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

Parents News

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 ...

Secondary School

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

Secondary School, Sports

By Mrs Wendy Atkinson  Mazal tov to our fabulous Year 7 and 8 Ultimate Frisbee team which 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 ...

Secondary School, Sports

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 Zen Zo. Our students recontextualised it to be loosely set on Wadjemup (Rottnest Island), with the characters based on animals and aspects of the islan ...

Secondary School, Arts

Our Year 2s were lucky to have some past students (our parents!) talk to them about their experiences at Carmel School. We loved seeing their photos, uniforms and hearing all their Carmel memories. Can you believe some of our parents were in the exact classrooms we’re 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 ...

Primary School, Alumni

Recently, we noticed some of our Kindies 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?' Kayla’s Tatti Rabbi White and Elianna’s Abba Rabbi Dan welcomed us warmly int ...

Jewish Studies, Early Learning

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 ...

Primary School, Secondary School

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

Jewish Studies, Primary School, Secondary School, Early Learning

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 ...

From the Principal