Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Uniform Exchange. We now have a wide range of items in various sizes available for families. These can be collected from outside our main school office until 12.00pm on Friday.
Primary 1/2 Summer Gift
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.
New Primary 1 gift bags
A reminder that gift bags for our new Primary 1 children are available outside the main front door.
This includes a personalised story from their P6 buddy, a Primary 1 yearbook with photographs of classmates, a note with their house name as well as some lovely summer gifts.
P4 First Holy Communion Party 🥳
Primary 4 had a wonderful time this morning at our special celebration to mark the 1st Holy communions that have recently taken place throughout June. It was lovely to celebrate all together in school and have some snacks and dancing in our big hall!!
And a big thank you to Mrs McConville for organising our beautiful cake and Mrs Fergusson for sorting the music!! 🎉🎉🎉
Drum roll please…..
Here are our new house captains and vice captains…
FIRE CAPTAIN – Poppy VICE CAPTAIN – Callum
EARTH CAPTAIN – Tymek VICE CAPTAIN – Kirsty
AIR CAPTAIN – Magda VICE CAPTAIN- Erin
WATER CAPTAIN – Regan VICE CAPTAIN – Michael-John
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!
Tidy Friday poster competition
As part of our property pledge, Primary 5 were tasked with coming up with a slogan and designing a poster promoting how we can keep our school nice and tidy. The children came up with the slogan ‘Tidy Friday’ which all classes will be involved in come the new session. Emily also designed the winning poster. A great big well done to Emily!!!
Mount Carmel Sports day
Here is the link to our Mount Carmel sports day. You will require a password to access the sway which will be sent out to your child’s main contact. We politely ask that this password should not be shared outwith your immediate family. Many thanks.
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P7 activity week
The Primary 7s enjoyed this fun week. All the activities were great and everyone loved them. Firstly we got to do bubble football then had the Dean Park visit, bowling+movie, yearbook+ leavers assembly video and of course pizza, a special Mount Carmel Funday and lastly we got to go to Crawfordland Estate. Also thanks to Mrs McConville and FOMC for organising. These pictures document what we have done during our fun week:
by: May and Evie
Primary 1 Fun Day photos
Primary 1 had a great day on Friday. We bounced, we played and we even got an ice cream or a slush puppy for our little treat. Have a look at our photos.
Primary 3’s FUN DAY
Primary 3 had a great fun day on Friday. We wanted to share some of our photos with you. Mrs Fergusson and Father Martin joined in on the fun too!!
Primary 5’s day at the Dean Park
We were lucky enough to spend the day at the beautiful Dean Park and wanted to share some of our photos with you. Enjoy!
Uniform Exchange
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Uniform Exchange. We now have a wide range of items in various sizes available for families. These can be collected from outside our main school office until 12.00pm on Friday.
Please remember that when accessing the Uniform Exchange adults should wear face coverings and maintain social distancing from other families. Hand sanitiser will also be available.
Thank you.
Primary 6 Fun Day
Primary 6 had a great day on Friday at our fun day. We even had a VIP. See if you can spot who it was…
P1/2 Summer Gifts
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.
Primary 5’s Sports day
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 fun day
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!!
Collection of new P1 Gift Bags
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.
Fun Days with Primary 1/2
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
Primary 7 – Final day
On Friday Primary 7 can bring in a shirt to be signed by their classmates.
Friday 25th June – 1pm finish
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.
Arrangements for your child starting school
Arrangements for Starting School
Thursday 19th August
- All P1 pupils are invited to our infant school playground from 9.15am.
- We ask that pupils are accompanied by no more than 2 adults who should wear face coverings and maintain social distancing from other families.
- Between 9.15am and 9.30am there will be the opportunity to take photographs in front of our ‘My First Day in P1’ photo booth board.
- At 9.30am P1 pupils will be collected by Mrs Dunsmore and Mrs Duff.
Friday 20th August
- All P1 pupils to be lined up and ready for teacher collection at 9.15am.
- Pupils may be accompanied by no more than 2 adults following social distancing measures.
Monday 23rd August – Friday 27th August
- All P1 pupils to be lined up and ready for teacher collection at 9.00am.
- Pupils may be accompanied by no more than 2 adults following social distancing measures.
Monday 30th August onwards
- All new P1 pupils to be lined up and ready for teacher collection at 9.00am.
- Adults should leave children at the infant school gate where they will be welcomed by a member of school staff.
As always if you have any questions regarding this information, please get in touch.
We hope everyone has a wonderful summer and can’t wait to finally welcome you all in person to our Mount Carmel family in August. 😁
Kind regards,
Mrs McGahon
New P1 Welcome Gift Bags
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.
School Holiday Information
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 Fun Day (18/6/21)
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!!
Whole School Movie Afternoon
We will be having a movie afternoon this Wednesday.
Each class will watch a movie in their own classes.
Raffle Winners!
Here are some of our delighted raffle winners from Friday’s draw! :
Important Message from Public Health
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.
End of year report and new class letter
Please check your child’s bag for the end of year reports and a letter detailing class teachers for next year.
School Uniform
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.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
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:
End of term Mass – Face Masks
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
