On Wednesday 12 May our Year 7 Maths class students divided themselves into faction groups and worked on multiple different question sheets, each containing different problems to solve. Those successful in getting their problems right were given the green light by Ms Bughiu to shake the dice and move their coloured faction markers on the on-screen Snakes and Ladders game. If th ...

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On the evening of Tuesday 25 May, the new Entrepreneurship Hub hosted parents, students and community members for the inaugural ‘Becoming Wealth Creators’ event. Councillor Sue Migdale introduced fellow alumni Hilton Nathanson (Zooming in from London), who spoke on the importance of following through with one’s passion and doing something that you love. The students actively pa ...

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Our Year 1s have been investigating light. They explored ways light travels through objects and how they can mix colours to make new colours when they shine a torch onto them. In maths, they’ve been learning about patterns. This week, their investigation session focused on patterns and light. It’s a very exciting combination, igniting lots of curiosity. We can see those neurons ...

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By Mrs Anne Poustie  On the evening of Thursday 20 May, a group of Carmel students attended the Global Health Short Course at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research as an enrichment opportunity. They heard from a WHO Global Health Economist and learnt of his role in communicating with countries about the cost and profits involved in the implementation of a wide range of m ...

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On Thursday 11 March the Years 11 and 12 Chemistry students were visited by Associate Professor Amir Karton who leads the theoretical and computational chemistry group at the School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia. He is originally from Israel and he currently holds an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. Amir contacted the School as part o ...

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The Year 8s were visited by Jo Watkins, a WA Coordinator of Australian Earth Science Education on Wednesday 3 March. A specialist geologist, she provided a hands-on talk to our students about how to classify rocks and provided some interesting facts about the West Australian geo-landscape which has one of the oldest crusts in the world!  ...

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