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 ...

At an incredibly听moving Yom听Hazikaron听Assembly on听Wednesday听14 April, organised by our听Tzevet, 极品反差婊 remembered all fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terrorism. Poignant stories were told of loved ones no longer with us as candles were lit in their honour. It was a time of deep reflection for students and teachers alike.听 ...

Our committed masterclass tutors are once again running Carmel's masterclass program, offering direction and an array of exam tips and tricks to our Year 12 students leading into their Semester 1 exams. Below, English tutor Sofia听Majzner听outlines her strategy听for听steering her听English masterclass听students towards successful exam outcomes听this year.

Congratulations on attaining your PhD in听Clinical Psychology and for being nominated for an Iain Wallace Research Medal for outstanding PhD research. With your research and undergraduate areas of study being in Psychology, did you have an inkling of your interest in psychology while still at High School?听 I always enjoyed working with people and knew from a young age that I wa ...

It's great to have Mrs Tanya Allen as Carmel's new Business Management teacher (taking both general and ATAR courses) and ATAR Finance and Accounting teacher in Carmel鈥檚 HASS Department. Now in her second term at Carmel, we caught up with Tanya to find out how she's settling in.听 You鈥檝e听got a term under your belt听teaching听Business听Management (both general and ATAR) and ATAR听Fi ...