The P&F is happy to announce that at the听recent听AGM a new President, Laura Golding, and听a听new Co-president,听Mark Shapiro, were elected. Kol听hakavod听and thanks for stepping up.听In upcoming news, the new committee will be holding a quiz night听later听this year as well as other events, to be advised听closer to the time.听If anyone would like to be part of the P&F,听please conta ...

Over the coming weeks, the House Cultural Competition will make a comeback! Every Friday during Mentor, students will be participating in either a debating, board games or building bridges tournament. The debating will cover many topical issues incorporating areas of general knowledge - with a touch of humour and fun! Games and building bridges will bring out the competitive si ...

We finished off the NWAS/ACC summer season听on Wednesday 21 April听with our Year 9 and 10听Girls鈥櫶鼴asketball Grand Final. The girls gave it their all听but听were beaten by a better team on the day in听Aranmore听College. They听had an outstanding season, going听through undefeated to finish as minor premiers in the regular season.听Mazal tov听for听an听outstanding effort throughout the season an ...

By Mrs Wendy Atkinson听 Mazal tov听to our fabulous Year 7 and 8 Ultimate Frisbee team which听won the North West Associated Schools (NWAS/ACC) Championship on the evening of Tuesday 20 April! This was no easy feat as the competition is participation-based, meaning we rotate our team each week to give all students an opportunity to play. To make it to the final is already a great a ...

Year 12 students Jacob P, Stephanie K, Noa J, Gal T and Aimee O, performed an excerpt from Shakespeare's The Tempest in Week 2. The version of the text performed was a reinterpretation by Australian physical theatre company, Zen听Zen听Zo. Our students recontextualised it to be loosely set on听Wadjemup听(Rottnest Island), with the characters based on animals and aspects of the islan ...

Our听Year 2s were lucky to have some past students (our parents!) talk to听them听about their experiences at Carmel听School.听We听loved seeing their photos, uniforms and hearing all their Carmel memories. Can you believe some of our parents were in听the听exact classrooms听we鈥檙e in? We feel so lucky to be part of such a special community and can't wait to come in one day and share our ver ...

Recently, we noticed some of our听Kindies听role playing at being Rabbis and davening. Inspired by this, we transformed our Kindy role-play space into a Shul. The Kindies had SO many amazing questions, 'What do we need in a Shul?' and 'I wonder what the Rabbi does?' 'Does the Rabbi have to have a beard?'听Kayla鈥檚 Tatti Rabbi White and Elianna鈥檚 Abba Rabbi Dan welcomed us warmly int ...

On Friday 23 April Carmel held dual commemoration assemblies to remember Australia's fallen soldiers. The hardworking Primary School Admin and Special Events Committee presented the ANZAC Commemorative Service to the Years 3-6 students. The choir sang beautifully about diggers who fought for us and Talya and Raphael read moving poetry. The students solemnly observed the laying ...

Carmel听students and teachers celebrated Israel鈥檚 73rd听birthday all day on Thursday 15 April. The day started with a performance put on by our听Tzevet听at our Presentation Assembly which showcased the wonders of Israel鈥檚 economic attainments in the 73 years since independence. The听ruach听continued on the oval before mixed peer activities and crafts took place. It was so听heartwarmin ...

One of the things schools always ponder, and need to respond to, is bullying. It is an expectation (but not an acceptable one) that when you put a group of young people together all day for many weeks of the year while they are dealing with major life changes like puberty, unkind behaviour will occur. Recently, there have been questions raised regarding how we here at Carmel ex ...