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.

Primary 1/2 have been very busy making these pop-up snowmen and Christmas fidgets to sell as their Christmas crafts. What a great job!

Primary 7 have been making Christmas crackers to sell as their Christmas craft item. They look fantastic!….well done P7!

A reminder that today we have a small selection of Christmas jumpers available at the front foyer.

Thank you very much for those that have been able to send these in.

Our winning house is……..Water !

Well done to everyone in the Water House!  All the children in the Water house will be having a Movie morning with popcorn and  then cooking with Stephanie in the afternoon . This will be on Thursday 9th December.

The film the children will be watching is Elf, which is a  PG rated . If your child is in the Water house and you would rather they did not watch this film please contact the school office.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is our Primary 4 and Primary 5 Advent Service at the church at 1.45pm.

We are delighted to announce that we will soon be able to share our filming of the Primary 1-3 Nativity as well as Primary 4-7 singing Christmas songs.  This will be shared via a password protected SWAY link.  The password will be texted to the main contact for each child.

If you do not wish your child to be featured in this filming please contact the school as soon as possible.

If children wish to they can send Christmas cards to their classmates, unfortunately the school is unable to provide class lists to parents.

We are now taking orders for our Primary 7 Leavers’ Hoodies . They can be paid for now through Parentpay at a cost of £10 each . The full cost should be  £19.50 but this has kindly been subsidised  by Friends of Mount Carmel.  

We will be posting pictures of each of our classes’ Christmas Crafts as and when they have a sample ready. Here is a sample of Primary 5’s Christmas Cottages which they will be making, aren’t they beautiful?……..

Below is the link to the November issue of the  East Ayrshire School Counselling Newsletter:

East Ayrshire School Counselling Service Newsletter (office.com)

Do your children have any Christmas jumpers they no longer need or that no longer fit them? If so we would love to recycle them at Mount Carmel ! Please hand them into the school by Monday . If your child or a child you know needs a Christmas jumper please come to the school on Wednesday and Thursday next week to pick one from our donations.

Thank You.

Our very talented Janitor, Mr. Leslie, is working hard on creating the backdrop for our Infant Nativity !…we thought you might like to have a sneak preview….

Parents/carers should collect pupils via their own door at the end of the school day. Pupils should only be collected via the main door in exceptional circumstances or as a result of a prior arrangement.

Thank You

Thank you for taking the time to complete our recent homework survey.  Please click on the link below to view a full review of this information.

Homework Survey Review of Results

If you wish to comment further on this please email:

eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk

Recently we had a visit from our new Paths Co-Ordinator from the Barnardo’s support team and she has had the chance to visit all classes across the school, meet our staff and pupils and see how our Paths programme is being implemented school wide. Our Paths programme is going well throughout the school and children can confidently talk about comfortable and uncomfortable feelings and strategies for dealing with uncomfortable feelings or how to work through a conflict situation.

Our Primary 6 pupils were also given the chance to take part in ‘Buddy Training’ through our partnership with Barnardo’s, and develop the skills necessary to support younger pupils in the playground.  Our Barnardo Buddies were asked to submit an application, take part in a formal interview and complete training to help them train younger pupils in playground games.

The Barnardo’s Buddies recruitment has been very successful, with almost all primary 6 pupils successfully passing the training and soon receiving their certificate of achievement.  The primary 6 pupils are now supporting pupils in the playground and enjoying the process of working alongside the younger pupils and teaching fun playground games.  Well done to our Primary 6 pupils in this fantastic achievement!

Due to the current Covid situation we are continuing to keep the school well ventilated by keeping as many windows as possible open throughout the school. We understand that this becomes more difficult during the winter months and dropping temperatures.

You may wish to have your child/children wear an extra layer of clothing underneath their school uniform to keep them warm.

Thank You