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

FOMC are kindly organising a Mount Carmel Class Christmas Raffle this year! Tickets will be £1 per strip of 5 and will shortly be available through Parentpay. There will be a prize for each class PLUS an overall prize!

The Raffle will be drawn on Monday 20th December !  

Our Christmas lunch this year will be on Wednesday 8th December. The cost is £2.15 for 2 courses which should be paid through Parentpay.  Children who have free school meals do not need to pay for this. There will be no other lunch option available that day, however, packed lunches will operate as normal.

A letter has gone out to all children already will all the information and menu. Please complete the tear off portion of the letter and return to school no later than Friday 3rd December.

We wanted to let you know that we raised £78 for Children In Need this year!….thank you to everyone who donated.

Each  of our classes will be making Christmas crafts again this year which parents and carers will be able to purchase through Parentpay. There will be one item for sale per child and we are politely asking for a minimum donation of £2 to purchase this.

We will be uploading pictures of the chosen craft for each class to let you see it before ordering

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

We would like to remind parents/carers that the school car park is for Staff only. Children should not be getting dropped off in the car park if they are either late for school or being picked up early.

Thank you

Can we remind parents/carers that if your child/children are going to be late or absent from school for any reason, to please contact the school prior to 9.15am . You can also contact the school prior to this and leave an absence message on our answering machine.

Thank you

Please take the time to complete the survey below in relation to devices that your child is able to access at home.   We will use this to update our records.

This survey will close on Friday 3rd December at midnight.

Access to Devices Survey

Please check schoolbags as some of the Tempest photograph orders have been handed out to pupils today.

                         Monday 29th November

Our Reverse Advent Calendar appeal begins today. 

We would be delighted if you could donate any non perishable foods, toiletries or any of the items listed above.  We will collect these items in school and they will be collected later in the month by Father Martin to be distributed at the foodbank .

Thank You

On Wednesday children in Primary 1-3 had a fantastic afternoon sharing their favourite books and completing some lovely activities.  Everyone also enjoyed a glass of milk and cookie.  Thank you to Primary 7 who were brilliant helpers.

We look forward to sharing our pictures of this great afternoon.

A reminder that children should be in their line for school starting at 9am.

Increasingly we are seeing more children arriving to school after 9am and coming in via the main entrance.  This means that children are missing the initial items that are taking place first thing in the morning.  Going forward it is important that children arrive to school on time unless prior arrangements have been put in place.

Thank you for your support with this matter.

Our Primary 4 children are preparing for their Sacrament of Reconciliation. This will take place on Tuesday 7th December at St Joseph’s church at 7pm.

Please keep our children in your prayers .

We are delighted to let you know that our each of our classes will be attending Advent Services at Our lady of Mount Carmel church during December. We have really missed attending church in recent times and are looking forward to the forthcoming services with Father Martin.

The Sisters will also be completing services in school during this time.

We are delighted to say that we will be running our

“Reverse Advent Calendar”

appeal this year. 

As of week beginning Monday 29th November, we will be accepting foodbank donations into the school .

Please ensure that all food donations are non perishable.

We know from previous years that donations of male/female toiletries are also very much appreciated and tend to be in shorter supply at local food banks.