Our October Raffle is now live on Parentpay. As always tickets are £1 per strip of 5. The raffle will close on Tuesday 28th October and will be drawn on Friday 30th. Good Luck!
Winning House Prize
We are delighted to announce that the winning House for this term is Water.
The children who are in the winning house will enjoy a trip to Jungle Madness on Wednesday 8th October whilst there they will be given crisps, cookies & juice if you do not wish your child to have these for allergy purposes please contact the school office.
Well done Water House we hope you have a great time at Jungle Madness
Dress Down Day
There will be a Dress Down Day on Friday 10th October. We are asking kindly for a £1 donation via ParentPay . Pupils who pay give a donation will automatically get a free entry into our October Raffle. This item is now live on Parentpay and will be open for payments until Wednesday 22nd October.
Take a Bow October Program
Homework
Homework will finish for the October holiday on Friday 3rd October and recommence on Monday 27th October 2025.
Panto 2025 – reminder
Reminder that if you have not already done so the final payment towards your childs pantomime ticket is due to be paid before the 30th October 2025.
Tempest Photography
Tempest Photography will be in school on Friday 24th October.
All children will have an individual photograph.
Unfortunately we will be unable to accommodate family photographs.
October Newsletter
Please see link for October Newsletter
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Basketball Club- Loudoun Leisure Centre
Celebrating 70 years of St Joseph’s Academy
Celebrating 70 years of St Joseph’s Academy, Grassyards Road
We invite you to join us for a celebration Mass in St Joseph’s Academy Assembly Hall on Saturday 22nd November at 11am. We are honoured to have Bishop Dougan presiding over Mass to mark this special occasion. Please use the link or QR code below to register your attendance. We look forward to seeing you then. It would be appreciated if you could share this with your staff and parents.
Halloween Disco
Please see the poster below for details of our Halloween Disco on 30th October. Tickets for this have gone into schoolbags today.
Do not send the money into school please, the £2.50 is payable on the night on entry. Please complete the attached portion of the ticket and make sure your child brings this with them on the night.
Thanks.
Dress Down Day for Dyslexia
Dyslexia awareness week in Scotland runs from the 29th September until the 6th October. Dyslexia and different learning styles will be explored during our assemblies over the next couple of weeks and we will take part in this in a number of ways. We will hear from our DFS (dyslexia friendly schools) community group during our whole school assembly, we will then participate in different activities during our stage assemblies. Then, on Friday 10th October, as well as a dress down day, we will have a no pens day. This means that all learning will take place in different ways throughout the day but no pens or pencils will be allowed… outdoor learning, digital technology and active learning will take place to celebrate all learning styles.
Missio Mass – Friday 3rd October
This Friday (3rd October) the whole school will attend Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for our regular First Friday Mass.
On Friday, the Mass will have a special theme reflecting October being the Month of Mission.
During Mass, the children from P2-7 who are members of our ‘Friends of Jesus’ community group will receive their Missio Champions Badge.
Throughout the year, our Missio Champions will share their faith, as they encourage us all to love God and others through sharing the amazing work of Missio Scotland.
Mass is at 10am, and all are welcome.
Climate Action Week Scotland – 23rd-30th Sept
Our P2 & P5-7 classes participated in a live lesson and workshop as part of ‘Climate Action Week’. Our Eco Committee have been working hard already this year, and in our classes, we were keen to learn more about climate change.
The live lesson was lead by Nicola Davidson (KSB), who explained how the effect of our lifestyles through the ages has lead to climate changes and how an American Scientist, Eunice Newton- Foote, discovered the ‘Greenhouse gas effect’ in the 1950s, showing our planet was ‘heating up’ due to increased CO2. This was officially recognised by governments globally in the 1980s and now we are seriously trying to make positive changes to combat this through world climate conferences such as the upcoming, COP30, in Brazil. In Primary 2, Miss Livingston’s class were treated to a puppet show.
Here are some photos of our workshop and live lesson…
Important Forms
We are still awaiting a number of Annual Data & Medical Information forms to be returned.
These forms ensure that we have the most up to date information for your children and any medical conditions they may have.
Ensuring that we have the most up to date information allows us to keep in contact with parents/carers and provide you with the most up to date information quickly & efficiently
If you have still to return these forms please do so as a matter of urgency, if you require new forms please contact the school office to organise these.
Thanks
Learning Journals
We are still outstanding a significant number of permission forms that were sent home with pupils on the 16/9/25.
