On Friday 14th October, we will be holding a “Dress Down Day” in school. We are asking kindly for a £1 donation for this via Parentpay. As always, no football colours please.
Every pupil who donates £1 through Parentpay will be entered in a raffle draw to win a special prize organised by FOMC.
Due to the September bank holiday and Tuesday holiday our Meet the Teacher Sessions have been rescheduled.
These will now take place on:
Wednesday 21st September – Primary 5
Monday 26th September – Primary 6
Wednesday 28th September – Primary 4
Please complete the form below for attendance at these events.
Kind regards
Mrs Fergusson
Dear parents/carers,
The public information is now available on the Council’s website in regards to closure of all educational establishments, as part of the national day of mourning and public holiday and is available here:
Additional public holiday arrangements for Tuesday 20 September 2022 (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
East Ayrshire Council
A reminder, as you will have read in our September update, our Dress Down Day will not take place on Thursday this week and has been rescheduled to Friday 14th October.
Please see the attached update to our September news.
Friends of Mount Carmel will be holding a virtual meeting on Thursday 15th September. If you wish to join the meeting online, please contact FOMC on the link below:
On Thursday, 15th September we will be holding a “Dress Down Day” in school. We are asking kindly for a £1 donation for this via Parentpay. As always, no football colours please.
Every pupil who donates £1 through Parentpay will be entered in a raffle draw to win a special prize organised by FOMC.
There will be a face to face Parent Council Meeting in the school on Tuesday 4th October at 7pm.
The Tempest photographer will be in school on Tuesday 4th October. All children will have an individual photograph taken . P1 and P7 will also have a class photograph taken.
Pupils will be receiving their flu immunisations on Tuesday 25th October. Please return your child’s permission form if you have not already done so. Thank you.
We are very lucky to have Mark Devlin coming to work with us from next week (wb 12/09/22) , through to October holidays. He will be offering P2 and P3 multi-sports sessions. This will mean a change to our gym days.
P2 will now have gym on a Wednesday and Thursday.
P3 will now have gym on a Monday and a Wednesday, to accommodate Mark Devlin and his multi sports inputs.
Sorry for any inconvenience. We appreciate your continued cooperation,
Mrs Travers and Miss Maitland
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.
Please find enclosed link for August newsletter for East Ayrshire Primary Counselling service
East Ayrshire School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter (office.com)
The Exchange Counselling service within East Ayrshire is an excellent service that support our children and families within Mount Carmel. Please take a look at their August newsletter by clicking the link below.
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Homework will be resuming this Monday 5th September for Primaries 2-7
Please see the letter below with details of an HMIE inspection taking place for our school.
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)
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”
Please see the letter below with details of an HMIE inspection taking place for our school.
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.
Further to our post regarding our Meet the Teacher Session please note that all sessions will begin at 2.00pm
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.
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.
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.
