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Alec recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Perth Hebrew Congregation (PHC). He is proud that he read from the Torah in Hebrew and lead part of the service. He said he did very well – it was a nerve wracking experience with so many people present and he felt very relieved when it was over. There were people from ¼«Æ··´²îæ» there, as well as family, friends and others. T ...

Although the weather hasn’t been particularly kind to us recently (I had thought that spring had sprung, but then needed to dig out my thermals again) there have been lots of positive happenings in and around ¼«Æ··´²îæ». The Arts came to the fore as we were wowed by VAPA night, in which we admired various artworks and our students made music, sang and showed films which the ...

¼«Æ··´²îæ» has won the ‘School of the Year Award’ for the second time, by having the most successful entries across multiple categories in the Science Talent Search (STS) competition. The most notable student award was the 'Rowe Scientific Emerging Talent Award' won by Vanessa L and Chaya A for their innovative mask design using silk and activated charcoal to reduce frictio ...

I was so impressed by the respectful, dignified and fun way with which the Year 12 students finished their time at ¼«Æ··´²îæ» last week. Breakfast on the beach, a game of laser tag and a stunning valedictory dinner with a Hollywood theme all provided a fitting end to what was, for many of our young women and men, fourteen years of education at Carmel. The valedictory assembl ...

This week is a special week for us, as we farewell the Year 12 students. Working with a small cohort is particularly special, as we can follow the path of every single student and enjoy their journey as individuals. It is also notable that most of our students have attended ¼«Æ··´²îæ» from the very beginning of their education and have known nothing else. In my valedictory ...

Term 4 can be a challenge for both students and teachers. The October holiday seems to have already receded into the distant past and the long summer break is too far away to look forward to. Schools also tend to try and fit a whole term’s worth of activities into only eight weeks, which adds to the frenetic pace and can make people feel overwhelmed. I read an article recently ...

Avital’s recent Bat Mitzvah took place on Saturday 17 September. Her speech at Dianella Shule was about her Parsha Ki Tavo, which she explained to me is all about curses and blessings -but she, happily, chose to speak about some of the blessings and how they relate to us today. Avital then took part in a ‘kiddush’ with the whole shule, alongside her Year 6 peers. Her family f ...

Natanel explained that his Bar Mitzvah fell during the time of Tisha B’av, a three-week period when celebrations are not allowed, and so it was moved from 6 August to 13 August 2022. It was a special time made even more special by having Natanel’s grandparents fly to Perth from Israel to be with him at Dianella Shule. The Parsha subject was the last book of the Torah, sometim ...

The night before Josh’s Bar Mitzvah, he enjoyed what sounded like a fabulous meal with family friends – chicken soup, more chicken, followed by apple cake and ice cream. This set him up well for his reading at Dianella Shule on the 3rd of September, when he read aloud sections 1, 2, 3 and 7 of the Parsha Shoftim. The Parsha involves (amongst other things) Moses reviewing the I ...

Anybody who thinks that the youths of today are unable to communicate clearly wasn’t at the ¼«Æ··´²îæ» Year 9 entrepreneurs’ pitch session this week. I was so impressed by our students’ ability to not only come up with an innovative entrepreneurial idea, but also to market and launch it. On offer were scented candles, glasses frames, electronic organising software, stationer ...