday 6th January 2022 @ 9am

There will be a change to the lunch menu on Wednesday:

Pizza and chips will be the only option available that day.

The boys and girls in P1, P1/2 and P2/3 were given a wonderful surprise today………….Santa came to visit! Even though he is super busy, he made time to travel  all the way from the North Pole to come and see us!!

We told Santa what we would like for Christmas and then we sang “Jingle Bells” to thank him for his visit.

The wait is almost over, our Christmas shows will be available to view on Friday!

Thank you to FOMC who have today delivered our fabulous class Christmas prizes.  These looking amazing!  Remember there is still time to purchase a raffle ticket, these are available via ParentPay.

Remember all the ticket for each class prize are then place into our final draw for our final prize!  ‘He’ is hiding behind the tree!

Good Luck!

A thank you message from Save the Children

THANK YOU!

You and everyone at Mount Carmel Primary School did something amazing on Friday. By putting on a silly jumper you’ve helped to give children in the UK and all over the world the chance to be excited about the future again – because it’s much easier to see the magic out there when you’re safe, healthy and have a full tummy.

We would like to say a big ” Thank You” to FOMC for organising the ice-cream van last Friday.

The children  absolutely loved it.

The school will close at 2.30pm on Wednesday 22nd December for the Christmas break.

Pupils who require taxis will be collected at 2pm.

Pupils and staff return on Thursday 6th January

A reminder that our last day , Wednesday 22nd December is Pyjama Day ! Children can come to school in their pyjamas and/or onesies if they wish.

Coming this Friday

The countdown is on to our Nativity Sway productions

Just a reminder that this is the final week to purchase tickets for our Christmas Raffle as tickets will no longer be on sale after this Friday (17th December).

There will be individual class prizes plus an overall prize. We will post pictures of our raffle prizes very shortly. Tickets cost £1 per strip.

P1 Registration week will take place from Monday 10 January until Friday 14 January 2022.  All applications require to be completed online at –

https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Any placing requests should also be completed online with a closing date for Placing Requests being Monday 31 January 2022.

 Primary 6 have made reindeer treat pots as their Christmas craft item….they are super cute !

Please take the time to read our updated contingency plan.

Contingency Plan update MCPS

If you have yet to complete our Access to Devices Survey (paper copy or online).  Please complete this as soon as possible.  The survey link will now be available until midnight on Sunday 12th December.

At Mount Carmel we have working on improving our writing across the school.

Please look at the information leaflet below to find out more about what we are now doing.

MCPS – Writing Information Leaflet

Today all of the children in the Water House have had a fantastic time watching a Christmas movie as well as decorating some special treats with Stephanie.

Thank you to Mrs Jeffers, Mrs Mackenzie and Mrs Henderson for helping with this.  Thank you also to Stephanie and the rest of the kitchen staff too.

Thank you to FOMC who have kindly organised a special Friday treat for the whole school tomorrow.  The ice cream van is making a return visit!

We will wrap up warm and enjoy a lovely treat.  If you do not wish your child to have an ice cream please contact the school directly.

Thank you to Stephanie and all of the kitchen staff for a fantastic Christmas dinner.  We all thoroughly enjoyed it!

Friday 10th December is Christmas Jumper Day!

Children can come to school wearing a festive jumper if they wish.

We are not collecting through the school for this but should you wish to make a donation please use the Just Giving page link below :

https://christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/CJD210006825

Please note: JustGiving only accepts a minimum donation of £1

Here are some of our Primary 4 children who made their Sacrament of Reconciliation last night at St Joseph’s church.