A special end of year gift from Mrs Dunsmore is available for collection from outside the main school office. Many of the gifts have already been passed on to siblings within the school. If you have still to receive your gift please collect it by 12.00pm on Friday.
Please remember when collecting the bags adults should wear face coverings and maintain social distancing from other families.
Thank you.
During our sports day, we were lucky enough to have a shot at long jumping, javelin, target practise, speed bouncing and many more activities. It was great fun. A great big thank you to our primary 6 and 7s for helping us as well as Mark Devlin, our active schools co-ordinator.
Primary 5 had a brilliant time at the fun day. We bounced, we zorbed, we danced and we ate. Have a look at some of our pictures.
We had a BRILLIANT day!!
The gift bags for our new P1 pupils are all ready and waiting to be collected from outside the main school office. Each bag is individually labelled with your child’s name and will be available until 12.00pm on Friday.
Please remember when collecting the bags adults should wear face coverings and maintain social distancing from other families.
Thank you.
Primary 1/2 had lots of fun during their visit to Dean Park. They loved exploring the grounds of Dean Park, playing at the playground and joining in with ball games at snack time. Primary 1/2 also had lots of fun on Friday at the fun day. They LOVED bouncing on the inflatables and thought their ice cream was so yummy! Have a look at some of the fun Primary 1/2 had on these special days.
Primary 1/2 had the BEST time EVER!!
Mrs Dunsmore x
On Friday Primary 7 can bring in a shirt to be signed by their classmates.
A reminder that Friday 25th June school finishes at 1pm.
We wish all of our children a fantastic holiday and look forward to seeing them all again on Thursday 19th August.
Mrs McGahon
As we enjoy our final week of term in Mount Carmel, we are busy preparing for the start of our next school year.
We have prepared very special gift bags to welcome your child to Mount Carmel. As well as some lovely starting school treats, these bags include the P1 2021 Yearbook and information about the House Teams.
Gift bags are labelled with each child’s name and will be available to collect outside our main school entrance on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ( until 12.00pm) of this week. When collecting gift bags, we ask that adults please wear face coverings and maintain social distancing .
Thank you.
It was agreed that Option 1 of the Proposed School Holiday Arrangements report submitted to Cabinet on 16 June 2021 be approved as the school holiday arrangements for academic session 2022/2023.
This information has been updated on our website which can be found via the following link:
https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/SchoolHolidays.aspx
In addition, please note an update to the School Holidays for 2021/2022. The local holiday on Monday 30 May 2022 is subject to change in alignment with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Primary 4 had an absolutely fantastic fun day on Friday. The highlight of their day was the bouncy castles and inflatable fun runs, although they did enjoy the ice cream cones too!!
We will be having a movie afternoon this Wednesday.
Each class will watch a movie in their own classes.
Here are some of our delighted raffle winners from Friday’s draw! :
All parents/carers must read the letter below from Public Health.
Parents/carers from Primary 1/2 please check your email for a different notification.
Please check your child’s bag for the end of year reports and a letter detailing class teachers for next year.
A reminder regarding school uniform. Our school Uniform Swap will be placed outside from Wednesday 23rd June to Friday 25th June.
Due to Covid restrictions up until this point children have been allowed to wear clothing suitable for outdoor activities. From August, we will return to full school uniform each day.
Tesco Uniform Embroidery Service has changed to “My Clothing“. For more information or to order school uniform please visit:
Uniform is also available from :
Walker & Templeton, The Strand , Kilmarnock and the National Schoolwear Shop , Queen Street, Kilmarnock.
Ideally our school uniform should consist of:
Grey/black trousers for boys, grey skirts for girls, blue/white shirt with Mount Carmel school tie or, alternatively, Mount Carmel polo shirt and royal blue Mount Carmel sweatshirt, jumper or cardigan.
No black jeans or leggings please!
Gym kit should consist of:
Royal blue shorts, pale blue plain round neck t-shirt and and black gym shoes. These should be brought to school in a drawstring back clearly marked with your child’s name.
****PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON EVERYTHING!****
If you are applying for a clothing grant for your child/children please follow the link below:
A reminder that all children will attend Mass next week and will require face masks to be brought to school for this.
Monday – Primary 1-3 and Primary 4-5
Tuesday – Primary 6 and Primary 6/7
A reminder that Friday is our Magic Mount Carmel Fun Day. Children can come to school wearing their own clothes for this. As always please no football clothes.
We had another lovely day in the Dean Park. We went to visit the animals, had some races, played with our friends and learned how to make daisy chains.
We had a lovely time at Dean Park on Tuesday, the rain stayed off which was a huge bonus.
This week P6 have been planning, writing, and illustrating stories for their P1 buddies. The stories will be created into a book which the new P1 will receive before the Summer holiday.
P6 have also been writing and rehearsing their House Captain speeches. Tomorrow they will film their speeches and next week the classes will vote for the 2021/22 House Captains and Vice Captains.
P6 are looking forward to the Fun Day on Friday! A lovely treat after all their hard work this year.
Miss Mudge
Primary 4 had a wonderful day at Dean Park. We saw the animals, had fun at two of the park’s swing parks, had a lovely lunch and had some time for games too.
A great day was had by all!!
As a special treat for our pupils who have recently had, or are about to take part in their 1st Holy Communion, Primary 4 will have an extra special party on the morning of Wednesday 23rd June to mark this special occasion. All children can wear party clothes and we will have some treats, music and dancing in our big hall in school. It will be a lovely way to mark the end of their primary 4 year too!
Thank you to everyone who donated!
Reminder: Thursday 17th June
Vscene Booking – P7 Information Session – 17.06.21 Miss Cathie (1)
Primary 1 had a wonderful day at Dean Park! We went on a nature trail, played games in front of the castle, visited the animals and had lots of fun at the park!
Please use the link below to look at what our wonderful choir have been doing recently :
https://www.facebook.com/EAMusicService/videos/832685880931216/
As we get to this time of the year we reflect back on what has happened this session and plan for next session.
In 2020-2021 our Improvement Plan focused on:
· Raising attainment in reading, spelling and phonics using Active Literacy approaches
· Improving outcomes in numeracy focusing on counting, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
· Implementing year 2 of the PATHS programme to help improve outcomes in health and wellbeing.
As we know periods of lockdown and Covid restrictions severely impacted on our school and it has been a challenge to take some initiatives forward. We will fully evaluate the impact of these priorities when we compile our Standards and Quality report and Improvement Plan for 2021-2022 early in the new term.
In 2021-2022 our intention is to focus on the following priorities:
· Raising attainment in writing using a whole school approach to teaching specific types of text.
· Introducing Learning Journal in P1-3, which is safe on-line sharing platform.
· Raising attainment in numeracy, particularly in mental calculations.
· Improve outcomes in health and wellbeing, developing nurturing approaches across the school, building community through a refresh of our vision, values and aim reflecting Rights Respecting Schools and further develop our Respect for All Policy. Continuing with our PATHS approaches.
If you have any comments or suggestions please contact us at: carole.mcconville@eastayrshire.org.uk
Please remember it is” Shorts and Shades” day tomorrow !.
(Or you can also just choose to wear something summery!)
We are asking politely for a small donation via Parentpay which will go towards our Mount Carmel Fun Day on the 18th June.
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