The letter includes a tear of slip granting permission for children to be involved in Learning Journals and for photographs of individual children to be shared on Learning Journals.
If we do not receive the completed tear off slip we are unable to share what your child has been doing in class on their Learning Journal.
Could we please ask those who have still to return the form to do so as soon as possible, If you require another form to complete please contact the school office to request this
Thanks
Pupil Progress Meetings
Pupil Progress meeting request letters have been sent home in school bags today.
Thanks
Learning Journals
Remember to keep an eye on your child’s Learning Journal profile.
Class teachers will be posting regular updates about the fantastic learning and activities taking place in each class.
If you are unable to access Learning Journals, please let the office know.
Your log in details will be sent to the e-mail address that you provided the school with.
Thank you
Mrs MacKinnon
Missing Jacket
Could we please ask all parents to check there childs school bag for the above jacket that has been misplaced by one of our children and we ask you to please return to school office if you find it. This is a Navy Tog 24 jacket aged 9-10 years
Thankyou
Pupil Flu Immunisations
Pupils will be receiving their flu immunisations on Monday 29th September 2025. Please return your child’s permission form if you have not already done so. Thank you.
Our Primary 1 class will be having their class photograph taken by the Kilmarnock Standard photographer on Wednesday 1st October at 11.30am.
If you DO NOT wish your child to be included , please contact the school office.
MC ‘Voyage to Venus’
Welcome back everyone after our long weekend!
Our Eco Committee have already got lots of exciting plans in the making and we are thrilled to be sharing news of our first week of participating in our new challenge, ‘Voyage to Venus’ , this school year. Last year, we took part in ‘Shoot to Saturn‘ and collected our S-Miles which included daily miles, our journey to school and back home.
Now, our parents/carers can also be included and let us know if they also walked, cycled etc to work and be a part of our challenge by sending a pic or an email and getting involved. Pupils will be learning more about this at assembly in the forthcoming weeks – so be sure to ask them about it! Simply click on the link below or scan the QR code on the image below/at the front entrance of the school to tell us about your S- Miles. We would love for you to join in!
Voyage to Venus – Parent Supporter Link
Thank you for supporting us. Let’s begin journey #1… 🚀🪐
Wider Achievement Assembly
We will be holding a Wider Achievement Assembly on September 26th. If you would like us to celebrate your child/children’s recent achievements, please send any photos and information to the school inbox eamountcarmel.ps@eastayrshire.org.uk by Wednesday 24th.
Thank you
School Crossing Patrol
There will be no School Crossing Patrol this afternoon (17/9) or tomorrow (am) or (pm)
Car Park Safety
We have had a number of near miss instances involving children & staff with parents/carers vehicles accessing our staff car park over the past 2 weeks.
For child safety NO PARENT should be accessing the car park this includes DROP OFF & PICK UP times.
Also children SHOULD NOT be lifted over the boundary fence at the infant gates at any time.
All parental access to school grounds should be via the gates in the Upper or Lower school.
Thankyou for your cooperation in ensuring our children’s on going safety.
P1 Kilmarnock Standard Photograph
Our Primary 1 class will be having their class photograph taken by the Kilmarnock Standard photographer on Wednesday 1st October at 11.30am.
If you DO NOT wish your child to be included , please contact the school office.
Dress Down Day
There will be a Dress Down Day this Thursday 18th September. We are asking kindly for a £1 donation via Parentpay .
Pupils who pay give a donation will automatically get a free entry into our September Raffle.
This item is now live on Parentpay and will be open for payments until Wednesday 24th September.
Maths Week Scotland at Mount Carmel
We are very excited to be celebrating Maths Week Scotland starting on the 23rd September. This year’s national theme is ‘Wild Maths’, and throughout the week pupils across the school will be exploring how maths is all around us in nature, the outdoors, and our everyday lives.
Throughout the week, pupils will outdoors taking part in a range of fun and engaging activities. With this is mind could pupils please ensure they have a jacket and appropriate footwear.
To support learning at home, pupils will bring home a Maths Week homework grid. Pupils are encouraged to complete as many of the activities as possible – please take pictures and send them to the school email!
We are still hoping some parents and carers could send in videos of how they use maths in their jobs.
We can’t wait to celebrate Maths Week Scotland at Mount Carmel.
Mrs Terras
School Holidays
Gentle reminder that school will close on Thursday 18th September at 3pm and reopen on Tuesday 23rd September at 9am. we hope you have a lovely break.
September Newsletter
Apologies our September newsletter has not come out earlier this month.
Please follow the link for information for future September events.
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